Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [prep] a [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe I should have hung on for a few days in there getting to grips with Alf Bundy 's ailments . |
| 2 | This is filtered off after a few days , and the company is left with sheets of a solid , somewhat resembling uncooked pastry , which is then flavoured and textured . |
| 3 | All these ruffles should be smoothed out after a few days . |
| 4 | After the fish had settled in for a few days , one that I had thought to be a male showed signs of filling eggs , and developed a bright yellow patch on her belly . |
| 5 | The barges , designed to be sailed by one man and a boy , could be laid up in a few days . |
| 6 | They 've gone away for a few days . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh — it 's my son — he 's got cystic fibrosis , and my wife 's gone away for a few days with a friend for a break . |
| 8 | Doubtless that was the trigger , but an operation of 24,000 men is not thrown together in a few days . |
| 9 | On it , messages left over from a few days before Brian gave up the flat . |
| 10 | ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’ |
| 11 | If the war was n't actually forgotten , it was put aside for a few days in the district around Screehaugh . |
| 12 | Lothar replied that he simply had a skin complaint that could be cleared up in a few days . |
| 13 | Then the funeral was held up for a few days , and we soon realised that the effect was indeed cosmetic and nothing more . |