Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] for 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | They 've gone away for a few days . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’ |
| 6 | If the war was n't actually forgotten , it was put aside for a few days in the district around Screehaugh . |
| 7 | Then the funeral was held up for a few days , and we soon realised that the effect was indeed cosmetic and nothing more . |