Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [prep] a [adj] days " in BNC.
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1 | Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’ |
2 | The rains may disappear as suddenly as they arrived ; the pond may dry out within a few days , and so the whole cycle of breeding activity must be completed in the shortest possible time . |
3 | Can SHe stay here for a few days ? ’ |
4 | ‘ At least , let me stay here for a few days . |
5 | However , he left the next day , calling later to ask Lorna to meet him nearby with £500 cash so he could go away for a few days . |
6 | They rotate the hips , all babies are routinely examined at delivery and they 'll find quite a number I would , of babies with slightly clicky hips , the reason for that is because of the hormones that have , er are in the baby 's body to relax all the muscles , those will go away after a few days , so when they 're re-checked at twelve days a number of the clicks they heard originally will no longer be there . |
7 | I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’ |
8 | Some think that he will go abroad for a few days and the CIA will then engineer his return in a countercoup , just as it did in 1953 . |
9 | She said to me , " Ca n't you get away for a few days ? " |
10 | ‘ If Steve does n't come back for a few days I 'll probably have to go into Palma and see the airlines and the tourist board myself . ’ |
11 | We all thought right okay , we 'll get out for a few days and matters 'll come to a head , get sorted out and we 'd be back at work , happy as anything you know , everything sorted within a couple of weeks . |