Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [det] days " in BNC.
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1 | After a few more days in Salamanca , during which you and I could do no work in common , your friends left in a great uproar of drunken invective , shouting political slogans — which fortunately were in German — against the Franco regime . |
2 | She still found it hard to assimilate the way her life had changed so drastically in the course of a mere few days . |
3 | Just as we enter Machico , we pass the Hotel Dom Pedro on the right , a favourite retreat for a peaceful few days . |
4 | It is a good idea to do this for a few more days before the horse travels . |
5 | We do n't want to have every last stop pulled out on our behalves in a last , heroic effort to extend our lives for a few more days or weeks or months . |
6 | I inquired after my brother , Max , who had finally agreed a few months ago to work for Dad 's firm , and I established that he was in Paris for a few more days . |
7 | ‘ Just keep Toby off my back for a few more days . |
8 | ‘ But if you carry on for a few more days on an unofficial basis , that 's your business . |
9 | I can go on for a few more days . |
10 | I 'll be in Roziac for a few more days . ’ |
11 | The weather was still warm and sunny , though , an Indian summer that looked like stretching on for a few more days yet . |
12 | Just for a few more days ? ’ |
13 | She 's expected to stay there for a few more days , as a precautionary measure . |
14 | He 'll be in hospital for a few more days , while surgeons see how his wounds are healing . |
15 | A last-minute plea to the Scottish Office by the North Tayside MP , Bill Walker , for a few more days ' grace to allow the Diplexcito family to ‘ depart with dignity ’ from their home of 17 years fell on deaf ears . |
16 | Though serial numbers were issued to the Joyces , the identity books were not , since the family protested that it intended to leave the country for the United States in a few more days . |
17 | Catherine is on a high these days . |