Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] days with " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After a few days with me he starts to calm down and see things in perspective again , ’ she reveals . |
| 2 | We flew back to Mahe and straight on to Praslin for a stay of a few days with the intention of taking day-trips to the smaller islands of Cousin and La Digue . |
| 3 | In April the Prince went off to the Kalahari Desert for a few days with Sir Laurens Van der Post , to see for himself the society that his friend had written and talked about so much . |
| 4 | My mother went on an outing for a few days with the Blind Club . |
| 5 | But this means that the soil for seed-sowing can be done simply by covering a patch for a few days with a sheet of polythene anchored by bricks or stones — in the absence , of course , of cloches . |
| 6 | His raw material consists of Stephen Fry playing Stephen Fry thinly disguised as a throw-back aristo who decides to share his recently inherited stately pile for a few days with his old friends from revue days . |
| 7 | One day before we had moved up there I was at the melin for a few days with an actress friend from London when I announced my attendance at a jumble sale that afternoon . |
| 8 | He was to have joined me this week , but his train met with an accident , so he 's been detained for a few days with an injured ankle . |
| 9 | John went over to Mosquito Island where he has established James for a few days with a government tent , man and fitting-up . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll be back in a few days with your orders . ’ |
| 12 | I 'll expect you at the Presbytery in a few days with your donation . ’ |