Example sentences of "[art] few days [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ON ONE of the few days with sunshine recently I was shambling through Cavendish Square in the West End of London .
2 Sitting near the window , with its view of the fire escape , smoking a joint he 'd bought in an amusement arcade , he wrote in a notebook about visiting Spanish towns , and the beaches , then about the few days in London because his imagination ran out on Spain with the end of the brochure about flamenco dancing and bullfights , and because what he was doing was more immediate .
3 SAVE produced a leaflet , above , within a few days as part of the campaign .
4 Jack and Alison were going for a few days to Amsterdam .
5 My boyfriend at the time , two friends and I , decided to kick around the Loch Tay area for a few days between Christmas and New Year , since the only decent hotel we could find open was the Ledcreich Hotel at Balquhidder .
6 For some other companies it is uneconomic to open for just a few days between bank holidays .
7 In a period of very bad weather , for example , especially in a rural area the post office may run out of real cash , as might other shopkeepers , after a few days without contact from the outside world .
8 Anne managed to get a few days off work during his ten-day leave , and as he had few relatives to visit , they were able to spend blissful hours alone .
9 After a few days of trial and error I devised a system of categorising my work four times during the day ; on an early shift , for example , at approximately 10.00am , 1.00pm , 3.00pm and on leaving for the day .
10 Within a few days of Elizabeth 's death the reivers had taken what they imagined would be the opportunity for easy plunder , and swarmed over the Border in what their victims and the Wardens referred to as ‘ Ill Week ’ .
11 An example of a condition caused in this way is phenylketonuria — one of the so-called ‘ inborn errors of metabolism ’ — an inherited biochemical disorder for which babies are now routinely tested within a few days of birth .
12 Most fatalities from T. canis infection occur during the pulmonary phase , and pups which have been heavily infected transplacentally may die within a few days of birth .
13 But after a few days of Margery 's company ‘ the worshipful woman sped herself fast out of Akun with all her retinue ’ .
14 Sometimes electric shock treatment his been given to quell the uproar and the ensuing calm gives the adult the opportunity to reassert itself and the tormented soul can have a few days of peace .
15 I rose this morning after a few days of calm without mystical experience and I walked through a steep valley in a golden light of dawn that was like a rich but transparent garment covering all things .
16 AND you receive the magazine within a few days of UK publication .
17 After a few days of sun-oil and cold showers , she even had the nerve to seek the shade and grumble a little at the sweat and the glare of it all .
18 The general pattern was similar to the Alps in an average year : a few days of afternoon cloud and snowstorms , followed by a day or two or more settled conditions .
19 While Agassi and Sampras , with supreme pre-final confidence , had flown home from Frankfurt after the ATP Finals for a few days of relaxation in Florida before returning to Europe , Noah had taken his squad off to a Swiss tennis resort , where they trained for 6 hours a day , offered themselves for 30 minutes daily to the press for customary grilling and focussed wholly on the task in hand .
20 Within a few days of Prince Albert 's death , young Henry Joseph Titford , aged nine , fell ill with tubercular bronchitis .
21 Fish normally seek out the warmer shallows , and if there are a few days of sunshine before opening day then you will know where to choose on the bank .
22 After a few days of wing stretching and flapping outside the burrow , it makes the perilous trip to the edge of the cliff .
23 Many are already paired from previous matings ; all are usually nesting , courting , mating and laying within a few days of arrival .
24 ‘ After a few days of production I had the opportunity to approach Dustin , ’ Silvis remembered .
25 After a few days of tests and observation , the surgeon approached her bed .
26 The process can be unpleasant and dangerous if unsupervised , but with medical , nursing and family help most people can ‘ detox ’ surprisingly easily within a few days at home or , if necessary , in hospital , without untoward symptoms .
27 After spending a few days at Snaefellsness , our final goal was the fabulous Lake Mývatn .
28 After a few days at Broadlands , they flew to Gibraltar to join the Royal Yacht Britannia for a two-week cruise in and around the Mediterranean .
29 Sometimes Elise would come up to London to spend a few days at Merrill 's flat and together they visited galleries , and saw a show .
30 ‘ We spent a few days on manoeuvres .
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