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

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1 We had a bachelor party on board , who were out for a little merrymaking : an island marriage ball had wooed them from the desk of the counting-house , and having had a taste of the free air of these parts , and being good fellows well met , a few more days of healthful roving have a gleeful appendix to the gaieties of the wedding .
2 And yet , despite his obvious distress , this man had not even tried to save his nephew other than , through his lamentable dithering , allowing the poor child a few more days of life .
3 After a few more days of subtle hints — ‘ If you 're a smoker , with young children , over a certain age , in a high-stress job , it 's lethal not to have a medical ’ — ‘ Oh all right !
4 ’ It 'll add a few more days to our hop to Vadinamia .
5 ‘ But if you carry on for a few more days on an unofficial basis , that 's your business .
6 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 .
7 It is a good idea to do this for a few more days before the horse travels .
8 ‘ But I have a few more days before Chelsea have to decide whether to buy me . ’
9 Get a few more days after Easter I 'll be alright .
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