Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a [adj] days " in BNC.
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1 | Most continue ripening in store until ready for the table , but a few varieties must be brought into the warm for a few days before they are ready to eat . |
2 | They were usually listless for a few days before they collapsed , breathing with evident difficulty and , in a few cases , discharging a white frothy liquid from their nostrils . |
3 | They would be noticeable for a few days after passing into the camp , unfamiliar faces asking the way to the lavatories , or being excused washing-up by the people in whose rooms they had been placed . |
4 | Forest Mere for a Few Days |
5 | The glaze will stay shiny for a few days but after a week will begin to lose its gloss , so do n't decorate the cake too early . |
6 | I was diplomatically ill for a few days and then I returned to my normal work . |
7 | On 15 December Helen 's baby , a tiny perfect girl , was born , but her labour was long and difficult and she was very ill for a few days after it . |
8 | I 'm going on a fast for a few days because everything you eat 's bad for you . ’ |
9 | Her XR3i , I calculated , would do me just fine for a few days . |
10 | ‘ He 'll be fine in a few days , my dear , with an infusion of clover and foxglove to steady his heart . |
11 | The rash may be barely visible , and may only be present for a few days , or it may be widespread and obvious and persist for many weeks . |
12 | Now Somerset is a long way away , but the first stopping place that they can find where they will be left undisturbed for a few days is in the Vale , and very shortly the Vale will be designated , so they 'll have to travel even further into west Oxford , which is going to be , if we 're not careful , the only undesignated district in the whole of the south of England , and I would n't want to be a resident of west Oxford in these circumstances . |
13 | " I too shall be attending the ceremonies prior to a few days ' relaxation at the hill station of Dalat . " |
14 | I think Sega are conning people who pay £45 for a game that the complete in a few days . |
15 | I 'd been a bit dithery for a few days , sort of clumsy and absentminded , as you often get when you 're feeling under the weather . |
16 | A small supply of burn dressings and some iodine solution was forthcoming after a few days . |
17 | The snow is so deep — three metres outside the door here — that after big storms , potentially dangerous ski areas remain inaccessible for a few days . |
18 | Justification for Scott 's impressive display in the House of Commons became apparent within a few days of his drawings being hung . |
19 | Zhang was killed instantly , although his death was kept secret for a few days . |
20 | I 've been feeling headachy and dizzy for a few days now . ’ |
21 | I have heard there 's good sport to be had in Buttermere and Grasmere and I intend to make my way to one or the other for a few days . |
22 | These outbursts marked the end of the entire eruption , for at 2.30 p.m. on the twenty-eighth , after being active for a hundred days , the last , mild explosion echoed out over Krakatoa , and silence returned . |
23 | These are stars which flare up suddenly from near-invisibility to prominence , remaining bright for a few days , weeks or months before fading again . |
24 | But then when I 'd strengthened her up I said she 'd be alright for a few days . |
25 | On March 2nd 1872 , a letter came from the Mayor saying that the Corporation 's building would be ready in a few days and that they would be willing to receive patients under ‘ such arrangements as may be deemed best adapted to check the progress of the epidemic ’ . |
26 | Perhaps inevitably , he eventually contracted typhus at Kherson , in the Crimea , in January 1790 and was dead within a few days . |