Example sentences of "[noun pl] of a [adj] days " in BNC.

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1 The Supreme Soviet usually met for two sessions of a few days each year .
2 His words of a few days ago came unbidden into her mind .
3 The most intensively automated sections of any library are probably the short loan collections of universities , where books in high demand are separately shelved and issued for varying brief periods of a few days down to a few hours on one day .
4 He served in her , with breaks of a few days , until 12 March 1781 , when he moved to the Foudroyant ( 80 guns ) as acting lieutenant , staying until the end of October .
5 What you need is a break or a holiday so count your pennies and weigh up your chances of a few days in the sun or short spell staying with friends .
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