Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] a few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here . |
| 2 | We went to Weston-super-Mare for a few days . |
| 3 | When King George died in 1952. and Queen Mary died in 1961 , Edward returned to Windsor for a few days . |
| 4 | A couple of years ago I was staying in Malham for a few days and decided to set out one morning for Attermire by the old pack lane from Settle to Malham . |
| 5 | When the greetings and exclamations were over , they told me that they had been staying on Mull for a few days , and had just arrived on Moila , and were putting up at the post office with Mrs McDougall . |
| 6 | I knew I was going to Stafford for a few days , but I do n't think , I 'll be there a fortnight . |
| 7 | Yeah , you could pop up to Scotland for a few days . |
| 8 | Meanwhile the end of the German campaign in Yugoslavia and Greece meant that many of the Luftwaffe units employed there were now being posted elsewhere , some of these stopping off in Sicily for a few days on their way back to Germany and undertaking a few missions over Malta . |
| 9 | We 're going to Kinsai in a few days . |
| 10 | I am shortly to find out , for I am booked to fly out to the Falkland Islands in a few days ! |
| 11 | Have to be in Paris for a few days . |
| 12 | ‘ This young lad was getting people to mind Sam for a few days at a time . |
| 13 | He had also brought a chess manual , because he had heard that children could play chess brilliantly , but after ski-ing with Sam for a few days he decided that there was no call to be beaten by a five-year-old at two things at once . |
| 14 | Milton , the provost believed , should write to the collector of customs to have him tell the threatened tide waiter that he was in no danger , and at the same time secure an order for Main to cross to West Lothian for a few days , around the time of the burgh elections , in order to get him out of the way , for the election of the deacon of the wrights would turn on this single vote . |
| 15 | Meg laughed , ‘ Bless you , no , chick , we 'll be off to Somerset in a few days . |
| 16 | He is expected to leave hospital to return to Jordan in a few days , and wo n't need any further treatment , the royal doctor added . |
| 17 | When I went to Germany within a few days of the end of the war , it was rather remarkable to go to a Luftwaffe air field with many aircraft , all intact and fully serviceable , but with their tanks — dry not a drop of oil was to be found on those bases . |
| 18 | Oag has just returned from Tokyo , and will set off for a climbing exhibition in Grenoble in a few days . |
| 19 | How do you feel about going to Czechoslovakia in a few days . |
| 20 | The American cruised the Solent for a few days while Mark was tying up the loose ends , and returned to the States without paying another visit to his office . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , exactly — ’ she hrumphed some more — ‘ I said she was still going to be in Maidstone for a few days though we were thinking of moving her to a private hospital . |
| 22 | She did not see Joe for a few days and then one Friday as she walked past she saw him in the teashop and went in to join him . |
| 23 | ‘ I want you to let me have Hannah for a few days . |
| 24 | ‘ Two members of staff were invited by personal acquaintances in the Republican Party to visit the US for a few days to talk about the British general election . |
| 25 | Paddy Mayne 's veteran A Squadron returned from the Great Sand Sea to Kufra for a few days in mid-November , having successfully raided airfields around Gazala , familiar territory from the past . |
| 26 | She 'd get to California in a few days . |
| 27 | Helen leaves for Chile at the end of September 1994 to help local projects in the country including an orphanage and other community projects and will not return to Britain until a few days before Christmas . |
| 28 | The first team squad were then told to get out of Glasgow for a few days , prompting a rush for the airport . |
| 29 | Her mother 's not too well — she 's staying on in Hazelbury for a few days , ’ Leith speedily calmed his fears . |
| 30 | She could stay in Edinburgh for a few days longer , she said , until he was ready to go back . |