Example sentences of "[noun prp] for 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 | Have to be in Paris for a few days . |
| 10 | ‘ This young lad was getting people to mind Sam for a few days at a time . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ I want you to let me have Hannah for a few days . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The first team squad were then told to get out of Glasgow for a few days , prompting a rush for the airport . |
| 20 | Her mother 's not too well — she 's staying on in Hazelbury for a few days , ’ Leith speedily calmed his fears . |
| 21 | She could stay in Edinburgh for a few days longer , she said , until he was ready to go back . |
| 22 | We 'll be going to London for a few days next month to find suitable premises , so I 'll be able to go down and see Mum and Dad and the children . |
| 23 | But Steve had gone off with Maria Luisa for a few days and he was n't thinking about work , that was for sure , and she had n't her freedom anyway ! |
| 24 | I 'd rather get Leeds tickets for it of course , but I 've a mate over from Norn Irn for a few days ( ex Larne and Crusaders player ) and he 's not a LUFC member . |
| 25 | John went over to Mosquito Island where he has established James for a few days with a government tent , man and fitting-up . |
| 26 | The England midfielder added : ‘ I 've only been with Leeds for a few days but that 's long enough to know I 've made the right decision coming here . ’ |