Example sentences of "[vb pp] for a few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | However luck was not with us for , as a reward for jumping in the intervals of appalling freezing fog , he got flu as a Christmas present and was delayed for a few days in hospital at Ringway . |
| 2 | Lepine was not cremated for a few days yet , until after the despatch of a couple of his victims also being tended to at the Côte-Des-Neiges cemetery , opposite the mountain , alongside the University of Montreal , where Marc Lepine joined his victims in the silence at the centre . |
| 3 | Where time permits , leave the final draft of any report you have written for a few days and then read it again with fresh eyes . |
| 4 | Overdrafts to customers are often granted for a few days or weeks . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've told her he 's travelling between America and Mexico and ca n't be reached for a few days . |
| 6 | He was to have joined me this week , but his train met with an accident , so he 's been detained for a few days with an injured ankle . |
| 7 | He had n't shaved for a few days and a sickly smell clung to his clothes and hair . |
| 8 | They could easily have waited for a few days . ’ |
| 9 | But as long as you spot the early signs you should be okay — just keep the red bits covered for a few days . |
| 10 | Where a slight flow of water is guaranteed for a few days , for example in crevices and gullies that conduct snow-melt trickles , mosses gather among the lichens . |
| 11 | They are much more risky , tending to be highly volatile — rising quickly but often falling faster , indeed sometimes trading is suspended for a few days so you are locked in until trading resumes usually at a much lower level . |