Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] a [adj] days " in BNC.
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1 | But he added that patience had limits and he might wait a few days or two weeks . |
2 | But he added that patience had limits and he might wait a few days or two weeks . |
3 | He thinks perhaps I might have a few days away from here . |
4 | She might get a few days riding from it , but it could not survive for long . |
5 | When my mother and I called on him he said that if we could wait a few days he would find the right frame and have it stove-enamelled black . |
6 | And you could spend a few days there . |
7 | She could spend a few days in Prague just enjoying herself , and … ’ |
8 | It would help if , perhaps , you could take a few days longer to prepare a considered report . " |
9 | Among orange mounds of dust and evil black pools the sawyers squatted , self-reliant Lowlanders who perched here like colonists and were tolerated because the sub-tenants and cottagers on the poorest land could get a few days felling trees when they were desperate . |
10 | Though osmone may take a few days , if not weeks , to work , and not everyone can detect the smell , its action is gentle but effective , claims Dr Todd . |
11 | Well there 's another lad he 's been ill in health he 's worked more now than he ever has cos he used to work a few days and lose a few days and he was n't . |
12 | He would wait a few days before having his hair cut , so that they could not think that they had made him . |
13 | And surely , nobody in his right mind would take a few days ' vacation and miss out on the opportunity of selling his own plans and proposals to the President of the Corporation ? |
14 | It was arranged that he would take a few days ' supply of stoma bags with him and he was given a list of equipment he would require . |
15 | There will be pre-completion searches to put in hand and in addition some corporate tenants in particular may require a few days in order to execute and return documentation . |
16 | They will spend a few days with their hosts in the classroom , before going on a camping trip in the Dutch countryside . |
17 | The spokeswoman added : ‘ It will take a few days to find out just what has been taken . |
18 | And then she will take a few days off from seeing anybody except me and do a bit of work . |
19 | The authorities say that will take a few days to put right . |
20 | ‘ I can spare a few days , ’ Jenna assured her , not daring to look at Alain . |
21 | I can wait a few days . ’ |
22 | Well , I may send a telegram if I can work a few days off at Athens . |
23 | Sometimes electric shock treatment his been given to quell the uproar and the ensuing calm gives the adult the opportunity to reassert itself and the tormented soul can have a few days of peace . |