Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] a few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it might pay a mother to wait for a few days and see what happened to the baby . |
| 2 | When the seeds drop off from the flowering spike , they should be left in the tank to float for a few days . |
| 3 | ‘ You wo n't be going back to work for a few days , I 'm afraid , Francisco . ’ |
| 4 | He was going to find it rather difficult to talk for a few days , Kathleen realised . |
| 5 | She used to come down here from London , sometimes just for a meal , sometimes to unwind for a few days , sometimes with some young swain or other , sometimes on her own . |
| 6 | So I got Peggy up from Somerset , on the same farm you see , and that was much better , and erm we 've been cycling to Stroud , to the pictures you know , 8 miles there and 8 miles back , and erm but the awful job he gave me to do for a few days was along , there was a young lad there and he was going to drive the old heavy fords and tractor and I was going to walk behind , and he 'd got converted horse drags I suppose they call them |
| 7 | Backpackers must make adjustments — quite easy to do with a few days ' walking under your belt , not so simple when your planning trips in your living room . |
| 8 | ONE of County Durham 's longest-serving police officers is to retire in a few days . |
| 9 | ‘ I have an important function to attend in a few days ’ time . |
| 10 | You need to rest for a few days , but you should be all right soon enough . |
| 11 | After this the hole in the shell is sealed and the embryo is allowed to develop for a few days . |
| 12 | A few days before Michael came home , our daughter-in-law Pippa came to stay for a few days , bringing Emily , who was to go to a boarding-school in Yorkshire . |
| 13 | Avril found out the very next evening when Peter drove her to her daughter 's house to stay for a few days . |
| 14 | In some homes it is possible to stay for a few days or a week at a time either occasionally or on a regular basis . |
| 15 | And now that Lucy had resolved to stay for a few days , she decided to tell her aunt to expect her when she saw her . |
| 16 | The mother 's death is portrayed in a macabre scene where Walter is unsure whether she has died , or even what death is , and allows the corpse to rot for a few days while he sits by her side . |
| 17 | The therapist realized that some changes in the couples ' situation would have to occur within a few days if another crisis were to be avoided . |