Example sentences of "a few day [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , few families can have such secure or cheap fuel supplies today as those who can obtain their annual needs from only a few days work spent cutting , drying , hauling and stacking peat . |
| 2 | But it was a fun film , it only took a few days work — and I got to meet Mick Jagger ! ’ |
| 3 | Sanders ca n't be all that interested in the Plan if he takes a few days vacation rather than give the presentation . |
| 4 | If it appears slowly with a few days warning of something being not quite right and the patient gradually sinks into the illness , then the cause is likely to lie several days or even a week earlier . |
| 5 | Yet a friend with a 14.1hh Welsh Cob says his costs average out at £12 a week ; admittedly she has her own land and he lives out most of the time , but he really earns his living — last year they did everything from Riding Club events to a few days hunting . |
| 6 | In June 1176 Richard laid siege to Limoges ; after a few days resistance Aimar 's citadel capitulated . |
| 7 | About a week before Michael was due to go back into hospital , we managed a few days holiday in the Lake District . |
| 8 | In August one year he spent a few days holiday at Saxon-les-Bains in the Rhone Valley , where he had an interest in a fruit preserving factory . |
| 9 | Staff should be discouraged from carrying over anything more than a few holidays a few days holiday from one year to the next , unless it 's for specific purposes , such as climbing , catching dingo or visiting Aunty Mabel in New Zealand . |
| 10 | The boss knew I was worked to death , and not wanting to lose me said , ‘ Mick , you take a few days rest . |
| 11 | It 's worth a few days observation . ’ |
| 12 | He had a few days growth of stubble but something about him was fundamentally clean cut . |
| 13 | Let us suppose the Smith family have planned a picnic in the country in a few days time . |
| 14 | Did one yesterday for a man who was due to be executed today , erm , I do n't know whether he was or not , but he probably in a few days time . |
| 15 | Think the closing dates a few days time is n't it ? |
| 16 | Then they 'll now go into a maths lesson let's go into this , they 're gon na perhaps do that eight times , then they 're gon na get a breather , then a few days time after that the form teacher 's saying right , let's do it again and summarise it , I think it 's too much ! |
| 17 | So , gentlemen , what I 'm really doing is to show you a bit of the background and the fact that it 's not all doom and gloom there is a hell of a light at the tunnel and in matter of fact , we got another lecture on the channel tunnel in a few days time ! |
| 18 | In a few days time that extra edge of fitness could keep them alive |
| 19 | In a few days time the nation will again pay lip service to the thousands killed in action during the Second World War , while preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic with a spectacular visit from a NATO fleet in May . |
| 20 | look Grant , in a few days time |
| 21 | wait a bit , and they said so , they looked at it and said we 'd have to take it back in a few days time for them to do , they could n't do it there and then . |
| 22 | In a few days time we 'll be sitting him on top of a bonfire and standing around in the cold night while we light up the sky with loads of colour . |
| 23 | He stretches and stifles a yawn , there 's a few days stubble on his jowl , hair thin but shaggy , eyes peering briefly above the rim of his sunglasses , suede fringes swaying from his jacket as he roams the room before plonking into a chair . |
| 24 | After the wedding , a reception was held in the New Farm Loch Community Centre , followed by a few days honeymoon in York . |
| 25 | Okay , do n't forget to have a few days break over Christmas , do n't work all the time , have a jolly good time . |