Example sentences of "be [v-ing] a few days " in BNC.

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1 She 'd been spending a few days ' holiday in Sicily , with her friends Penny and Devlin .
2 ‘ He 's spending a few days with Maria Luisa in Valencia on the mainland , ’ Fernando told her at last .
3 ‘ Angela 's taking a few days off — she has n't been well , ’ he said , easily .
4 He 's taking a few days ’ vacation out there , right now , so Pat and I thought it would be a good idea to let Fred Klepner stand in .
5 I phoned and the man that I needed to speak to was not there , he 'd been seconded to the Himalayas or something , he was only coming back erm , in the middle of January , I was in , erm , November or whatever it was , I was giving a few days ' grace , and then I was going to call .
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