Example sentences of "for a few days or " in BNC.
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| 1 | a combine , which only works for a few days or weeks in the year is far too costly for a smallholder , who must either rely on a contractor or work with simpler equipment . |
| 2 | Many widows like to stay in the home of a family member for a few days or weeks afterwards , but if she is going to return to her own home at some time , this should not be delayed for too long . |
| 3 | So , too , are the increasing number of so-called closing down sales which often take place for a few days or weeks at the end of a shop lease . |
| 4 | Afterwards I have a rest for a few days or go swimming ’ |
| 5 | Better to hold on to power for a few days or hours longer . |
| 6 | You may think you have to cut back on the necessities of life for a few days or cancel a treat you had promised yourself and the family . |
| 7 | More characteristic still are the thousands of tiny meltwater streams that trickle from ice-sheets and snow-banks for a few days or weeks each summer , often following the same channels year after year , and sometimes building up mats of vegetation along their course . |
| 8 | If any one of his rules was broken — and he had a number — he would put a notice on his front door which said that the offender was scartata , rejected ; it could be for a few days or anything up to a fortnight . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ Just for a few days or so … something to ease the pain ? ’ |
| 11 | Overdrafts to customers are often granted for a few days or weeks . |
| 12 | Bearing in mind that if we do have the whole house then people are only coming for a few days or or even one night could no they had somewhere to stay . |