Example sentences of "a [adj] days [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Supreme Soviet usually met for two sessions of a few days each year . |
| 2 | Within a few days each hole is teeming with worms , with a large proportion being on the pebble . |
| 3 | We 'll be going to London for a few days next month to find suitable premises , so I 'll be able to go down and see Mum and Dad and the children . |
| 4 | It 's been going on a few days this game . |
| 5 | Stella , before Howard leaves , will you fix for him to fly to New Canaan for a few days last spring … ? ’ |
| 6 | For a few days last week it looked as though United States voters would behave as British voters did earlier this year and swing back to the devil they knew . |
| 7 | Within a few days military delegations from Myanma and Thailand had met and Myanman troops were withdrawn by Dec. 25 . |
| 8 | The course follows the American precedent , with two and a half days each week allocated to in-house tuition , augmented by home study , and governed by an acronym which becomes fixed in the minds of all students : DPR , or , Daily Practise Routines . |
| 9 | Few would deny the convenience for shoppers of large numbers of local stores with long opening hours on six and a half days each week , but there is no doubt that consumers pay for the convenience . |
| 10 | I took maternity leave in October 1986 and came back to work part-time in July 1987 working two and a half days each week . |