Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] ' holiday " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’
2 Sometimes , of course , it can work the other way round ; I recall a woman , going through a difficult time with her husband , returning after a few days ' holiday to find that he had swept and cleaned the house from top to bottom .
3 She 'd been spending a few days ' holiday in Sicily , with her friends Penny and Devlin .
4 With perfect bad timing Inge , the au pair , had left that very morning on a few days ' holiday , and tomorrow was Nettie the housekeeper 's day off .
5 He and Sybil took off for a few weeks ' holiday before going back to London .
6 And although she 'd been sad to be leaving her family behind , she had been looking forward to a few weeks ' holiday and then — a new job , a new life .
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