Example sentences of "few days in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | What you need is a break or a holiday so count your pennies and weigh up your chances of a few days in the sun or short spell staying with friends . |
2 | After a few days in the nest , however , the chicks will peck more at the herring gull model ( Figure 3.4 ) . |
3 | On one level they were just marking time , spending a few days in the country at a friend 's house . |
4 | I know it 's him , this man — what was his name ? — Luke Denner , that 's got you so worked up ; you 've not been the same since those few days in the country and that plan of his has been sitting on your desk untouched for days on end . |
5 | About ten days after the Club dance , my mother and father and I , and Anne and her parents drove up to spend a few days in the Rest House at Kota Belud , a beauty spot on the upper slopes of Kinabalu . |
6 | It 's best to store the panelling for a few days in the room in which it will be used , to allow the moisture content of the wood to settle before installation . |
7 | After a few days in the cave , he entered the farmhouse , saying that his end was close . |
8 | If the war was n't actually forgotten , it was put aside for a few days in the district around Screehaugh . |
9 | In the old days , when Margaret Thatcher was still a chemist , and John Major was John Major-Ball , most MPs and many Ministers stayed away from the Party conferences , regarding it as a necessary vulgarity , an annual opportunity for the spear-carriers and party bit-players to travel to a seaside resort out of season to spend a few days in the proximity of the great . |
10 | During my first few days in the refuge , I feel myself descend into depression . |
11 | BY THE time they got to Woodstock they might have been half a million strong , but give them a few days in the mud and they 'd soon wandered off into an acid daze looking for luxuries like a toilet , somewhere to sleep and a decent tofu burger . |
12 | ‘ After a few days in the gym here I would wake up and hope that the sparring partners would not turn up . |
13 | ‘ After a few days in the gym here I would wake up and hope that the sparring partners would not turn up . |