Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for a [det] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
| 2 | Our son Greg came over for a few days to do some business in England and to see his father . |
| 3 | He came up for a few days and stayed in Mackay 's Hotel in Ardallt . |
| 4 | ‘ Stormed around for a few days , lobbied as hard as I could and got on with my job . |
| 5 | After a time the goat disappeared , and its place was taken by some hens , and these hens I looked after when , as quite often happened , their mistress went away for a few days . |
| 6 | Apparently all went well for a few days , then Svend 's conscience got the better of him . |
| 7 | We actually split up for a few days because his mother sent a Christmas card to him and not to me . |
| 8 | The Captain and his wife proved so hospitable that Ricky stayed on for a few days after Minton left to stay with Paul ( ‘ Odo ’ ) Cross and Angus Wilson at their home Rio Chico at Ocho Rios . |
| 9 | Richard and a few followers escaped downstream to Geoffrey de Rancon 's castle at Taillebourg while the bulk of his troops were driven back into the cathedral , where they held out for a few days . |