Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] days ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they stopped , sometimes at the junctions between seasons , Tallis could feel the flow of time , the great spiral storm that curled around some focus a few days ' riding to the north . |
| 2 | And the fact that having a baby and adjusting to motherhood are only permitted to cause a few days ' disruption must be a bad thing — when what mothers really need is adequate time to rest ( between feeds ) , plenty of boosts to their ego , lots of love and confidence building . |
| 3 | L Detachment was thus judged ready for operations , and to wind down were given a few days ' leave to be spent in Cairo . |
| 4 | I was only given a few days ' notice . |
| 5 | She wrote that she would prefer not to come home , but Tony and Maureen got a few days ' leave and travelled to Kent to see her . |
| 6 | Robyn is rather less generous with the next supplicant , a young man who broke his ankle falling off his motorbike on New Year 's Eve , but even the least deserving candidate gets a few days ' respite , for Robyn tends to identify with the students against the system that assesses them , even though she is herself part of the system . |
| 7 | After his second retirement eight years later , he was again ‘ let down lightly ’ , by doing a few days ' work a month on market research . |
| 8 | I phoned and the man that I needed to speak to was not there , he 'd been seconded to the Himalayas or something , he was only coming back erm , in the middle of January , I was in , erm , November or whatever it was , I was giving a few days ' grace , and then I was going to call . |
| 9 | And surely , nobody in his right mind would take a few days ' vacation and miss out on the opportunity of selling his own plans and proposals to the President of the Corporation ? |
| 10 | It was arranged that he would take a few days ' supply of stoma bags with him and he was given a list of equipment he would require . |
| 11 | She 'd been spending a few days ' holiday in Sicily , with her friends Penny and Devlin . |
| 12 | The news was relayed to the restive citizens that they had a few days ' respite . |
| 13 | Sarah had a few days ' leave while Joe was home and Maureen suggested , while Anne and her father were present , that Joe took Sarah out sometimes . |
| 14 | Crawford had been ordered to take a few days ' rest after pulling a leg muscle , but he was back after only a day , filming at the Piazzale del Faro . |
| 15 | That it is n't that you 've got up on the wrong side or eaten something which did n't agree with you or just need a few days ' rest . |