Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a [noun sg] of days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Approaching the crags we 've seen for a couple of days . |
| 2 | The use of a software package such as ‘ Office Power ’ with the ability to generate on-line a standard response to correspondence would dramatically improve the response time in dealing with most enquiries from individual and ensure that a response is made within a matter of days . |
| 3 | And selling agents , Eric Cairns Partnership are hopeful that a deal will be clinched within a matter of days . |
| 4 | ’ It would n't be an overstatement to say we 've carried near on a hundred tons of material of one sort or another up this driveway to our house , whereas it could have been done in a couple of days with permission to drive up . ’ |
| 5 | It 's typical of the states I get in here I suddenly told myself that the digging would have to be done over a number of days , the only stupid thing was to expect to do it all in one . |
| 6 | Provided the serial numbers are kept separate , lost or stolen cheques can usually be replaced within a couple of days . |
| 7 | The path we followed is only a short section of the 560-mile Ulster Way , which takes in most of the province and requires a good three weeks to complete , but this section of the coastal path can be completed in a couple of days , though longer is highly recommended . |
| 8 | Generally , the harvesting of essential oil plants should be completed within a matter of days ; any delay , and the essential oils will be lost . |
| 9 | He had seen the young French clerk whom Celeste had seduced , be broken in a matter of days and confess to whatever question had been put to him . |
| 10 | By carefully controlling the drying rates in large kilns the time for seasoning can be reduced to a matter of days or weeks . |
| 11 | Erm I I I did this morning but I 've handed it back to the District Council access to their newt report , which was referred to a couple of days ago . |
| 12 | The chair of the Campaign for Democracy , Beko Ransome-Kuti , who had called for a campaign of civil disobedience in the New Year if Babangida did not leave office , was arrested on Dec. 31 and detained for a number of days . |
| 13 | she 'd gone for a couple of days when she was up but she says she has n't been up to see her for about eighteen months ! |
| 14 | The new cabinet and other ministerial appointments are announced within a matter of days , sometimes within a matter of hours . |
| 15 | The sneezing bouts continued for a couple of days , accompanied by shivering and coughing fits . |
| 16 | Clapton was also an isolated spot where the traps were usually left for a couple of days before being checked . |
| 17 | Too much may have happened within a matter of days after completion for it to be practical to reverse the sale . |
| 18 | The National Association of Specialisht Anglers member put in a couple of days on the River Swale at Topcliffe in North Yorkshire to take six chub over 4 lb , including specimens of 5 lb 13 oz and 5 lb 12 oz . |
| 19 | ‘ Most of the interviews should be finished in a couple of days — ’ |
| 20 | It had been most enjoyable with a tremendous amount of flying : I had been in every part of the Command — Persia as it was in those days , down the Gulf and all the way round the Gulf to Bahrain , Salalah , I took part in the search for the Imperial Airways Argosy airliner City of Glasgow that landed on the beach and was literally lost for a couple of days before one of the Shaihah crews found it away down beyond Sulwah Wells . |
| 21 | And the who 's going to do it is not determined until a couple of days before either party knows . |
| 22 | Unless I went back to Harwich , I was going to be flat broke in a couple of days and just at that moment the last thing I wanted to do was to go back to Harwich . |
| 23 | Working from these , and with microorganisms he is culturing in his laboratory to metabolise related compounds from the chlorodioxin group , Chakrabarty is seeking a single culture that can degrade 2,4,5-T to the point where heavily contaminated soil can be returned in a matter of days to healthy soil that can support plant life . |