Example sentences of "[noun pl] for a few days " in BNC.

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1 Starting with three 1½ × ¼in strips of ash for each I intended to steam the strips , clamp to the forms for a few days , and then glue and reclamp .
2 While Agassi and Sampras , with supreme pre-final confidence , had flown home from Frankfurt after the ATP Finals for a few days of relaxation in Florida before returning to Europe , Noah had taken his squad off to a Swiss tennis resort , where they trained for 6 hours a day , offered themselves for 30 minutes daily to the press for customary grilling and focussed wholly on the task in hand .
3 The resultant paste is cask-conditions for a few days before bottling .
4 Ann will look after things for a few days .
5 Delay things for a few days ? ’
6 The old man had gone to stay with relatives for a few days , and Dorothy wondered if I would water her houseplants , because he ( Leo ) wanted to spend all the time he could with her at the hospital .
7 ‘ I 'll give you some cortisone cream and I want you to wear cotton gloves for a few days , then come back and see me .
8 More characteristic still are the thousands of tiny meltwater streams that trickle from ice-sheets and snow-banks for a few days or weeks each summer , often following the same channels year after year , and sometimes building up mats of vegetation along their course .
9 In toads , for instance , the males sit on the backs of females for a few days before the female lays her eggs .
10 If the food you have given is not completely eaten , or if the water becomes cloudy , stop feeding the shrimps for a few days .
11 There are possible side effects such as nausea and headaches for a few days and extremely rarely there are other serious complications .
12 Miraculously , when invited for the Hunt Ball , he had asked if he might bring an old school friend who was staying with him , hiring horses for a few days ' hunting .
13 Local shopkeepers , community centres , libraries and other local venues should be asked to display prominently the posters for a few days preceding the consultation date/s .
14 If she missed his letters for a few days , she would probably stop taking him for granted .
15 When fermentation has finished the ‘ green beer ’ is run into conditioning tanks for a few days .
16 Sterilised crypts continue to empty of functional cells for a few days , then crypts disappear and bare ulcerated areas develop .
17 The second is a slick operator , who studies his victim 's habits for a few days to establish a safe crime time .
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