Example sentences of "[adj] days ' " in BNC.
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| 31 | Even with a few days ' rehearsal it was an unnerving experience . |
| 32 | After his second retirement eight years later , he was again ‘ let down lightly ’ , by doing a few days ' work a month on market research . |
| 33 | She will probably welcome your offer of help with such matters as the registration of the death , notifying distant friends , putting an announcement of death in local or national newspapers if she wants this , and dealing with kindly enquiries from neighbours in a tactful way , so that they understand that she may not be feeling like having too many callers at first but will greatly appreciate their help and sympathy in a few days ' ( or weeks , ) time ; and making arrangements for the funeral and any family gathering that is to take place afterwards . |
| 34 | I was only given a few days ' notice . |
| 35 | Sometimes , of course , it can work the other way round ; I recall a woman , going through a difficult time with her husband , returning after a few days ' holiday to find that he had swept and cleaned the house from top to bottom . |
| 36 | Before sleep overtook us , we reflected on our last few days ' climbing . |
| 37 | The news was relayed to the restive citizens that they had a few days ' respite . |
| 38 | Inside sources claim that Cobain is devastated by the revelations , and the possibility that Nirvana may cancel their appearance at Reading Festival is very real , given that the band were prepared to scrap their jubilant homecoming show at just a few days ' notice . |
| 39 | Backpackers must make adjustments — quite easy to do with a few days ' walking under your belt , not so simple when your planning trips in your living room . |
| 40 | The girls arrived at the Gare du Nord , as we will do , and then , as we will in a few days ' time , they made for the Gare de L'Est and the journey into central Europe . |
| 41 | This would on past experience coax the crocuses out in Hyde Park , only to be spiked by frost in a few days ' time . |
| 42 | However we agreed to visit Cedars together in a few days ' time . |
| 43 | Well , we had a talk and she invited me to come back in a few days ' time . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | The single-cell layer of the wall will lie in such a way that it is in contact with the mother 's blood supply , burrowing into the capillaries ( thread-like blood vessels ) to obtain nutrition via the mother 's blood — only the first few days ' nutrition comes from within the blastocyst itself . |
| 46 | Only after a few days ' exposure to New York sunlight did they readjust to local time . |
| 47 | For the few hours , the day or few days ' duration of the " event " , their labour force at the location in question increases many times in size . |
| 48 | There was nothing wrong with enjoying her own interests and social activities — including Martin Ward 's party in a few days ' time . |
| 49 | Aubrey , watching the three excitedly making plans , was sensitive enough not to mention the news he had received a few days ' earlier from his mother — that Madeleine and Dunbar were coming home with the regiment . |
| 50 | " I too shall be attending the ceremonies prior to a few days ' relaxation at the hill station of Dalat . " |
| 51 | Pete suggested that in a few days ' time he could take her out to the nearest big town on the coast , and there she could look for clothes in the department stores and check out the library for the addresses of any useful organisations or people to contact . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | She 'd been spending a few days ' holiday in Sicily , with her friends Penny and Devlin . |
| 55 | 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 . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | I 'm lucky , she told her reflection , and in a few days ' time I 'll be far away from this place , and without Piers around I 'll be able to put things back into perspective . |
| 58 | Except , a small protective inner voice prompted her hurtfully , that I 'm no long-term threat to your person or your property because in a few days ' time at the very most I shall be out of your land and out of your life . |
| 59 | What did it matter if there would be no long-term future for them together — that in a few days ' time they would be separated by the cold grey expanse of the North Sea ? |
| 60 | The job depended upon careful organisation as it had to be come at only a few days ' notice . |