Example sentences of "a [adj] days " in BNC.

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1 Who , for instance , would have the courage to return a 120 days Note , requesting replacement with one for 60 days ?
2 The day came , and with it a forty days , forty nights style rainstorm .
3 On 26 March 1991 he was returned to Safi Prison and in protest he began a hunger-strike which resulted in his falling into a coma , due to his illness , a few days later .
4 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 .
5 When fermentation has finished the ‘ green beer ’ is run into conditioning tanks for a few days .
6 After a few days the head will collapse and leave a brownish pancake .
7 The resultant paste is cask-conditions for a few days before bottling .
8 I was diplomatically ill for a few days and then I returned to my normal work .
9 While we were all getting ready for work one morning , a few days after the above conversation , one of the other girls ( Martha ) transferred a fifty-pound note from her handbag to the pocket of her apron , which was at that point still hanging by the door with everyone else 's .
10 Somewhat naïvely , I had expected it all to be sorted out then and there , but the chap just took my name , gave me a form to fill in and told me to come back a few days later for a full interview .
11 My father did in fact sneak up to see me a few days later .
12 For a few days they should be given a cool , shaded position ; after that as much light as possible .
13 Most continue ripening in store until ready for the table , but a few varieties must be brought into the warm for a few days before they are ready to eat .
14 At this stage cut off the complete head and invert it in a paper bag , hanging these in an airy place for a few days until the seeds are quite dry .
15 If your symptoms persist for more than a few days , then contact your doctor for advice .
16 Call your doctor for advice if symptoms persist for more than a few days .
17 It 's not unusual for many women to feel depressed a few days after giving birth .
18 The congregation usually watched him with a perverse relish which he mistook for devout attention , but this Sunday afternoon there was palpably an added curiosity to see how well he managed to live down the shaming comedy he had enacted on horseback a few days before .
19 Among orange mounds of dust and evil black pools the sawyers squatted , self-reliant Lowlanders who perched here like colonists and were tolerated because the sub-tenants and cottagers on the poorest land could get a few days felling trees when they were desperate .
20 Our plan was to meet there in a few days ' time , once our researches in New York were concluded .
21 A few days later , after we had established ourselves in Montreal , we called him .
22 As she walked from the post office empty handed , she pretended to be an American tourist , one who could leave in a few days , one for whom the trip would soon be nothing more than a few travel stories and postcards .
23 The liquid is now officially called beer but it needs a few days further conditioning in the brewery , to purge some of the rough alcohols , before it is ready to leave for the pub .
24 The second is a slick operator , who studies his victim 's habits for a few days to establish a safe crime time .
25 Covering the work to protect from frost and rain , we left it for a few days to dry , which helps the shuttering to loosen itself too .
26 Washington 's stance seems sure to complicate the United Airlines buyout , which was to close a few days after the 10 October deadline set by Mr Skinner for information on BA 's involvement .
27 Only a few days before his state 's 40th anniversary celebrations , he has been obliged to accept a deal permitting several thousand of its citizens to flee to the capitalist Federal Republic .
28 But John Bullock , senior partner at Deloitte UK , admitted that Touche Ross had only been informed of his decision not to merge with them ‘ a few days ago ’ .
29 David Puttnam will be going round with a quiet smile on his face for a few days .
30 Mr Baker 's comments came , however , a few days before Mr Greenspan starts a four-day visit to Moscow .
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