Example sentences of "several days [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were several weeks journey from London , but towns like Liverpool or York were several days journey from London , so that the colonists might feel distant but not uniquely isolated from the metropolis , and had closer ties with it than many parts of the English countryside . |
| 2 | We knew the Germans were still sentimental about Christmas , and I was given several days leave . |
| 3 | The 23-year-old is returning home to Bruhl in Germany for several days rest . |
| 4 | The newspapers will require several days notice and this should be allowed for when notifying the Regional Information Office . |
| 5 | All offer trips of several days duration ; check carefully what you get . |
| 6 | Peasants and miners were formed into a militia and given several days training , then stationed behind earthworks hurriedly thrown up on beaches , such as at Seaton , which became ‘ a handsome fence forbidding any foe 's invasion ’ , or in the iron age forts . |