Sentence:  The judge became ill just as the Colfax District Court convened , no substitute was brought in , no criminal cases heard , only 5 out of 122 cases docketed were tried , and court adjourned sine die after sitting <WSD>a</WSD> few days instead of the usual three weeks . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  more than one but indefinitely small in number