Example sentences of "a few days [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It was tough on the aircrews though , going out night after night to drop bombs on targets they could n't see through the murk and the searchlights , but perhaps this very impersonality kept them going — that and the fact that they were young and usually had a few days between each mission when they could recuperate in the relative peace and tranquility of the English countryside .
2 When Miss Louisa had a second more severe stroke at the end of August , and Miss Ellen another heart attack , both old ladies died within a few days of each other .
3 Unfortunately old Mr and Mrs Linton caught the fever too , and died within a few days of each other .
4 Observations were taken over three weekdays within a few days of each other to cover the period between 8.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m. , so that at each datapoint there were 1980 ( 11 hours x 60 minutes x 3 ) observations of activity for each individual .
5 Father and son had died within a few days of each other
6 ‘ The deaths of father and son within a few days of each other raise questions to which I have to find satisfactory answers .
7 I believe it to be one of two aircraft , both Dornier Do 17Zs which were both shot down in the same area within a few days of each other .
8 After a few days of this treatment , Moz began to feel less threatened by his owner , and began to greet her at the gate .
9 It rained for a few days after that shake of early March .
10 Yet even though he got the chance to fight Mr Bush , he would not now be heading for the White House if it had not been for the disaster which hit the President a few days after that TV interview .
11 And if you look at the roofs of a row of houses , a few days after any snow fall , some roofs are free of snow quite quickly , and some take much longer , even although there 's no sun .
12 After managing to hold out for several months against Paul 's pressurising , she had agreed to the engagement only a few days before this trip .
13 You will not be in a condition to care about shaving , for example , for a few days in all probability anyway .
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