Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] days before " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In toads , for instance , the males sit on the backs of females for a few days before the female lays her eggs . |
| 3 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 4 | They were usually listless for a few days before they collapsed , breathing with evident difficulty and , in a few cases , discharging a white frothy liquid from their nostrils . |
| 5 | On it , messages left over from a few days before Brian gave up the flat . |
| 6 | Understandably Diana found it hard to concentrate on the cookery course she had enrolled in a few days before her father suffered his stroke . |