Example sentences of "[conj] a few days later " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rumours were soon in circulation about the surrender , and a few days later it was announced that 47,000 wounded had been saved . |
| 2 | Once more among his Party faithful in Nuremberg in September 1938 , his proclamation contained the usual cliché about the infant Nazi Party beginning the fight against the greatest enemy threatening the German people , international Jewry , and a few days later , still at the Party Rally , he attempted to justify Germany 's attempts to rid itself of its Jews by the stereotype reference to an over-populated country . |
| 3 | Here Blake left them , identified himself to the surprised border guards and a few days later was flown to Mosow for a triumphant reunion with the KGB . |
| 4 | Before the patient left St Mary 's Hospital , a leading article headed ‘ Penicillium ’ appeared in The Times and a few days later a letter was published from Sir Almroth Wright claiming Fleming as the discoverer of penicillin . |
| 5 | John Coleridge , ‘ an Israelite without guile ’ , had probably died of a massive stroke , and a few days later was buried on the north side of the altar in the church he had served for twenty-one years . |
| 6 | Consequently Hunt earned the thanks of The Civil Engineer and Architects ' Journal for his innovation , and a few days later in the House , Gladstone was able to say with satisfaction that ‘ for the first time in the history of public edifices in the metropolis ’ , it was possible to state what the real cost would be . |
| 7 | One thing that puzzled me as a boy was Mrs. Farrer 's hair — it used to change overnight from snow white to jet black and a few days later it was white again . |
| 8 | ‘ I wrote immediately , ’ she says , ‘ and a few days later I was sent a complaints form to fill in and return . ’ |
| 9 | She was raped and then killed and a few days later her naked corpse found somewhere in the hills . |
| 10 | So , Bob gets the person who recommended him to recommend me , and a few days later the ticket , and the rule book , arrives : |
| 11 | Mr. Gilberd agreed to the transaction , the defendant paid the cheque into the bank , and a few days later Ballay took possession of the goods , the defendant helping him to load them into his vehicle . |
| 12 | I had to have a talk with Mrs Rumney and a few days later I called in at The Laurels . |
| 13 | She went to a small hospital near the house , and a few days later she died . |
| 14 | I sent Kassimi with a letter to the Governor at Goba , and a few days later we received an apology for our treatment and permission to continue our journey . |
| 15 | Early next month Mr Hun Sen and Prince Sihanouk are to meet in Indonesia , and a few days later Mr Gorbachev and Mr Deng meet in Beijing . |
| 16 | If a few days later the salesman 's firm sends the customer a letter accepting the customer 's offer , the contract is made , not during the visit , but a few days later . |
| 17 | ‘ But a few days later he got a letter with a train ticket down south and two hundred pounds in notes as expenses . |
| 18 | But a few days later the Soviet Government organ admitted that ‘ possibly neutralisation would be conducive to the creation of a system of collective security in Asia ’ and that ‘ the proposal for this system is cherished by all those who seek the normalisation of the situation in Asia ’ . |
| 19 | He had thought that that would be the last he would hear of her , but a few days later she had sent him her first piece , and he had been so impressed by it that he had printed it and asked her to write more for him . |
| 20 | If a few days later the salesman 's firm sends the customer a letter accepting the customer 's offer , the contract is made , not during the visit , but a few days later . |
| 21 | They backed off that time , but a few days later they tried to invade the island . |
| 22 | This was a relief , but a few days later , when Vitor 's confirmation letter had been answered with a polite refusal , she started to worry again . |