Example sentences of "in [art] few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of being so fair , his skin had taken on quite a deep tan in the few days they had been there . |
| 2 | WONDERFUL WOBURN produced a number of surprises this year at the annual gathering of the de Havilland Moth Club in the picturesque grounds of Woburn Abbey over the weekend of August 15/16 although strong winds and generally poor weather in the few days leading up to the event meant that the number of foreign Moths arriving was down on previous years . |
| 3 | For example , of all the spare-time activities reported by affluent workers and their wives in the few days before being interviewed 62 per cent were in or about the home itself . |
| 4 | They have somehow , in the few days since the rains arrived , become biblically sleek . |
| 5 | In all her short life Sally-Anne had never before encountered the squalor which she had seen in the few days since she had arrived in these poor streets in the hinterland between London Docks and Stepney . |
| 6 | In the few days that Blake had known the Doctor , he had never seen him fall asleep . |
| 7 | ‘ I am not persuaded that the use of the personal pronoun ‘ him ’ in the phrase ‘ sustained by him ’ was intended by parliament to have the bizarre result that there was no-one to injure or to sustain injuries in the few days before the child was born . |
| 8 | Jonquil came in every few days . |
| 9 | Our plan was to meet there in a few days ' time , once our researches in New York were concluded . |
| 10 | As she walked from the post office empty handed , she pretended to be an American tourist , one who could leave in a few days , one for whom the trip would soon be nothing more than a few travel stories and postcards . |
| 11 | Those girls who attempt to escape are found in a few days . |
| 12 | ‘ We can do nothing for Eastern Europe if we fail among ourselves in a few days ’ time to agree on economic and monetary union , social and environmental policies so that we can complete the European single market on time . ’ |
| 13 | He was assured that he would hear in a few days . |
| 14 | Doubtless that was the trigger , but an operation of 24,000 men is not thrown together in a few days . |
| 15 | In a few days we shall announce our exact demands which must be fulfilled before we release Liam Shakespeare . |
| 16 | ‘ In a few days , ’ I said , and he nodded . |
| 17 | She 'd get to California in a few days . |
| 18 | If the symptoms disappear in a few days no more medicine is needed , but if the symptoms persist dosing continues as before to complete the cure §281 . |
| 19 | If the symptoms are of the remedy they will disappear in a few days and no more medicine may be needed . |
| 20 | If the advice is more positive , will the parents be able to shrug off attitudes which have built up over decades in a few days ? |
| 21 | In a few days ' time the President of the Society for the Protection of the Selva Sur , David Ricalde , would tell me , ‘ Some of these naturalists , it 's not their fault but they do n't know their stuff . |
| 22 | In a few days ' time , perhaps sooner , he would die quietly of pneumonia , peacefully suffocating as the bloodstream slowed and the deprived lungs surrendered their function . |
| 23 | ‘ He 'll be fine in a few days , my dear , with an infusion of clover and foxglove to steady his heart . |
| 24 | Jock Lewes came in a few days later with a different tale to tell . |
| 25 | When I inquired after the baptism he said he had been mistaken , it had been yesterday , but that there would be another in a few days and , anyway , who needed a baptism to enjoy themselves ? |
| 26 | If it is already well dried and can be carted in a few days , this method involves less work than tripodding . |
| 27 | He told the owner of the pensione that he would probably be leaving in a few days and then he made his way to the station to ask about trains . |
| 28 | Let us suppose the Smith family have planned a picnic in the country in a few days time . |
| 29 | In a few days you will hear that Stalingrad is completely in German hands . ’ |
| 30 | Since he had been commissioned in November 1858 , he had ‘ almost wholly devoted ’ himself to the building , and tenders were expected in a few days . |