Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [prep] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mother had been taken ill suddenly and at once removed to hospital , where she died within a few days . |
| 2 | Now half a crown in those days was a lot of money , you had to a full day 's work for half a crown , make no mistake on that . |
| 3 | When this came to light we insisted for a few days that employees should seek permission to leave the company premises . |
| 4 | For the last two days we went on a two day expedition . |
| 5 | We stayed for a few days in Paris on the way home , and Elizabeth wrote to me at our hotel . |
| 6 | Laser projectors could beam whole programmes into the mind , where the programmes became like your own lived memories , though they faded in a few days . |
| 7 | It rained for a few days after that shake of early March . |
| 8 | It looked like a dull day outside but she could n't just sit in her room doing nothing . |
| 9 | He left after a few days as I said . |