Example sentences of "in a [det] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our plan was to meet there in a few days ' time , once our researches in New York were concluded . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Those girls who attempt to escape are found in a few days . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | He was assured that he would hear in a few days . |
| 6 | Doubtless that was the trigger , but an operation of 24,000 men is not thrown together in a few days . |
| 7 | In a few days we shall announce our exact demands which must be fulfilled before we release Liam Shakespeare . |
| 8 | ‘ In a few days , ’ I said , and he nodded . |
| 9 | She 'd get to California in a few days . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If the symptoms are of the remedy they will disappear in a few days and no more medicine may be needed . |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ He 'll be fine in a few days , my dear , with an infusion of clover and foxglove to steady his heart . |
| 16 | Jock Lewes came in a few days later with a different tale to tell . |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | If it is already well dried and can be carted in a few days , this method involves less work than tripodding . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Let us suppose the Smith family have planned a picnic in the country in a few days time . |
| 21 | In a few days you will hear that Stalingrad is completely in German hands . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He told his brother that he was close to death and would die in a few days . |
| 24 | In a few days the effects of the anaesthetic will diminish and you will feel better . |
| 25 | Lothar replied that he simply had a skin complaint that could be cleared up in a few days . |
| 26 | It 's as hard to do justice to the beauty of the Eternal City in a few words as it is to see everything in a few days . |
| 27 | She will probably welcome your offer of help with such matters as the registration of the death , notifying distant friends , putting an announcement of death in local or national newspapers if she wants this , and dealing with kindly enquiries from neighbours in a tactful way , so that they understand that she may not be feeling like having too many callers at first but will greatly appreciate their help and sympathy in a few days ' ( or weeks , ) time ; and making arrangements for the funeral and any family gathering that is to take place afterwards . |
| 28 | I was due in court in a few days to begin divorce proceedings and the threat of Johnny ‘ B ’ helped to dilute the worry . |
| 29 | For in a few days , this same man would be reporting back to the most feared woman in Britain . |
| 30 | ‘ In a few days I 'll have some plan . |