Example sentences of "after a [adj] days " in BNC.
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1 | After a few days the head will collapse and leave a brownish pancake . |
2 | They grew with his reading of Frazer who described the ‘ Burnt Land of Lydia ’ contrasting with the surrounding verdure and marvelled ( in the conclusion of The Dying God ) at ‘ what may be called the Australian spring ’ where ‘ the sandy and stony wilderness , over which the silence and desolation of death appear to brood , is suddenly , after a few days of torrential rain , transformed into a landscape smiling with verdure ’ . |
3 | ‘ Maybe he just sent the telegram and a letter will come after a few days , ’ Maggie tried to soothe . |
4 | After a few days the eldest brother told me to come . |
5 | Water again after a few days and start feeding in June . |
6 | After a few days at Broadlands , they flew to Gibraltar to join the Royal Yacht Britannia for a two-week cruise in and around the Mediterranean . |
7 | ‘ After a few days in the gym here I would wake up and hope that the sparring partners would not turn up . |
8 | ‘ After a few days in the gym here I would wake up and hope that the sparring partners would not turn up . |
9 | The sergeant confirmed that that happened with bodies after a few days . |
10 | The meeting broke up with mixed feelings , but after a few days it became clear that we were in business . |
11 | After a few days ' dialling he knew it by heart . |
12 | Sometimes Buddie stacked trays of eggs above the pipes to incubate , and after a few days there would be dozens of fluffy , chirruping chicks hatching out in the heat . |
13 | Already after a few days it became clear that the German troops had not succeeded in repulsing the Normandy landing , and that the deployment of the V1 — rapidly dubbed ‘ Versager I ’ ( ‘ Failure No . |
14 | After a few days of this treatment , Moz began to feel less threatened by his owner , and began to greet her at the gate . |
15 | A bribe of many millions of dollars was to be paid for a hostage , Peter Kilburn , by giving the captors a suitcase full of chemically treated bills ; after a few days , the bills would moulder away . |
16 | But after a few days of insipid campaigning there was grumbling back at base about the way the campaign was going . |
17 | Our hilltop villa proved a great vantage point for the spectacular storms that , after a few days , cleared the air and allowed Provence to shine in her brilliant colours , as if a gauze veil had been lifted . |
18 | His compatriot , Alexandra Ledermann 's Punition , who beat Navet in the Paris World Cup round but who had a difficult flight to Del Mar , looked much more at ease at the official horse inspection here , after a few days ' rest . |
19 | But after a few days he saw the sparks of it begin to reappear and within a week Mould was chattering away as usual and ran about the school thinking of a new plan . |
20 | But after a few days Mcduff lost interest . |
21 | If there is no improvement after a few days then it is either not the appropriate remedy or there are some environmental maintaining causes blocking the remedy action §252 . |
22 | After a few days the surgeons opened her brain ( craniotomy ) from the right side , and clipped the aneurysms . |
23 | After a few days recovering , they would skip off to get the bus north and have another go . |
24 | James , Earl of Douglas , raided Northumberland , laying siege to Newcastle , and after a few days ' inconclusive skirmishing , the Scots army retreated into the Cheviot Hills . |
25 | He left after a few days as I said . |
26 | After a few days of premonitory seismic activity , the eruption started on 15 January and for a few days well-developed Vulcanian activity continued , with frequent explosions and a great eruption cloud reaching up to 10,000 metres . |
27 | Q When you look at your diary after a few days , and your tally of tantrums , are they part of a more general pattern ? |
28 | I rose this morning after a few days of calm without mystical experience and I walked through a steep valley in a golden light of dawn that was like a rich but transparent garment covering all things . |
29 | resolve and spirit after a few days without a bath , a week without a change of clothes . |
30 | After a few days it may go onto their chest or settle in the liver causing a bilious fever and even jaundice . |