Example sentences of "few days [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Queen Mother has pulled out of a public engagement for tomorrow and will remain in Scotland a few days longer after her hospital stay . |
| 2 | The polemic in the newspapers had begun not over the kidnapping but over a fight that had broken out a few days previously in a bar much frequented by the young Sardinians who hung around the city and by the city gangs who sold them drugs . |
| 3 | The illusion had lasted long enough to make her accept his invitation to spend a few days away as a reward for all her hard work at the shop . |
| 4 | A Salvation Army officer friend had arranged for Ann to spend a few days away from home to help her resolve her feelings about the crisis before starting to tackle the difficulties in her marriage . |
| 5 | He thinks perhaps I might have a few days away from here . |
| 6 | Ben and Mrs Robinson arrange an assignation a few days later at the swanky Taft Hotel , where , after initial naivety and clumsiness almost make the occasion a farcical disaster , they end up satisfactorily in bed with one another . |
| 7 | Jock Lewes came in a few days later with a different tale to tell . |
| 8 | It can not be simply the distortions of hindsight that cast Alison Kraemer in the role of spoiler , for the effect was to throw us all into a foul temper , heightening the existing tensions until they exploded a few days later with devastating results . |
| 9 | Indeed , he was talking at the time about the possibility of him returning to Europe a few days later with Sampras for the Davis Cup final . |
| 10 | Likely to meet the Scottish club are Yorkshire 's Ilkley , who re-confirmed their serious intention to succeed in 1992 by beating lowly-placed Barnard Castle School , and then following up this home victory a few days later with a 3–0 away success in a delayed fixture against Topspin Darlington . |
| 11 | Somewhat naïvely , I had expected it all to be sorted out then and there , but the chap just took my name , gave me a form to fill in and told me to come back a few days later for a full interview . |
| 12 | This was sold a few days later for £8.58 million ! |
| 13 | His address a few days later to the Central Committee in Moscow balanced these remarks with more familiar declarations about the ‘ further strengthening of the positions of existing socialism ’ and growing opposition to the ‘ reactionary , aggressive forces of imperialism ’ . |
| 14 | When they met a few days later in Benghazi they quarrelled and the Zliten boy knifed the Zuwayi in the arm . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The annihilation of the Baltic fleet a few days later in the Straits of Tsushima was almost unbelievable and was the first defeat of a great power in modern history by an Asian state and for that reason alone Japan 's success might have been an example for Vietnam . |
| 17 | It happened again , out of the blue , a few days later in Oxford Street . |
| 18 | He was recaptured a few days later in Liverpool in an operation involving more than 60 police officers and a helicopter . |
| 19 | But so he should , for project coordinator at Blackfriars , with partner travelled to Germany to represent Great Britain in the European Bridge Championships a few days later in March . |
| 20 | New account holders will receive their opening pack immediately , to be followed a few days later by their Route Seventeen Card . |
| 21 | They followed this a few days later by a two-pronged push , one prong spearing towards the Bostan-al-Amarah area and the other towards Ali al-Gharbi on the Baghdad-Basrah road , meeting some success in occupying heights overlooking the town . |
| 22 | In April Elsie Streek and Myrtle Mott entertained elderly and disabled people with a day of movement and display organised by Thameside Institute ; this was followed a few days later by an afternoon with the Woolwich Salvation Army Group . |
| 23 | The train going west to Prague was empty and unheated , and arrived two hours late at a different station ; but the weather in Bohemia was a few days ahead of Olomouc and the capital was clear and bright . |
| 24 | If printed in time tickets may be available a few days ahead of the programme from Henley and Twyford booking offices . |
| 25 | What she did n't know , of course , was that I finished my work a few days ahead of that schedule , and was not here when you — in the guise of your sister , ’ he inserted gently , ‘ arrived . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Despite several rests ranging from a few days up to a whole week , I could n't shake off the injury and it just got worse . |
| 27 | A few days here in Marigot Bay should sort you out . ’ |
| 28 | Oh she said a few days ago about some bungalow or something he 's he 's helping to build . |
| 29 | The Bewicks landed at Slimbridge a few days ago after their two thousand mile flight from Siberia . |
| 30 | Quoting a responsible Palestinian source , the newspaper reported that Abu Zayd had been executed " a few days ago in international waters " . |