Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] a few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to have a talk with Mrs Rumney and a few days later I called in at The Laurels . |
| 2 | Here Blake left them , identified himself to the surprised border guards and a few days later was flown to Mosow for a triumphant reunion with the KGB . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's only five years , nine months and a few days now ! ’ |
| 4 | Before the patient left St Mary 's Hospital , a leading article headed ‘ Penicillium ’ appeared in The Times and a few days later a letter was published from Sir Almroth Wright claiming Fleming as the discoverer of penicillin . |
| 5 | If , however , it 's absorbed by osmosis through the skin , it simply paralyses in a death-like state for anything between a few hours and a few days , depending on the dosage . |
| 6 | There would band together to play a charity match and a few days afterwards attend the wedding of John Kirwan to a young lady of Treviso . |
| 7 | Though it may be possible to get professional or voluntary back-up for a few hours a day or a few days a week , an old or very sick and disabled person needs constant nursing and supervision round the clock . |
| 8 | One thing that puzzled me as a boy was Mrs. Farrer 's hair — it used to change overnight from snow white to jet black and a few days later it was white again . |
| 9 | Because my friend 's daughter whom I met er she is one year and a few days older than you two huh ? |
| 10 | A fortnight and a few days with me . |
| 11 | A fortnight later they announced themselves as the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and a few days after that , on 2 September , as the climax to weeks of stupendous political demonstrations , Vietnam declared its independence . |