Example sentences of "[pron] [be] a few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jade 's skull was fractured when she was a few days old when her nanny , Carol Withers battered her with a heavy weapon . |
| 2 | As we were a few days behind schedule by this time I decided to press on while the weather held and the following morning saw us off Montrose with an ominous early shipping forecast of a southerly gale . |
| 3 | Fish normally seek out the warmer shallows , and if there are a few days of sunshine before opening day then you will know where to choose on the bank . |
| 4 | Usually , it is preferable if there are a few days of further careful assessment of the patient before such steps are taken . |
| 5 | He stretches and stifles a yawn , there 's a few days stubble on his jowl , hair thin but shaggy , eyes peering briefly above the rim of his sunglasses , suede fringes swaying from his jacket as he roams the room before plonking into a chair . |
| 6 | Kittens first purr while suckling when they are a few days old . |
| 7 | It was a few days before Michael Ramsey first became an undergraduate at his college . |
| 8 | So a 20p increase would only put the cost back up to where it was a few days ago . |
| 9 | But it was a few days before my birthday , and he has always remembered my birthday . |
| 10 | Certainly more confident now than it was a few days ago . |