Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] a few days " in BNC.
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1 | Maybe when he really got roughed up or stayed out for more than just a few days , Manuel would think about talking things over with the vet , but for now , well , ‘ what 's the hurry , man ? ! ’ |
2 | Only a few of the Christian residents appeared to notice that the Syrians had come prepared for more than just a few days ' stay . |
3 | Several contractors have had it and it 's never been right and eventually a few days or weeks later a man comes round to pick up the grass which has already flown everywhere so it 's too late and a wa total waste of money . |
4 | It will be the first time that the Unita leader has met a British minister , and only a few days ago the Angolan ambassador in London was assured by a Foreign Office official that there were no plans for such a meeting . |
5 | In a short time you 'll receive your new multipoint cashcard , and just a few days later a Great Escapes brochure displaying over 180 excellent hotels to choose from , together with your two FREE Great Escapes vouchers . |
6 | In 1802 he records ‘ 19th January — Mr. Ibbetson 's dance ’ and then a few days later he dined at Mr. Ibbetson 's . |
7 | And right , he made me heart jump , 'cos he looked just like your dad , and then a few days later , he 's in garage again , and Johnny come in and he said , God he said , he gave me a flaming heart attack out there . |
8 | The grateful customer sent Tina a box of chocolates but only a few days earlier she had vowed not to eat any chocolates because of Lent . |
9 | I never got to hear Arthur Calder-Marshall talking about Patrick Hamilton , but just a few days later I was able to read Patrick Hamilton about Arthur Calder-Marshall , in a letter to Hamilton 's brother in 1951 about a radio talk Calder-Marshall had given : ‘ Arthur C-M 's description of me as he first knew me ( at the Wells Hotel , Hampstead ) makes very amusing reading . |
10 | After only a few days he gave up and did his best to ignore them even though they had the one thing above all he was beginning to want : freedom . |
11 | After only a few days we were both madly in love , not just with each other , but with this beautiful island in the sun and with Crystal Springs , which we found by accident . |
12 | Three of these had discontinued treatment themselves after only a few days and failed to keep further appointments , one was found to have severe total colonic disease on colonoscopy , and one was found to have Crohn 's disease ; none of these five patients had side effects from treatment and were deemed unsuitable for analysis . |
13 | The calves , when only a few days old , are tethered by the neck in a stall about 60 cms wide and 150 cms long , until they are too large to turn . |