Example sentences of "[conj] in a [det] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the most useful thing she did was to teach me the language , so that in a few days I could speak it quite well . |
| 2 | Pete suggested that in a few days ' time he could take her out to the nearest big town on the coast , and there she could look for clothes in the department stores and check out the library for the addresses of any useful organisations or people to contact . |
| 3 | What did it matter if there would be no long-term future for them together — that in a few days ' time they would be separated by the cold grey expanse of the North Sea ? |
| 4 | But they hope that in a few days forty orphaned children will be on their way to a new life in England … leaving behind them an horror of war which has already killed thousands of innocent youngsters . |
| 5 | Paul took the stuff home , used it , and in a few days the chancre dried up and went away . |
| 6 | One of the doctors managed to get the laundry going again and in a few days the hospital was evacuated to a small country town . |
| 7 | Adela fixed up a meeting between the king and archbishop , and in a few days everything was arranged . |
| 8 | In the evening a teacher arrived to help me learn the language , and in a few days I was able to make conversation with the island people . |
| 9 | I 'm lucky , she told her reflection , and in a few days ' time I 'll be far away from this place , and without Piers around I 'll be able to put things back into perspective . |
| 10 | A letter from G. Espin to Councillor Fraser re the waste of public money in erecting a new wire fence on the footpath between Baberton Mains Estate and Juniper Green and in a few days ripping it out and replacing it with a chestnut type wooden fence . |
| 11 | He agreed , and in a few days — not very long — he was in my flight . |
| 12 | But in a few days she will leave England and follow me to Argentina . |
| 13 | But in a few days ’ time it might look a little different . ’ |
| 14 | Except , a small protective inner voice prompted her hurtfully , that I 'm no long-term threat to your person or your property because in a few days ' time at the very most I shall be out of your land and out of your life . |
| 15 | For in a few days , this same man would be reporting back to the most feared woman in Britain . |