Example sentences of "[be] only [art] few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | A glass or plastic one measuring about 18″ × 10″ × 10″ will hold 50 or so full-grown ones : often a single nettle head collected when the caterpillars are only a few days old will contain at least that many . |
| 2 | The chicks are only a few days old , but these parents are obviously more relaxed with them than the Barnys were with any of their offspring . ( ) |
| 3 | As regards the period of notice to be given in 7.6.5 , the tenant 's notice need be only a few days , but the landlord will remain subject to the provisions of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and will have to serve a notice of at least six months . |
| 4 | Between seeing my surgeon and being X-rayed there were only a few days . |
| 5 | It 's only a few days since I was sitting in the seats you all occupy , realising the difficult job that a Lord Mayor has to undertake in keeping members in order . |
| 6 | Erm , has the honourable gentleman noted that er on the ninth of February , it 's only a few days ago , the European parliament itself erm through its rapporteur Mr Fernand Herman er the Christian Democrats , but also of course with er socialists from the er European parliament , endorsed a constitution er which contains even worse things than the European peoples party 's manifesto . |
| 7 | Caroline was only a few days old when Wordsworth left for home , and during 1793 , marooned in England without an income or particular hopes of finding one , he learned helplessly of the rise of the Terror in France following the overthrow of the Girondins in June that year . |
| 8 | It was bad enough that the anniversary of my David 's death was only a few days away . |