Example sentences of "[adv] in a few day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doubtless that was the trigger , but an operation of 24,000 men is not thrown together in a few days . |
| 2 | However we agreed to visit Cedars together in a few days ' time . |
| 3 | The operation was to have taken place anyway in a few days , but her condition worsened on the flight from Zagreb . |
| 4 | I just thought that the war would be fought far away , like the one in Abyssinia , and that it would be over in a few days , or weeks at the most . |
| 5 | Todays toil to lower the level of the brook takes a bitmore than one man and his dog , but the necessary speed of the work means thispiece of Georgian architecture will be hidden once more in a few days when the brook 's allowed to flow through here again . |
| 6 | ‘ No , I 'm sure you 'll be able to go home in a few days . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll be home in a few days , ’ she told them happily . |
| 8 | it was sore , but would heal up cleanly in a few days . |
| 9 | Lothar replied that he simply had a skin complaint that could be cleared up in a few days . |
| 10 | The barges , designed to be sailed by one man and a boy , could be laid up in a few days . |
| 11 | Did one yesterday for a man who was due to be executed today , erm , I do n't know whether he was or not , but he probably in a few days time . |
| 12 | It will no doubt sort itself out in a few days . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll be back in a few days with your orders . ’ |
| 14 | Well , we had a talk and she invited me to come back in a few days ' time . |
| 15 | I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’ |
| 16 | wait a bit , and they said so , they looked at it and said we 'd have to take it back in a few days time for them to do , they could n't do it there and then . |
| 17 | when we send it back in a few days fitting , this job I says we 'll want it early in the morning and you can have it in the afternoon , but we were going to spend the day in Liverpool , but you 're dad said , I 'm not being round all those shops all day , so I said ooh no ! |
| 18 | You 'll take him home with you to avoid gossip , and then in a few days he 'll be fit enough to leave the country . ’ |
| 19 | Our plan was to meet there in a few days ' time , once our researches in New York were concluded . |
| 20 | ‘ The picture might not still be there in a few days ’ Maxim said patiently . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll ask you again in a few days ’ time , ’ he said , ‘ and remember , it is n't me you 're refusing , but God ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Tell me how old the stones are , and I 'll ring you again in a few days . ’ |
| 23 | I do n't want you to throw them away today , er , because you might actually in a few days ' time think of some use for them . |