Example sentences of "[noun] a few days [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bush emphasized that he still hoped to avert war , and that a meeting could still go ahead in Baghdad between US Secretary of State James Baker and President Saddam Hussein a few days after Jan. 3 . |
| 2 | In fact , most damage to breast shape happens during their often rapid growth during pregnancy , then when filling with milk a few days after birth . |
| 3 | It may be possible to close the accounts a few days before completion and open separate bank accounts . |
| 4 | Brunel was a successful naval architect , and an outstanding builder of bridges and tunnels , to say nothing of his three great steamships , the Great Western , which sailed out of the Bristol Channel to open up the first regular passenger service between Europe and America ; the Great Britain ( see Bristol ) ; and the Great Eastern , which began its maiden voyage a few days before Brunel 's death in 1859 , and remained the largest ship afloat for nearly half a century . |
| 5 | The enumerator must deliver a schedule to the head of each household ( including caravans , tents , etc. ) in his or her district a few days before census day . |
| 6 | It was a not unreasonable assumption that a man who developed a discharge a few days after intercourse followed by a chancre some weeks later , without further exposure , was suffering from separate stages of the same infection . |
| 7 | Our elder daughter , a budding journalist , had her birthday a few days after Easter Day , so we seemed to be stuffed with Simnel cake and birthday cake and chocolate eggs . |
| 8 | Everybody attending the seminar was sent papers a few days in advance ; these were principally copies of actual experts ' reports ( with the names changed ) which would form the subject matter of the two mock trials . |