Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [num ord] few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | They returned to the room where she explained about Philpott 's heart attack and his subsequent convalescence at the Bellevue Hospital where he would remain for the next few days . |
| 2 | It was swollen with the heavy rain that had fallen during the last few days , and it looked fierce and dark . |
| 3 | The weather forecast is good and rain is not expected for the next few days . |
| 4 | This can be reduced a little if she goes in with all she needs for the first few days : a clean dressing-gown , slippers , a change of night clothes and bedjacket and all the toilet articles and other small items she is likely to want . |
| 5 | About 180,000 doses are expected within the next few days . |
| 6 | Despite the brisk sales reported in the last few days before Christmas , December saw a small decline in retail trade compared with the previous year , according to the Confederation of British Industry 's distributive trades panel , said on Tuesday that many retailers had reported a disappointing Christmas , although the results were an improvement on recent months and sales in January were expected to be up on a year ago . |
| 7 | Over the weekend , when it still seemed possible that Baldwin would resign in the next few days , Sydney Arnold and Lees Smith advised MacDonald not to take office , on the grounds that a Labour Government would be bound to fail and that the party would then be ‘ overwhelmed ’ . |
| 8 | The hospital is asking GPs only to send in only urgent cases … further operations are likely to be cancelled over the next few days |
| 9 | Troops moved in , and according to the military command , many areas of the West Bank are once more under curfew ; it is a ripple effect which will probable grow over the next few days . |
| 10 | It is another reminder of the sporting prowess of the man , who as Cabinet Secretary could prove a key player in the political drama which unfolds over the next few days . |
| 11 | As a full stomach makes it even harder for a baby with RDS to breathe he was n't able to feed for the first few days and relied on the drip . |
| 12 | The statement added : ‘ Jason 's scientific advisers do not concur with this view and therefore a formal request will be made during the next few days for this non-disclosed information . |
| 13 | These drawings were always made between the last few days of August and the end of October . |
| 14 | In view of what Marc had said about the next few days , Sarella was surprised when he sought her out before dinner . |
| 15 | What happens during the first few days when a resident comes to live in a Home ? |
| 16 | ‘ What happens in the next few days is critical to our success . |
| 17 | He added : ‘ We have had one man killed and six badly injured in the last few days . |
| 18 | ‘ I will be issuing directions to judges on sentencing in the next few days . |
| 19 | DAVID ANDERSON , chairman of Australian Mutual Provident , Australia 's biggest life insurer , and Einion Holland , chairman of Pearl Group , the British life insurance company , are meeting over the next few days amid speculation that the Australian group is poised to mount a takeover bid for Pearl worth at least £1bn . |
| 20 | Within the two weeks confidently predicted by Havelock Wilson company after company and local shipowner association after association made its peace with advances in wages and on 28 June some 100 shipowners met in London and decided , among other things , on the standardisation of the local rates which were accepted over the next few days . |
| 21 | The rest will be collected over the next few days . |
| 22 | It rained during the first few days . |
| 23 | It rained during the first few days . |
| 24 | Now , however , she sat up in bed and wondered , as she had been wondering for the last few days , what had happened to the spider . |
| 25 | Depression and loneliness will descend after the first few days of nervous euphoria . |
| 26 | THE Ministry of Defence is threatening to abolish all commoners ' centuries-old grazing rights on the Greenham Common nuclear cruise missile base , unless restrictions on the rights are agreed within the next few days . |
| 27 | ‘ We expect the permit to be approved within the next few days . ’ |
| 28 | Count Tolstoy is refusing to back down and says new evidence will emerge in the next few days which will vindicate him . |
| 29 | Since the bombing raids began over Iraq , Britons have flocked to join the army ( inquiries in London have quintupled ) ; to give blood ( in Plymouth alone , more than 1,600 people volunteered in the first few days , and 110,000 followed suit across the country ) ; and to say their prayers ( Winchester Cathedral reported that the congregation for Matins last Sunday was up by a half on the usual number ) . |
| 30 | ‘ I am assuming the responsibility for all of my co-workers , both for those things I was aware of and for those things that I discovered in the last few days since the name of Olivetti began circulating . |