Example sentences of "[art] few days [conj] [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.
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1 | During the few days before Blundy came across to Belfast , Paisley contacted a legal friend who in turn suggested to Vincent Browne of the Sunday Independent , a Dublin newspaper , that he examine the Black case . |
2 | In the few days that Blake had known the Doctor , he had never seen him fall asleep . |
3 | A few days before Monica died , they stood together by the open window , looking towards the sunset . |
4 | A few days before Michael came home , our daughter-in-law Pippa came to stay for a few days , bringing Emily , who was to go to a boarding-school in Yorkshire . |
5 | On it , messages left over from a few days before Brian gave up the flat . |
6 | The Captain and his wife proved so hospitable that Ricky stayed on for a few days after Minton left to stay with Paul ( ‘ Odo ’ ) Cross and Angus Wilson at their home Rio Chico at Ocho Rios . |
7 | He died a few days after peace had been declared . |
8 | They had met a few days after Mina had stood up at the end of a recital in the Usher Hall at Edinburgh to announce that she would very much like to stay here in England ( a tiny mistake the Scots reporters had kindly ignored ) rather than return to East Germany . |
9 | He was due in the Wing a few days after Dickie started in his new school , in just over three weeks ' time . |