Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [art] few days the " in BNC.
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1 | There were but six people on board , all of whom were killed and although the event was duly reported in the press and other media as one might expect , the world proceeded with its normal business and within a few days the matter had receded into the background . |
2 | As soon as this is big enough to cling to , the speed of construction accelerates and within a few days the wall has become a semicircular cup of creamy white interlacing strings that is just big enough to hold the customary clutch of two eggs . |
3 | Paul took the stuff home , used it , and in a few days the chancre dried up and went away . |
4 | One of the doctors managed to get the laundry going again and in a few days the hospital was evacuated to a small country town . |
5 | Sparrow Force landed at the island 's north-west port of Koebang to protect its airfield , but within a few days the Independent Company , with some Dutch troops , was sent east along the coast to occupy Dili in the Portuguese half of the island ( see map p. 77 ) where they landed on 17 December 1941 . |