Example sentences of "[prep] a few days he [verb] " in BNC.

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1 But after a few days he saw the sparks of it begin to reappear and within a week Mould was chattering away as usual and ran about the school thinking of a new plan .
2 He became ill , and after a few days he died in my arms .
3 After a few days he started telling us about the year spent in isolation .
4 His hotel room had three beds , and for a few days he shared it with two German boys , students , who had enormous rucksacks and bulky guidebooks , and who were eager for Tim to go round with them .
5 He had also brought a chess manual , because he had heard that children could play chess brilliantly , but after ski-ing with Sam for a few days he decided that there was no call to be beaten by a five-year-old at two things at once .
6 Within a few days he had received some opinions on it which he transmitted to Pons immediately .
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