Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [prep] a few days " in BNC.

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1 A letter from G. Espin to Councillor Fraser re the waste of public money in erecting a new wire fence on the footpath between Baberton Mains Estate and Juniper Green and in a few days ripping it out and replacing it with a chestnut type wooden fence .
2 The remaining cousins signed their copies of the memorandum , either on the day of the funeral or within a few days afterwards .
3 The tub is kept in a warm place and within a few days is crawling with worms .
4 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 .
5 Except , a small protective inner voice prompted her hurtfully , that I 'm no long-term threat to your person or your property because in a few days ' time at the very most I shall be out of your land and out of your life .
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