Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] a few days [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | A Salvation Army officer friend had arranged for Ann to spend a few days away from home to help her resolve her feelings about the crisis before starting to tackle the difficulties in her marriage . |
2 | In the centre of the clearing where they have stopped is a Red Indian wigwam , the one Odd-Knut erected a few days before . |
3 | The skins taunted the police with what had happened at the Brixton riots a few days previously . |
4 | Gene landed a few days later and in July Joe went out with reinforcements . |
5 | Holomisa had a few days earlier claimed to have knowledge of a planned coup attempt against him , stating that members of the neo-Nazi Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging ( AWB ) were involved in guerrilla training on South African territory near the Transkei border . |