Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] a [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the manager had wanted to take tough disciplinary action against Johnstone another opportunity arose a few days after the drunken sailor saga . |
| 2 | There has been an encouraging response since the club advertised a few days ago . |
| 3 | Think the closing dates a few days time is n't it ? |
| 4 | Ian 's moment of glory came a few days later . |
| 5 | Who , for instance , would have the courage to return a 120 days Note , requesting replacement with one for 60 days ? |
| 6 | ‘ As it happened , the war ended a few days after the divorce . |
| 7 | This consists essentially of a group of nurses specially trained in diabetic care , and exclusively devoted to that specialty providing a seven days a week , 24 hour per day service . |
| 8 | The same unfortunate landlord returned a few days later as we were playing forfeits , and made no mention of the fact that one person was in a bra and panties with a colander on his head , another had wellingtons on filled to the brim with curdled milk and the rest of us had false moustaches drawn on with an indelible black magic marker . |
| 9 | Trouble flared a few days before MacQuillan 's death , when it became apparent the inventor was in effect conducting an auction and the price of buying the securely patented new carton had shot alarmingly high . |
| 10 | In 1987 perhaps the Prime Minister 's pre-election visit to Moscow and her eve-of-election trip to the Venice summit of Western leaders were favourable to her re-election , but ‘ Harold Wilson always asserted that a bad set of trade figures a few days before polling cost him an election , while the effect of being centre-stage during the Iran hostages affair may have been devastating to Jimmy Carter 's fortunes ’ . |
| 11 | In the old days , when Margaret Thatcher was still a chemist , and John Major was John Major-Ball , most MPs and many Ministers stayed away from the Party conferences , regarding it as a necessary vulgarity , an annual opportunity for the spear-carriers and party bit-players to travel to a seaside resort out of season to spend a few days in the proximity of the great . |
| 12 | Robyn is rather less generous with the next supplicant , a young man who broke his ankle falling off his motorbike on New Year 's Eve , but even the least deserving candidate gets a few days ' respite , for Robyn tends to identify with the students against the system that assesses them , even though she is herself part of the system . |
| 13 | Unlike the 19th century bill , the contemporary bill of lading often does not arrive at the port of destination or transhipment prior to the arrival of the goods , especially when the maritime journey lasts a few days or less . |
| 14 | The first shipment arrived a few days ago and the stallholder got his stock on Friday evening . |
| 15 | The advance party has now returned to base camp to spend a few days feeding up on military rations of sausage and beans and chocolate and pear ready for the final push . |
| 16 | It might just be the voice of support at a meeting or the follow-up on a personal problem mentioned a few days ago . |
| 17 | The only problem occurred a few days after launch , when one of the sun sensors produced occasional false readings and shut down the satellite . |
| 18 | After living in London for a while the couple spent a few days in Bournemouth and on St Swithun 's Day 1875 they came by steamer to Swanage . |
| 19 | The illusion had lasted long enough to make her accept his invitation to spend a few days away as a reward for all her hard work at the shop . |
| 20 | An opinion poll published a few days before the changes had indicated that support for the PCP had fallen to 19 per cent among the electorate , the party 's worst opinion survey result . |
| 21 | I was adopted when my own mother died a few days after I was born . |