Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] a few days " in BNC.
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1 | Menem , who had accepted Yoma 's resignation only a few days before , had been forced to suspend her from her post in March when a report by a Spanish investigative judge , hearing evidence in the Spanish capital , Madrid , accused her of being part of an international drug laundering ring . |
2 | After managing to hold out for several months against Paul 's pressurising , she had agreed to the engagement only a few days before this trip . |
3 | The jury was told that Paul admitted using the bat in a game of baseball in Battersea Park just a few days after the killing . |
4 | David started as a Tuner just a few days before Christmas in 1949 . |
5 | The shapechangers had left the planet only a few days before , having prepared the castle for their return . |
6 | Who spent 17 months on the sidelines , scored within 10 minutes of his comeback then a few days later was sidelined again ? |
7 | I 've never seen him in a flap , or anything less than pleasant whether dealing with an actor who 's completely shaved his head only a few days before shooting a strict continuity commercial , or calming down the ‘ real ’ Rene Goodman who has rung the Sun to complain that the latest BT commercial takes her name in vain , and people keep asking if she 's getting divorced . |
8 | ‘ The one which detonated at Lisnaskea in my constituency just a few days ago was one of many stolen in Dublin a few days previously , ’ said Mr Maginnis . |
9 | The final decision was taken at the end of October , with victory only a few days away , and was announced with the publication of a letter from Lloyd George to Bonar Law , a letter actually drafted by Law as a summary of their agreement . |
10 | She had discussed it with her father just a few days back . |
11 | ‘ There was a man here a few days ago . |
12 | I did n't know what to say , but I 'd been reading about mating in a book only a few days before , so I kept a perfectly straight face and replied . |
13 | We hear about budgets in all walks of life , indeed we saw a red box only a few days ago . |
14 | She died of cancer just a few days after Samuel George was born . |
15 | Stopping to pick up her mail from the box on her way out a few days later , she noticed the white envelope with the Andorran postmark straight away . |
16 | In Britain , popular and media objections to the State paying for all the repairs to the fabric of Windsor castle , severely damaged by fire only a few days before the Hofburg , continued into December . |
17 | One of his worst experiences had been at Sunset just a few days before . |