Example sentences of "[art] few days [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | A few days ago a farmer from Mt Darwin , the ‘ operational area ’ , came to in lunch . |
2 | A few days ago a woman woke up just as she was about to be stuffed with the previous day 's New York Post and varnished with embalming fluid by an undertaker . |
3 | A few days ago an elderly gentleman came into a Dublin suburban office with a bouquet of flowers and presented it to a female staff member . |
4 | A few days ago an unco-operative van would have sent him back indoors in a state of deep despair . |
5 | It will be the first time that the Unita leader has met a British minister , and only a few days ago the Angolan ambassador in London was assured by a Foreign Office official that there were no plans for such a meeting . |
6 | Just a few days ago the couple posted a Christmas present to their daughter which will arrive in South Africa in the next week . |
7 | Before the patient left St Mary 's Hospital , a leading article headed ‘ Penicillium ’ appeared in The Times and a few days later a letter was published from Sir Almroth Wright claiming Fleming as the discoverer of penicillin . |
8 | In a short time you 'll receive your new multipoint cashcard , and just a few days later a Great Escapes brochure displaying over 180 excellent hotels to choose from , together with your two FREE Great Escapes vouchers . |
9 | A few days later a 69 Squadron Maryland approached the airfield , looking for all the world like a Ju88 . |
10 | A few days later a second action brought by the newly created Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members seeking an injunction was rejected by the High Court . |
11 | A few days later a Soviet commentary from Kabul indicated the limits of such ‘ neutrality ‘ in asserting that the PDPA ’ will remain the chief mobilising and guiding force in the [ Afghan ] government of national unity , even after it becomes a coalition ’ . |
12 | A few days later a local man , George Fleming , wrote to Sir William to tell him that Mr. Millford had quitted all his pretensions in the le Fleming mines at Coniston to John Shaw , and that the next day Millford left the country ! |
13 | A few days later a group of nobles keen to impress Aurangzeb broke into the quarters where Dara was being kept , a small garden outside the walls of Shahjehanabad towards Nizamuddin . |
14 | A few days later a secret summit meeting of top Chinese and Vietnamese leaders took place in China , at which Cambodia was reportedly discussed in great detail [ see pp. 37712-13 ] . |
15 | He returned a few days later a broken man . |
16 | A few days later the emergency evacuation of civilians from Suez to within the camp 's barbed wire perimeter fence began . |
17 | A few days later the doe was seen in the company of her mother and twin sister . |
18 | A few days later the national press carried the headlines that the UM plants in the Midlands had now been made idle as a consequence of the Merseyside strike . |
19 | A few days later the previous owners sent her pedigree and a short letter , explaining that their grandchildren were to blame for Sorrel 's temper . |
20 | A few days later the Avon and Somerset Police organized a large raid in the St Paul 's district of Bristol . |
21 | A few days later the sergeant called to say that the fingerprints on the envelope were not those of the gardener who had been dismissed and that the poor , wronged man had been given back his job . |
22 | A few days later the call came for general mobilisation . |
23 | A few days later the father told a project worker , ‘ You know that was the first time I felt I had something to offer to the school . ’ |
24 | A few days later the Troop were shown aerial photographs of five tugs towing the sinking ship towards a sandbank , where she settled with her cargo of 5,000 tons of copper . |
25 | A few days later the few uneven patches were shaped up with a second mowing , with the greatest of ease . |
26 | A few days later the Sunday People followed up with a similar theme in the Voice of the People column , ending a long and forceful editorial with an impassioned plea : |
27 | A few days later the dealer would ring and persuade his client to invest in another stock , on the grounds that for making money a portfolio of several shares was needed . |
28 | So , Bob gets the person who recommended him to recommend me , and a few days later the ticket , and the rule book , arrives : |
29 | A few days later the sheep-shearing began . |
30 | A few days later the Germans launched a strong counter-attack near Salerno where the Allies had landed . |