Example sentences of "[art] few days [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all her short life Sally-Anne had never before encountered the squalor which she had seen in the few days since she had arrived in these poor streets in the hinterland between London Docks and Stepney . |
| 2 | Fosdyke was all alone , had been for a few days since I had dinner with him in fact . ’ |
| 3 | It 's only a few days since I was sitting in the seats you all occupy , realising the difficult job that a Lord Mayor has to undertake in keeping members in order . |
| 4 | They are much more risky , tending to be highly volatile — rising quickly but often falling faster , indeed sometimes trading is suspended for a few days so you are locked in until trading resumes usually at a much lower level . |
| 5 | Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here . |
| 6 | The mother 's death is portrayed in a macabre scene where Walter is unsure whether she has died , or even what death is , and allows the corpse to rot for a few days while he sits by her side . |
| 7 | Most continue ripening in store until ready for the table , but a few varieties must be brought into the warm for a few days before they are ready to eat . |
| 8 | They were usually listless for a few days before they collapsed , breathing with evident difficulty and , in a few cases , discharging a white frothy liquid from their nostrils . |
| 9 | Understandably Diana found it hard to concentrate on the cookery course she had enrolled in a few days before her father suffered his stroke . |
| 10 | A few days before we were due to go , my mother would begin packing . |
| 11 | Our grief at his passing , just a few days before we could celebrate with him his eightieth birthday , is only diminished by the knowledge that he left us knowing that the fruits of his inspired leadership and labours are imperishable . |
| 12 | Each time you are paid , CPO will send you a pay statement which will normally arrive a few days before your pay is put into your account . |
| 13 | Electrodes , that 's what they were ; she had seen them used on the baby in the next cot to Jenny in the hospital , just a few days before she had died . |
| 14 | No amount of persuasion would induce her to stay with us for more than a few days before she 'd vanish again to pursue her old habits , and on New Year 's Day 1967 , the police called for the last time . |
| 15 | Mrs Pearson , the nice old lady who sold Belle Vue Cottage to me , set the controls a few days before she left and said the milkman understood how it worked and he would help me if I had need of it . |
| 16 | If she could then convince Rainald that it might be a few days before she was granted another opportunity to meet him , and if she could discover how many spies the Empress had in Winchester , the precious time gained might be used to save Edmund . |
| 17 | And an Oxford student has been found hanged at her home just a few days before she was due to return for a new term . |
| 18 | A few days before he resigned from West Ham , the club had been beaten 6–0 in the first leg of a crunch match against Oldham . |
| 19 | His voice on that last telephone call came back to her , made only a few days before he disappeared . |
| 20 | A few days before he was killed , José Miguel Mérida Escobar had reported to the Office of the Human Rights Procurator that , since the findings of his report became publicly known , he had been followed by unidentified armed men . |
| 21 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 22 | He was last seen in England a few days before he was due to attend an important conference in Italy . |
| 23 | ‘ A few days before he joined his army , King James was at prayer in the royal chapel at Linlithgow . |
| 24 | Police released a video of the victim 's last Christmas , just a few days before he died … detectives visited every home in Russells Water … the village pond was searched by police frogmen … mounted police were brought in to search the grounds of a nearby National Trust property . |
| 25 | Just a few days before he was due to start the second year of his course , his body was discovered by fire crews in the remains of a barn fire . |
| 26 | I 'll try , but you 'll have to give me a few days before you pull her in . ’ |
| 27 | They had already recorded a performance for a television talent show , but died a few days before it was broadcast . |
| 28 | And it will be a few days before anyone scores a goal through these posts in Hereford . |
| 29 | His wife received the official notification from the Air Ministry a few days after they had celebrated their first anniversary of their wedding . |
| 30 | A few days after they had learnt that Haroun was the illegitimate son of Jazali an extraordinary thing had happened . |