Example sentences of "[art] few days [adv] the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Just a few days ago the couple posted a Christmas present to their daughter which will arrive in South Africa in the next week .
3 A few days later the emergency evacuation of civilians from Suez to within the camp 's barbed wire perimeter fence began .
4 A few days later the doe was seen in the company of her mother and twin sister .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 A few days later the Avon and Somerset Police organized a large raid in the St Paul 's district of Bristol .
8 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 .
9 A few days later the call came for general mobilisation .
10 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 . ’
11 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 .
12 A few days later the few uneven patches were shaped up with a second mowing , with the greatest of ease .
13 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 :
14 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 .
15 So , Bob gets the person who recommended him to recommend me , and a few days later the ticket , and the rule book , arrives :
16 A few days later the sheep-shearing began .
17 A few days later the Germans launched a strong counter-attack near Salerno where the Allies had landed .
18 But a few days later the Soviet Government organ admitted that ‘ possibly neutralisation would be conducive to the creation of a system of collective security in Asia ’ and that ‘ the proposal for this system is cherished by all those who seek the normalisation of the situation in Asia ’ .
19 A few days later the man came to hospital because his stomach hurt .
20 A few days later the victorious army entered Addis Ababa and paraded before the Empress Zauditu on Jan Meda , that great open space where Menelik had reviewed his troops .
21 A few days later the Ulster Unionist Council rejected the Sunningdale proposals by 427 votes to 374 .
22 If a few days later the salesman 's firm sends the customer a letter accepting the customer 's offer , the contract is made , not during the visit , but a few days later .
23 A few days later the army assembled outside Edinburgh and a ghostly voice was heard shouting at midnight .
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