Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] a few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | L Detachment was thus judged ready for operations , and to wind down were given a few days ' leave to be spent in Cairo . |
| 2 | These concerns were forgotten a few days later when Diana rose at dawn and travelled to the Lambourn home of Nick Gaselee , Charles 's trainer , to watch him ride his horse , Allibar . |
| 3 | Highlights were shown a few days later on Eurosport but there is no doubt that the tremendous effort from Jeremy Bates and Mark Petchey in the two opening singles matches against Henri Leconte and Guy Forget respectively , and the Bates–Neil Broad battles with the Frenchmen , ( unbeaten in Davis Cup doubles ) , deserved a wider audience . |
| 4 | We were to stay a few days longer here , for Flora 's sake . |
| 5 | The two agents were arrested in May 1990 , but were released a few days later on grounds of insufficient evidence . |
| 6 | Returned ‘ without any seeking or soliciting ’ on his part to Richard Cromwell 's Parliament in 1659 for Castle Rising , again on a double return , he was allowed to sit but was inactive until the election was overturned a few days before the dissolution in April . |
| 7 | This preparatory work was practically complete at the outbreak of war and authority was given a few days before for completion . |
| 8 | The strike was averted a few days before the scheduled date , after Confindustria , yielding to pressure from the government as well as from the unions , agreed to resume pay negotiations in the sectors concerned , and from June 1 , 1991 , to enter into negotiations on a new wage bargaining and indexation system . |
| 9 | Andrew Fowler was caught a few days later when police discovered the caravan at the girl 's former home . |
| 10 | The state of emergency was lifted a few days later after pollution levels had fallen . |
| 11 | On the death of his wife Lambarde feared he might lose the right to stay at Halling and petitioned a request to Lord Burghley through his friend Lord Cobham , to ask for custody of Maximilian and a lease to the Palace , which was granted a few days later . |
| 12 | After these reconnaissances during October , a final reconnaissance was made a few days before the invasion , by the teams going inshore one night so that each navigator could show the paddlers their canoes ' positions as navigational marks guiding in the assault waves on D-day . |
| 13 | This was sold a few days later for £8.58 million ! |
| 14 | I phoned and the man that I needed to speak to was not there , he 'd been seconded to the Himalayas or something , he was only coming back erm , in the middle of January , I was in , erm , November or whatever it was , I was giving a few days ' grace , and then I was going to call . |
| 15 | In April Elsie Streek and Myrtle Mott entertained elderly and disabled people with a day of movement and display organised by Thameside Institute ; this was followed a few days later by an afternoon with the Woolwich Salvation Army Group . |
| 16 | Washington 's stance seems sure to complicate the United Airlines buyout , which was to close a few days after the 10 October deadline set by Mr Skinner for information on BA 's involvement . |
| 17 | Sharpe was released a few days later , but there were to be many more visits to the hospital as worries grew about his condition . |
| 18 | The most poignant lesson , which proved to be the last , was held a few days before the wedding . |
| 19 | He was recaptured a few days later in Liverpool in an operation involving more than 60 police officers and a helicopter . |
| 20 | I heard that she was widowed a few days before the baby was born . |