Example sentences of "a few days [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes more than a few days but it goes again , just about . |
| 2 | Cuts into the , it cuts into the we the weeks , I mean that sounds terrible , I 'll be , you 're only working a few days but it 's surprising the teaching days I do really , that really does cut into my time at home . |
| 3 | I shall be drawing a considerable sum in a few days but you must know how it is , travelling the country as we old soldiers do … thank you … ten pounds will be quite sufficient … and you must let me spend some more of it in your excellent company … that evening 's entertainment we enjoyed together , Mr Wood , ’ his voice rose in the small hallway and the other guests and servants indoors and out strained noticeably to catch what would surely be the eloquent testimonial of a compliment , ‘ was one of the , shall we say , most boisterous and wise , a rare combination , Mr Landlord , I have spent , whether in London , in Europe or in and out of ships and foreign postings in a long lifetime . |
| 4 | Fosdyke was all alone , had been for a few days since I had dinner with him in fact . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A few days before we were due to go , my mother would begin packing . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 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 | His wife received the official notification from the Air Ministry a few days after they had celebrated their first anniversary of their wedding . |
| 29 | A few days after they had learnt that Haroun was the illegitimate son of Jazali an extraordinary thing had happened . |
| 30 | The emerging feelings bubbled to the surface in the unlikely setting of the Route 66 pub in Darlington on Friday , February 7 just a few days after they met . |