Example sentences of "a few days [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The length of single eruptive episode , which can range from a few days to several years , will depend on the eruptive energy available once the ground surface is broken . |
| 2 | It was tough on the aircrews though , going out night after night to drop bombs on targets they could n't see through the murk and the searchlights , but perhaps this very impersonality kept them going — that and the fact that they were young and usually had a few days between each mission when they could recuperate in the relative peace and tranquility of the English countryside . |
| 3 | When Miss Louisa had a second more severe stroke at the end of August , and Miss Ellen another heart attack , both old ladies died within a few days of each other . |
| 4 | Unfortunately old Mr and Mrs Linton caught the fever too , and died within a few days of each other . |
| 5 | Observations were taken over three weekdays within a few days of each other to cover the period between 8.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m. , so that at each datapoint there were 1980 ( 11 hours x 60 minutes x 3 ) observations of activity for each individual . |
| 6 | Father and son had died within a few days of each other … |
| 7 | ‘ The deaths of father and son within a few days of each other raise questions to which I have to find satisfactory answers . |
| 8 | I believe it to be one of two aircraft , both Dornier Do 17Zs which were both shot down in the same area within a few days of each other . |
| 9 | After a few days of this treatment , Moz began to feel less threatened by his owner , and began to greet her at the gate . |
| 10 | However , whereas years of training and practice were usually needed to master the many and complex skills of recombinant DNA technology , the complete beginner can start to perform polymerase chain reaction experiments and generate meaningful results within a few days at most — hence the explosion of activity . |
| 11 | The idea of writing it , Mariana says , struck her ‘ a few days after that wonderful ‘ love doubles ’ in London , when I played with Bjorn against Chris Evert and her husband , John Lloyd . ’ |
| 12 | It rained for a few days after that shake of early March . |
| 13 | Yet even though he got the chance to fight Mr Bush , he would not now be heading for the White House if it had not been for the disaster which hit the President a few days after that TV interview . |
| 14 | A fortnight later they announced themselves as the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and a few days after that , on 2 September , as the climax to weeks of stupendous political demonstrations , Vietnam declared its independence . |
| 15 | She did n't see him for a few days after that , and had time to wonder why she had made it all up . |
| 16 | A few days after that Norman Prince , the founder of the Lafayette , flying long and late in an attempt to avenge Rockwell , hit a high-tension cable as he came in to land in the dark . |
| 17 | And if you look at the roofs of a row of houses , a few days after any snow fall , some roofs are free of snow quite quickly , and some take much longer , even although there 's no sun . |
| 18 | A few days after this we commenced running down our longitude , and from this time until we reached the shores of Van Diemen 's Land , several species of this family ( Procellaridae ) were daily in company with the ship . |
| 19 | you know , for a few days like that , I mean th it , it , I al almost shudder at the thought because there 's so much else I would , you know , prefer to do with five hundred pounds . |
| 20 | After managing to hold out for several months against Paul 's pressurising , she had agreed to the engagement only a few days before this trip . |
| 21 | You will not be in a condition to care about shaving , for example , for a few days in all probability anyway . |
| 22 | I believe that the lessons learnt from my first five years of trial and error could have been imparted to me in a few days by any half-decent panner . |