Example sentences of "the [noun sg] a few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the later additions came a namesake , James Hall , who had started off the war as a private in Kitchener 's ‘ First Hundred Thousand ’ It was in the Lafayette that Hall , a flyer with almost superhuman luck ( he once came down intact with an unexploded AA shell sticking out of his engine ) , founded the literary partnership with another pilot , Charles Nordhoff , that was to produce ‘ Mutiny on the Bounty ’ Joining the Squadron a few days after its inception was Raoul Lufbery , who , like Bert Hall , had also been a professional flyer before the war . |
| 2 | Her friend 's well-known bluntness had been to the fore a few days ago , when she 'd discovered Laura sobbing quietly in her bedroom . |
| 3 | Norway and Sweden announced on Aug. 6 that they would not contribute to an appeal for assistance to relieve the effects of the drought , in protest at the purchase a few days before the launch of the appeal of a US$29,000,000 presidential aircraft . |
| 4 | It showed again on a second test-firing on 25 January and was finally traced to the manifold a few days later . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They had thus sighted the continent a few days later than Bellingshausen 's sighting in longitude 2°15' W. Bransfield 's manuscript chart is in the hydrographic department of the Admiralty . |
| 7 | I went back to the optician a few days after the lenses were fitted . |
| 8 | He was due in the Wing a few days after Dickie started in his new school , in just over three weeks ' time . |
| 9 | ‘ We spoke on the phone a few days ago . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ IT MUST have been a big blow to the Dublin Theatre Festival ’ is not the thing to say to Tony O'Dalaigh who , as director of the festival must have imagined major profits blowing away as the Archaos tent took to the sky a few days before the French circus was due to perform . |
| 11 | Nutty received the guff about the competition a few days before the date . |
| 12 | In a similar fog-related accident in the capital a few days later , the Tourism and Information Minister , Pedro Zambrano , was killed on Dec. 21 . |
| 13 | If you ignore the ‘ whisper ’ of the blocked sink , you might switch on the radio a few days later , and immediately hear of a severe traffic jam in the Dartford Tunnel . |
| 14 | The solution sometimes adopted is to send the article to the Attorney-General a few days prior to its intended publication . |
| 15 | There was a short lull following this exchange , and then the door opened and in stepped the young man who had bought the mice and the toffee a few days ago . |
| 16 | I will certainly reiterate fully the message that I delivered when I visited the north-west a few days ago . |
| 17 | These were faithfully reported in the press a few days later so that readers knew the position of every member of the Cabinet . |
| 18 | The supermarkets get paid cash by the customer a few days after the goods arrive in their shops , while they pay their suppliers between one and two months after delivery . |
| 19 | We came to the chute a few days later . |
| 20 | Dr Pirnia came to the palace a few days before the departure to say goodbye to the Queen . |
| 21 | If you do need your ears syringing , however , it 's a good idea to use olive oil to soften the wax a few days beforehand . |