Example sentences of "within the [num ord] few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | I obviously made some fundamental mistakes within the first few days of my move . |
| 2 | Do not do as I did and arrange to work only to find that the childminder changes her mind within the first few days . |
| 3 | In March 1845 the Foreign Office wrote to the Treasury to say that the two easternmost houses of the Office had ‘ within the last few days exhibited rents of a formidable nature ’ . |
| 4 | As an example of their world wide exports , Frank recalled some of those countries where orders had been sent within the last few days — Cyprus , Fort Worth , Texas , Abu Dabi , Oman , Italy , Australia , France , Holland , Belgium , Germany and the weekly load to America . |
| 5 | Then Beryl went on to outline a couple of job offers that had come in within the last few days . |
| 6 | ‘ But within the last few days we have received a letter from our insurance assessor that gives us fresh hope . |
| 7 | An offer within the next few days could also hinder the £645m sale of Scottish 's Thistle Hotels chain to Mount Charlotte Investments . |
| 8 | About 180,000 doses are expected within the next few days . |
| 9 | THE Ministry of Defence is threatening to abolish all commoners ' centuries-old grazing rights on the Greenham Common nuclear cruise missile base , unless restrictions on the rights are agreed within the next few days . |
| 10 | Against that , Labour in the person of Harold Wilson had a more widely respected leader then it has now , and many experienced Tory canvassers are convinced that thousands of former Tory voters who are now thinking of defecting will gloomily return to the Tory fold within the next few days as they come face to face with the possible reality of a Kinnock government . |
| 11 | ‘ The way is clear now for a base rate cut within the next few weeks , possibly within the next few days . |
| 12 | In anticipation of receiving your contract within the next few days , I am requesting a copy of the tape according to your specifications , which I understand are for UNIX on Sun/4 at 6250 bpi . |
| 13 | We can supply them from stock and shall be despatching them to you within the next few days . |
| 14 | ‘ We expect the permit to be approved within the next few days . ’ |
| 15 | Something might happen within the next few days . ’ |
| 16 | HENRY WHARTON , the British and Commonwealth super-middleweight champion , is expected to enter hospital within the next few days to undergo an operation on his troublesome right hand . |
| 17 | I shall arrange for my herbalist to call on Ben within the next few days . ’ |
| 18 | To achieve this , however , we must get publication underway within the next few days . |
| 19 | Mr Rich will contact you within the next few days . |
| 20 | I will , however , be writing to the affected frontager within the next few days . |
| 21 | I have also instituted an inquiry into the running of all children 's home in Wales , and I shall publish the report of that within the next few days . |
| 22 | Those people whose names you 've just , you 've given me their details from , could I ask you er if the next time you see them if it 's within the next few days or certainly erm if , if you could over the next day or two give them a ring just to let them know that I do intend to contact them , I 'll probably contact them within the next week or so . |
| 23 | Balancing the books is going to be tricky … going on recent balance sheets around three million pounds will be needed up front to pay off debts and buy the Maxwell family shares … and then presumably more money will have to be invested to beat off losses of fifteen thousand pounds a week … the club 's managing director Pat McGeough is hoping to do a deal within the next few days … its not simple … its not clear cut … but for the first time win weeks United are confident about the future |
| 24 | But unless the children 's parents raise twenty thousand pounds within the next few days it will close . |
| 25 | Now Mr Brownbill , whose plight was taken up by the Echo 's Champ , Bill Jackson , has been told that work will start within the next few days at his South Liverpool home . |
| 26 | Now Mr Brownbill , whose plight was taken up by the Echo 's Champ , Bill Jackson , has been told that work will start within the next few days at his South Liverpool home . |
| 27 | A HISTORIC woollen mill in the Scottish Borders containing the oldest working textile machinery in the world is expected to be rescued from the threat of dereliction within the next few days . |
| 28 | The remaining members will be balloted on strike action within the next few days . |
| 29 | MPs are expecting an announcement within the next few days . |