Example sentences of "only a few days [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was bad enough that the anniversary of my David 's death was only a few days away . |
| 2 | The final decision was taken at the end of October , with victory only a few days away , and was announced with the publication of a letter from Lloyd George to Bonar Law , a letter actually drafted by Law as a summary of their agreement . |
| 3 | It will be the first time that the Unita leader has met a British minister , and only a few days ago the Angolan ambassador in London was assured by a Foreign Office official that there were no plans for such a meeting . |
| 4 | This was confirmed only a few days ago when yet another visit to the garage became necessary , this time through no fault of the Metro 's . |
| 5 | Yet , only a few days ago , Labour 's campaign seemed to be swinging to victory . |
| 6 | Then , very quietly , she said : ‘ What a brave girl you are , Jenny , to cross by those stepping-stones after falling in from them only a few days ago . |
| 7 | The cottage is mine now , for mama told me — only a few days ago , it was — that it would be mine one day . |
| 8 | This is an appeal by a father , ex parte in the rather unusual circumstances of this case , from the refusal of Judge Galpin in the Portsmouth County Court on 18 March 1992 , only a few days ago , to make a residence order or a prohibited steps order or a specific issue order on an ex parte application made the day before by a father in connection with a snatch , and a potential snatch of the rest of the children of the family . |
| 9 | Erm , has the honourable gentleman noted that er on the ninth of February , it 's only a few days ago , the European parliament itself erm through its rapporteur Mr Fernand Herman er the Christian Democrats , but also of course with er socialists from the er European parliament , endorsed a constitution er which contains even worse things than the European peoples party 's manifesto . |
| 10 | Yet I remember a woman who , only a few days ago , swore just as vehemently that she had n't stolen it . ’ |
| 11 | We hear about budgets in all walks of life , indeed we saw a red box only a few days ago . |
| 12 | Only a few days later , in evidence to a parliamentary committee , he had the temerity to recommend controls on mortgage lending — in direct conflict with present government policy . |
| 13 | By this time , the Egyptian army had entered southern Palestine but Abu Khadra was to watch them , only a few days later , retreating along the beach towards Sinai . |
| 14 | Furthermore only a few days later , 20th July 1757 , a new lease was made out to Thomas Gunson the treasurer , all of the others ( including a new name , that of George Frears ) having sold out to him for , and in consideration of the princely sum of five shillings ! |
| 15 | However , if Ross had been suffering from boredom , he managed to hide the fact very well when , only a few days later , he contacted her at the small London flat she was temporarily sharing with some friends from university , and invited her out to dinner . |
| 16 | I remembered how I had walked with him only a few days before . |
| 17 | I did n't know what to say , but I 'd been reading about mating in a book only a few days before , so I kept a perfectly straight face and replied . |
| 18 | The Office of Fair Trading 's report on the subject came out only a few days before , and Mr Blair introduced it . |
| 19 | Menem , who had accepted Yoma 's resignation only a few days before , had been forced to suspend her from her post in March when a report by a Spanish investigative judge , hearing evidence in the Spanish capital , Madrid , accused her of being part of an international drug laundering ring . |
| 20 | The shapechangers had left the planet only a few days before , having prepared the castle for their return . |
| 21 | Only a few days earlier England had been knocked out of the World Cup by West Germany . |
| 22 | An elegance which was enjoyed only a few days earlier can now seem artificial , out of touch with the sense of self that has arisen . |
| 23 | The grateful customer sent Tina a box of chocolates but only a few days earlier she had vowed not to eat any chocolates because of Lent . |
| 24 | She had met Luke Hunter only a few days earlier . |
| 25 | ‘ That is not easy because we have only a few days together after being split for 10 months . |
| 26 | He had tried to keep it as a pet , and had made a cage for it and brought it dandelion leaves to eat ; but it never thrived , and had lived only a few days more . |