Example sentences of "only a few days [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet only a few days after the Wallabies had tucked the Cup safely away , as they thoroughly deserved to do , NZRFU officials were bustling about trying to find out what their players were up to . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | His voice on that last telephone call came back to her , made only a few days before he disappeared . |
| 4 | Only a few days before an ITV programme had been far from complimentary about some of the Salvation Army hostels . |
| 5 | I could n't blame him ; only a few days before an eminent surgeon had been badly mugged in the entrance to his Harley Street office in the middle of the afternoon . |
| 6 | Most of these minor illnesses last only a few days or weeks : what are needed , therefore , are the measures quality of life days or quality of life weeks . |
| 7 | One of the H. Fire development bright colours within only a few days and began a reign of terror . |
| 8 | Three of these had discontinued treatment themselves after only a few days and failed to keep further appointments , one was found to have severe total colonic disease on colonoscopy , and one was found to have Crohn 's disease ; none of these five patients had side effects from treatment and were deemed unsuitable for analysis . |