Example sentences of "[adj] few day " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an historic few days , Australian Rugby sanctions against South Africa were lifted , an invitation for the Wallabies to tour the Republic in August was issued and accepted and the heavyweight unions from Australia , New Zealand , South Africa and Argentina agreed to combine their collective muscle and form the Southern Hemisphere Rugby Alliance . |
| 2 | It 's been a very trying few days . |
| 3 | And spokesman Trevor East admitted : ‘ It 's been a trying few days for us and we are very disappointed to miss out again . |
| 4 | It was another few days before Endill met the scientist , whose name was Blunset , for the third time . |
| 5 | We visited Emily at her school in early December , and had another few days in Harrogate , having enjoyed the conference there . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's only for another few days then I 'll sign off , ’ Dad promised . |
| 7 | They 're keeping him in hospital for another few days to carry out more tests . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Ah , we can leave that for another few days , then I 'll see one of these film people the General mentioned . |
| 9 | ‘ I had hoped to make it this week , but it is still a bit sore and , with the British Open in mind , I felt another few days rest would be a safer precaution . ’ |
| 10 | After a further few days I brought my suitcases up from London . |
| 11 | Few few days . |
| 12 | She was sitting up in bed , some few days later , tugging a recalcitrant comb through her long tresses , when a commotion from downstairs made her pause , her fingers still . |
| 13 | Yeap Parker , hey there 's a good boy , sorry open the exciting few days when our witness , two fellows who broke in at |
| 14 | Those will be the main highlights of an interesting few days . |
| 15 | Francis Tidbury received a certain amount of sympathy over the following few days , but the public were so outraged at the brutality involved , it carried little weight . |
| 16 | During the following few days a number of people in the bus will go down with a cold and will likely blame the poor soul who was suffering on his journey home . |
| 17 | He was going out and would be engaged for the following few days . |
| 18 | The following few days yielded two magnificent ski peaks and some superb skiing . |
| 19 | The following few days were a nightmare . |
| 20 | The irony of her situation struck her several times over during the following few days . |
| 21 | The feel of Master Harry 's mallet in his hand , the way the heel of it swung in his palm , filled him with a fever of ambition and impatience , and he could not wait the threatened few days for the assay . |
| 22 | At the end of June , Sir Geoffrey made his own last vain attempt to reassure Hong Kong , flying in briefly for one of the most uncomfortable few days of his long diplomatic career . |
| 23 | The Detachment Commander , a Captain and Ammunition Technical Officer ( ATO ) in the Royal Ordnance Corps , is busy writing up reports for the couple of incidents the team has attended during the preceding few days . |
| 24 | On 4 April two officers reported the River Spey to be ‘ low and fordable in … many places ’ and by 12 April , after being joined by the forces from Strathbogie , Cumberland 's army reached the river , where the water level had dropped significantly in the preceding few days . |
| 25 | A mere few days are nothing when we 've already survived so much ! " |
| 26 | She still found it hard to assimilate the way her life had changed so drastically in the course of a mere few days . |
| 27 | ‘ The extra few days off helped Gough , but it was n't my intention to play him at Aberdeen if the midweek game had been on . ’ |
| 28 | because it 'd give Mike an extra few days anyway , could actually have |
| 29 | In any event , relate the prevailing weather conditions to the conditions over the previous few days , and make your decision of if , or where , to fish on that basis . |
| 30 | But for the moment she had to concentrate on dipping a formal curtsey to the Queen , a consideration which had greatly exercised her mind in the previous few days . |