Example sentences of "in a [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was taken from the cellar in Beirut and enjoyed the warmth of the sun on my skin for the first time in a thousand days . |
| 2 | About half of the emigrants and all of the heavy cargo went by sea and by then numerous clippers were prepared to beat regularly from New York to San Francisco in a hundred days . |
| 3 | We have ten videos and ten bright pink Stepping Out bags as prizes in a 7 Days Plus competition . |
| 4 | Our plan was to meet there in a few days ' time , once our researches in New York were concluded . |
| 5 | As she walked from the post office empty handed , she pretended to be an American tourist , one who could leave in a few days , one for whom the trip would soon be nothing more than a few travel stories and postcards . |
| 6 | Those girls who attempt to escape are found in a few days . |
| 7 | ‘ We can do nothing for Eastern Europe if we fail among ourselves in a few days ’ time to agree on economic and monetary union , social and environmental policies so that we can complete the European single market on time . ’ |
| 8 | He was assured that he would hear in a few days . |
| 9 | Doubtless that was the trigger , but an operation of 24,000 men is not thrown together in a few days . |
| 10 | In a few days we shall announce our exact demands which must be fulfilled before we release Liam Shakespeare . |
| 11 | ‘ In a few days , ’ I said , and he nodded . |
| 12 | She 'd get to California in a few days . |
| 13 | If the symptoms disappear in a few days no more medicine is needed , but if the symptoms persist dosing continues as before to complete the cure §281 . |
| 14 | If the symptoms are of the remedy they will disappear in a few days and no more medicine may be needed . |
| 15 | If the advice is more positive , will the parents be able to shrug off attitudes which have built up over decades in a few days ? |
| 16 | In a few days ' time the President of the Society for the Protection of the Selva Sur , David Ricalde , would tell me , ‘ Some of these naturalists , it 's not their fault but they do n't know their stuff . |
| 17 | In a few days ' time , perhaps sooner , he would die quietly of pneumonia , peacefully suffocating as the bloodstream slowed and the deprived lungs surrendered their function . |
| 18 | ‘ He 'll be fine in a few days , my dear , with an infusion of clover and foxglove to steady his heart . |
| 19 | Jock Lewes came in a few days later with a different tale to tell . |
| 20 | When I inquired after the baptism he said he had been mistaken , it had been yesterday , but that there would be another in a few days and , anyway , who needed a baptism to enjoy themselves ? |
| 21 | If it is already well dried and can be carted in a few days , this method involves less work than tripodding . |
| 22 | He told the owner of the pensione that he would probably be leaving in a few days and then he made his way to the station to ask about trains . |
| 23 | Let us suppose the Smith family have planned a picnic in the country in a few days time . |
| 24 | In a few days you will hear that Stalingrad is completely in German hands . ’ |
| 25 | Since he had been commissioned in November 1858 , he had ‘ almost wholly devoted ’ himself to the building , and tenders were expected in a few days . |
| 26 | He told his brother that he was close to death and would die in a few days . |
| 27 | In a few days the effects of the anaesthetic will diminish and you will feel better . |
| 28 | Lothar replied that he simply had a skin complaint that could be cleared up in a few days . |
| 29 | It 's as hard to do justice to the beauty of the Eternal City in a few words as it is to see everything in a few days . |
| 30 | She will probably welcome your offer of help with such matters as the registration of the death , notifying distant friends , putting an announcement of death in local or national newspapers if she wants this , and dealing with kindly enquiries from neighbours in a tactful way , so that they understand that she may not be feeling like having too many callers at first but will greatly appreciate their help and sympathy in a few days ' ( or weeks , ) time ; and making arrangements for the funeral and any family gathering that is to take place afterwards . |