Example sentences of "few day after the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While we were all getting ready for work one morning , a few days after the above conversation , one of the other girls ( Martha ) transferred a fifty-pound note from her handbag to the pocket of her apron , which was at that point still hanging by the door with everyone else 's . |
| 2 | Washington 's stance seems sure to complicate the United Airlines buyout , which was to close a few days after the 10 October deadline set by Mr Skinner for information on BA 's involvement . |
| 3 | Mary Finnigan : ‘ A few days after the death of David 's father , the free festival went ahead as planned and the day was fabulous ; the sun shone and everybody but everybody had a wonderful time . |
| 4 | A few days after the Argentinian surrender , I saw her for a meeting on health service pay . |
| 5 | The Queen Mother took the reverse stoically , writing to Cazalet a few days after the Grand National : ‘ We will not be done in by this , and will just keep on trying . ’ |
| 6 | A few days after the discovery , local authorities received a call from a woman claiming to be a clairvoyant . |
| 7 | ONLY a few days after the fourth Conservative victory in a row , it is slightly depressing to read that health authorities have allocated millions and millions of extra pounds to a campaign to persuade family practitioners to hand out free condoms to their patients , whether or not they are at high risk of contracting the new American disease . |
| 8 | Certainly , Jacques passed on Green 's approbation of Barker 's attitude to Hampden Jackson and Douglas-Smith a few days after the late February meeting : |
| 9 | Both Andrew and Judith arrived in Vancouver much in need of rest to recuperate from their hazardous and near-fatal experiences as passengers on the ill-fated liner ‘ Athenia ’ , which was torpedoed and sunk by a Nazi submarine off the Eire coast a few days after the outbreak of World War II . |
| 10 | If the manager had wanted to take tough disciplinary action against Johnstone another opportunity arose a few days after the drunken sailor saga . |
| 11 | So if doctors find concentrations of HPD a few days after the injection , they know there are tumours there . |
| 12 | ‘ A few days after the funeral , ’ I said , ‘ Karen phoned to ask if I 'd come over and help her dispose of some of Dennis 's effects . |
| 13 | The first few days after the burial she had felt like dying herself , mostly of shame , but she had set about her tasks with the same efficiency as always , and if she did n't speak to anyone it was because words would have brought fresh tears . |
| 14 | A few days after the birth she fell into a post-natal depression . |
| 15 | On the second visit , a few days after the first , the Japanese used natives in their ravages of the town , much to the disgust of local tribes . |
| 16 | A few days after the première , Constanze 's mother decided that matters had gone on long enough between Mozart and Constanze , who had abandoned the fraught atmosphere of home to take temporary refuge with Mozart 's friend and patroness , the Baroness von Waldstädten . |
| 17 | The jury was told that Paul admitted using the bat in a game of baseball in Battersea Park just a few days after the killing . |
| 18 | In almost all investigations of any size , one investigator can be occupied full time taking statements during the first few days after the accident . |
| 19 | Condemnation was at once forthcoming from many politicians , but in the first few days after the murders Mr Kohl turned down invitations to appear on television , preferring to offer his denunciation from the pages of a newspaper . |
| 20 | Bruce meanwhile had launched a lightning raid into north-west England , and after burning Lancaster he crossed into the North Riding of Yorkshire and almost succeeded in capturing Edward himself near Byland Abbey , This humiliation of the king proved too much for Andrew Harclay , whose support had been of crucial importance at Boroughbridge and who had been raised to the earldom of Carlisle a few days after the battle . |
| 21 | When d'Argenlieu dispatched himself hastily to Paris a few days after the French elections and before the Haiphong incident , it was to lobby intensively for a policy of firmness ; and his tactic , says Devillers , was simple : to create fear . |
| 22 | ‘ As it happened , the war ended a few days after the divorce . |
| 23 | Only a few days after the conclusion of the Second International Congress of Writers for the Defence of Culture , held for the most part in Spain , itself a highly symbolic act of political and cultural allegiance to the Republican cause , Nizan was deeply shocked to learn of the tragic and unforeseen death of Gerda Taro , a young female photographer working for Ce Soir at the battle front near Brunete . |
| 24 | Erm but that you know that that did n't carry on much more than a few days after the the initial disturbances . |
| 25 | The engagement was announced on 24 February 1981 , a few days after the two had consoled each other after the sudden death of the Prince 's horse Allibar . |
| 26 | A few days after the massacre , the Shah had an opportunity to show himself as a compassionate leader after an earthquake destroyed the town of Tabas and killed about twenty thousand people . |
| 27 | A few days after the murder , the police had searched the house and had found the gold chain in Justine 's coat pocket . |
| 28 | Her father 's eldest sister , the aunt who now had the villa near Ravello where Sophia hoped to spend a few days after the visit to Rome , was in some ways very much like an older version of Penelope . |
| 29 | A few days after the action that was taken by my right hon. Friend , a magic wand was waved and somehow money was found to improve the Southend line . |
| 30 | MANCHESTER United and Aston Villa are to play at Windsor Park on May 12 — a few days after the final fixtures in what has been a fiercely contested inaugural Premier League battle between them and Norwich City . |