In the days preceding his death he had been receiving treatment for cancer.

Anyway, the two days preceding the ceremony were full of interest.

But the day was bright and sweet, like the seven days preceding it.

He had been hospitalized in the days preceding his death.

The days preceding a visit to the prison were always anxious ones.

In the 30 days preceding our interviews, 1 percent of all adolescents brought a gun to school.

On the day preceding that fixed for the execution a meeting was held at the home office to consider the case.

The government made all kinds of impossible promises in the days preceding the election.

Last year, he had raced only twice in the 99 days preceding the Classic.

The government seeks records for the four days preceding each of three articles.