Brown said they met recently, but not in the past few days.

The thought had been on his mind for the past several days.

They had been trying to get her attention for the past several days.

We have been working together for the past three days.

For the past few days he had felt his number was coming up.

She'd been doing a great deal of thinking over the past few days.

The past few days, they got to know each other better.

The two had said little over the past few days.

The story had not come to him in the past few days.

He's been my teacher for the past few days, ever since we got here.