Example sentences of "[noun] in [adj] day and [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Now El-ahrairah was among the animals in those days and he had many wives . |
| 2 | It was in its infancy in those days and I noticed that whenever David did a show for them , they dressed the set with every conceivable brightly coloured object , with the result you could hardly see him . |
| 3 | Also , and I do n't want to go on about this , I was a lonely person in those days and I had very little else to think about . |
| 4 | I had three a year and of course in between times you go we had quarter fare if we want to go anywhere , you see and er of course it was the old money in those days and I would come from Ipswich to see my parents here for sixpence halfpenny then and er , you see , I used to go on holiday alone . |
| 5 | It was a different ball-game in those days and you bloody well know it . ’ |
| 6 | As he prepared for tomorrow night 's away game at Leicester , caretaker manager Malcolm Crosby , said : ‘ We have to play 10 matches in 25 days and I think even Arnold Schwarzenegger would struggle to do that . |
| 7 | Holders of this theory would suggest that syphilis was already established in Europe in pre-Columbian days and it was the increase in knowledge and the travel resulting from the Renaissance that made it appear as if a new disease had been introduced . |
| 8 | My wife and I loved a challenge in those days and we could see what it might become with hard work , but it was a real challenge , no mistake . |
| 9 | Nearly every farmer had a barrel of the stuff in his cow house in those days and I had only to go into the corner and turn the tap . |
| 10 | She could either step off the pavement or walk with a clang on an iron hatch she was sure would cave in one day and she 'd be deep underground and lost forever . |