Example sentences of "[verb] in those [noun] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er two bedrooms , it was a number sixty six Street in those days , there were new houses built on where it is now , I have n't been into Palfry for years but er there were five houses in the row , there was a family named at one end , there was us my nan of course we were next to , next to us was Mrs , a Mr and Mrs , and then er that was one side of the entry the other side of the entry was a family named , they had quite a large family , there was er two or three of those married Mrs and then er then Mrs they were all relatives , cos there was no such thing as overcrowding in those days you got as many in as you could you see , there was , another was Mr and Mrs she was a daughter of Mrs there was Mrs and Mrs she was another daughter of Mrs , and then er there were , there was a , a young man he was a son of Mrs , the were I think show people originally cos they were a bit anyhow there were five houses down the yard we had n't got running water in the sink , we had a , a big stone pump pipe in at the bottom of the entry we all had to go and draw out our own drinking water from this one standpipe . |
| 2 | But I mean people lived in those days you know I mean , you know where the is do n't you ? |
| 3 | I do n't think in those days they wanted women with minds of their own , did they ? |
| 4 | I do n't sort of , I mean in those days they had wh apprenticeships and , and that sort of thing . |
| 5 | How anybody can walk in those things I do n't know of any . |
| 6 | And there was a satisfaction about it although I always think in those days we had to work so fast that there was n't the time to do what you 'd really like to have done for the patients . |