Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | If LEAs take their assigned task seriously , schools may begin to hanker for the days when they were given the tools and told to get on with the job . |
| 2 | As in previous years the Israeli security forces began imposing curfews in the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the days leading up to the anniversary . |
| 3 | Without a shred of embarrassment , the sentimental Tory takes out his hanky and invites us to watch him dripping crocodile tears of fond reminiscence for the days of that most honourable of men , so lauded by the Conservatives of his era , Mr Tony Benn . |
| 4 | The idea of doing some private nursing , then perhaps travelling for a while , had stayed in the back of her mind during the days since that disastrous exchange with Deana in the cafeteria , and a small voice kept saying inside her , ‘ Perhaps you should . |
| 5 | In them he included his diary entries of the days from Nasser 's announcement to his own resignation on 6 November when the ill-fated invasion was ignominiously terminated by a ceasefire . |
| 6 | To relieve the tedium of the days they sang , or told stories to Enoch . |
| 7 | No one just passes through Baldersdale , and this clearly played a major part in preserving its isolation in the days when it was a full and vibrant community , as , indeed , it certainly was . |
| 8 | The latest Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society resolves a question that came to light in the days of Lord Rayleigh , who showed how an idealised object called a black body radiates heat and light energy . |
| 9 | Instead , listeners heard the voice of Keith Skues , the veteran from the days of Radio Caroline and Radio London — which were anchored off the Essex coast — and who later joined Radio One . |
| 10 | Ann found it very difficult to tell , just as she had found it difficult to fathom out the workings of Martha 's mind in the days before she and her twin were married . |
| 11 | Harris had said that the reason he killed Faye Whitehead was that he lost control and he has been questioned about his state of mind in the days before the incident . |
| 12 | Mr Crosby has been at the centre of that romance , reviving the club 's fortunes almost immediately after taking over from Denis Smith at Christmas and then inspiring the sort of Cup run last enjoyed by the passionate Roker supporters in the days of Bob Stokoe . |
| 13 | One problem that has cropped up when trying to turn zoos into arks is that a lot of the exhibits are leftovers from the days when zoos were unashamedly places where people went to look at exotic animals . |
| 14 | Then comes Phaleron , and the best harbour of all , the three-bayed Piraeus , safe to use only after Athens had taken Salamis , opposite , from Megara in the days of Solon . |
| 15 | Totally correct wear for the feet are over-the-calf socks of the finest black silk and lace-up shoes in black patent leather — a remnant from the days of boots . |
| 16 | Paul made a very happy marriage with Muriel Ezra , the widow of a distinguished zoologist , who built up his own private menagerie in Surrey in the days before safari parks proliferated in the English countryside . |
| 17 | The observers of gonorrhoea in the days before effective treatment was available vividly described the symptoms of acute gonococcal urethritis . |
| 18 | Would you say that things have changed a great deal from the days when you finished your drama school training at Central in 1966 ? |
| 19 | The title dates back many centuries to the days when the Speaker was the King 's representative in parliament and when MPs wanted to debate raising money they formed themselves into a committee with an MP in the chair so that they could discuss the subject away from the prying ears of the Palace . |
| 20 | The title dates back many centuries to the days when the Speaker was the King 's representative in parliament and when MPs wanted to debate raising money they formed themselves into a committee with an MP in the chair so that they could discuss the subject away from the prying ears of the Palace . |
| 21 | That was undoubtedly a legacy of her childhood , she thought resignedly — a throw-back to the days when she and her mother had been forced to hold their heads high and attempt to ignore the pointing fingers . |
| 22 | The preservation of the principle of ‘ insurance ’ was a clear throw-back to the days of Lloyd George and , as he explained in a radio broadcast , his ‘ Plan for Britain' was ‘ based on the contributory principle of giving not free allowances to all from the State , but giving benefits as of right in virtue of contributions made by the insured persons themselves ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ He was n't even in the club on the days of the murders , ’ said Pooley morosely . |
| 24 | Eden Hall was the family seat of the Cumbrian family of Musgrave since the days of King Henry VI ; the ‘ Luck ’ is an heirloom , a beautifully enamelled and engraved glass goblet with Moorish-style decorative work on its surfaces . |
| 25 | I mean , we 've been longtime admirers of yours , well you might even say fans since the days of Screentest really . |
| 26 | Devotees of the Hitchcock film will be gratified to hear that Buchan 's book is even more chock-full of incident , cross-country chases , gung-ho and derring-do : a stirring monument to the days when a man of action might still be possessed of a stiff-upper-lipped charm and accomplishment . |
| 27 | He is delighted to have run into form at just the right moment , leaving him in his most confident frame of mind since the days leading up to his triumphant 1990 Open at St Andrews . |
| 28 | A simple pot-au-feu is typical of the real old Provençal cooking of the days before Provençal specialities became chic restaurant food and got fussed up and transferred into goodness knows what fantasies . |
| 29 | The BBC found itself increasingly demoralized , the proud corporate ethic of the days of Lord Reith under constant challenge . |
| 30 | In some ways the malai could be deeply caste-conscious , a souvenir of the days of the Hindu kingdoms . |