Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] days [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | After a further few days I brought my suitcases up from London . |
2 | Indeed for a few medieval days it was the effective capital of England . |
3 | ‘ And I hope we 're both mature enough to treat each other with civility and respect for the few remaining days we 're forced to spend together . ’ |
4 | After some 10 days we received our order back from Bailey Distribution Ltd with a memo asking for a new cheque made out to them , since they could not transfer the original cheque due because it was crossed . |
5 | " I 'm sure if I ask Muslim brother for another ten days it will be all right , " the Shah replied stiffly . |
6 | The wind resistant Tactel and Ebyl Thermovelours fleece helped keep me snug and warm on the few chilly days we 've had this summer . |
7 | For the following twenty-seven days I approached everyone I knew , from the Bow Building Society to distant aunts , even fellow-students , but none of them showed the slightest interest in backing a young woman undergraduate to the tune of sixty pounds in order that she could buy a fruit and vegetable shop . |
8 | In the following three days they had to get through two complete run-throughs , two technical rehearsals , and one dress rehearsal . |
9 | On warm sunny days you may see Red-eared Terrapins basking around the edge of the lake . |
10 | In these early days I got overwhelmed very easily . |
11 | We 've never had a big dog before , but we thought in these violent days it might protect us . ’ |
12 | I mean I mean obviously the it may be that erm there 's very little these days I 'm afraid which is an absolutely copper bottomed guarantee you know but if if if they were able to say well you know yes we do take people who 've got the exams you know we took somebody last year or whatever . |
13 | Well there must be something in it because I feel so relaxed these days I ca n't get |
14 | It is of course penalty kicks at goal which slow down play and I would deal with them very drastically , as in these modern days they quite often determine the result of a match . |
15 | Fie , that you should imagine otherwise ! ’ she said lightly , adding on a more serious note , ‘ During the past months , I learned to speak and act like the duchess your wife — but in these last days I have learned to think like her also ; to believe that I am indeed the lady Anne ! |
16 | For three whole days she 'd blanked out the memory of that kiss they 'd shared , but now it came flooding back with a vengeance , hot and strong and so seductively real that she could have wept for shame . |
17 | ‘ The spirit has been good through all these bad days we 've had lately , but it was even better today and everyone hoped the money was a sign things are turning round . ’ |
18 | In the good old days you had lots of career men . |
19 | And yet … we 'd had such a good few days I suppose I wanted to keep the mood going . |
20 | She was so tired these days she was prone to strange fears . |
21 | good hot days we got and those breezes too . |
22 | It was just eighty-eight days since he had recaptured his capital of Paris , yet in those few days he had shown the world how an emperor made armies . |
23 | Strange , she had been in Denmark for so short a time yet in those few days she had learned so much , not only about herself but about a country she had never even considered visiting before Suzie 's escapade . |
24 | In those early days they were expected to go to chapel every morning ; bells seemed to announce every change in the timetable . |
25 | In those early days we were a real sub-Faces band , all Gibson guitars and plonking bass lines . |
26 | And in those early days he was careful with money . |
27 | In those early days he was n't very relaxed with them . ’ |
28 | ‘ In those early days I did n't even stop to think how Derrick felt , ’ she admits . |
29 | Since those early days I have grown considerably in confidence , on top of which all the furnishings and fittings are complete . |
30 | I do n't know whether other newly married men feel the same , but in those early days I was aware ofa calm satisfaction and fulfilment . |