Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [adj] days " in BNC.

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1 He thought and meditated ; filled them out by experience of pastoral care and by writing ; and came to such a unity that all his later life he had a coherence of outlook , in thought and devotion and ethic , which was an anchor to the Church of England in difficult days .
2 ‘ I just hope that they 're not an indication of Irish troubles finding their way into Wales in the way they have in parts of England over recent days and weeks , ’ said Mr Wigley .
3 As the right hon. Gentleman is talking about matters in which there may be joint agreement , and as he has visited Langbaurgh and Hemsworth in recent days , will he comment on the fact that both the Labour party candidates for those constituencies have invested in newly privatised industries ?
4 They spoke about the ‘ concerns and worries ’ President Gorbachev had expressed about the developments in East Germany in recent days .
5 The waiter , who was an Italian , remembered Flavia from old days .
6 But nobody at Westminster in recent days has failed to notice Messrs Clarke and Heseltine looking very pleased with themselves .
7 Its main use is as a riding/tool/brake vehicle on winter works trains , but it is also doing temporary duty as a tickets/sales vehicle at Bala on busy days in the season .
8 This message has been carried around Europe in recent days by the normally reticent Nicholas Brady , America 's Treasury secretary .
9 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 .
10 Opposition groups staged mass protests in Belgrade on consecutive days on March 9-12 , calling for the resignation of Serbian President Milosevic .
11 ‘ We hereby solemnly declare that we shall use no forcible means to apprehend , confine , or imprison any person assistant whatever who has appeared at Castle Menzies or elsewhere , or in any part of Perth on prior days .
12 There was a car ferry across the narrows of Loch Long , a source of delay on the journey to Kyle and Skye in pioneering days : this was replaced by the present road bridge earlier this century , and passage through Dornie , once slow and halting , is now swift .
13 A steamer leaves Oban on certain days for Staffa and Iona : it goes by the Sound of Mull round the north of that island , and returns by the south .
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