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 . |