Example sentences of "and [adj] days [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While he was away was the longest fifteen months and eight days I ever spent . |
| 2 | I mean seven years continual dredging for seven years apart from a month they in dock and you were taking out eight hundred tonne every hopper load and some days you were doing five loads and sometimes four loads , was a lot of mud we dumped so much mud out at erm near the Cork Lightship , now you would think they would level theirself off would n't you and if they did n't that up . |
| 3 | Yeah , and some days you need to . |
| 4 | The only trouble is when you 're doing your administration and some days you know y you may have to really get stuck in |
| 5 | In later and easier days he would certainly have studied mathematics at university , but instead left school when he was seventeen . |
| 6 | At the age of 39 and 105 days he becomes the ninth oldest player in history to make his Test debut in Friday 's historic encounter between South Africa and India in Durban . |
| 7 | In the past they said men should n't be concerned about their looks and things , but it 's pretty obvious that they are , because boys are always looking in the mirror , and these days they have slicked-back hair and fancy clothes , and that sort of thing . |
| 8 | And these days they can look more attractive than ever when matched to hardwood window frames and internal doors . |
| 9 | He slept on a straw pallet in the low attic space at the Widow MacIntosh 's and these days he hated to wake up . |
| 10 | And these days you ca n't just take the speedometer out and fiddle the numbers back like you used to ten years ago . |
| 11 | ‘ And these days you 're always together , she hardly ever sees him any more — ’ |
| 12 | George Crowninshield was a US senator , one of the stars of that legislature , and these days it was impossible to see his name in a magazine or newspaper without the added speculation that he might soon become the President of the United States . |
| 13 | But I mean , a lot of people do n't glorify on the jobs they do , I mean Dinda she said you know , it 's awful being the one who 's getting all the all day long , kind of explained and help them with their problems , sympathise with , with something that does n't work she 'd much rather be outdoors than being a or looking after , but she said you know , it 's , it 's a secure job and these days I think well I 'm not I run my own car and they do n't really think that |
| 14 | From then on , mother and child progressed happily , and since those early and terrible days I have treated advice with cautious courtesy . |
| 15 | ‘ He looks better , it 's true , but some days he eats nothing at all , and other days he eats just like a healthy boy . |
| 16 | After four memorable and enjoyable days we left Penang for our three-day trip to Singapore . |
| 17 | It 's not all going according to plan , however , and most days they wind up literally singing for their supper . |
| 18 | It 's not his job or nothing , but he likes doing stuff in the garden , and most days he 's there . |