Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [art] [adj] day [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although in the early days Derek was happy to drive me around and did n't even charge me for the petrol , pretty soon our visits here and there grew so frequent and far afield that he was finding himself quite a bit out of pocket . |
| 2 | Because in the four days Doyle and me were following Latowa , he and Charlie only met twice — once for about thirty seconds , probably just to say hello , and then to go to the Cambridge Hotel . ’ |
| 3 | Part of the problem here is that , whereas in the old days Fender , Gibson , Gretsch , Guild and Rickenbacker ( and of course Höfner , Burns and Framus etc. ) used their own distinctive hardware , every other modern guitar has a black Floyd , the same black locking nut , black Gotoh machines and black , open-topped ‘ SeyMarzio ’ pickups . |
| 4 | Despite Gorbachev 's comments the crackdown in Vilnius continued on Jan. 23 with the seizure of the central newsprint depot , while on the following day troops in armoured cars opened fire on road traffic outside Vilnius , injuring one person . |
| 5 | The " battle of the plans " became public and dramatic from mid-June , with Yavlinsky presenting his proposals on June 17 to Gorbachev , to the Russian Republic president Boris Yeltsin and to the Khazakstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev , while on the same day Pavlov in remarks to the USSR Supreme Soviet ridiculed the " grand bargain " and called for wider executive powers for the Soviet Council of Ministers in order to deal with the economic crisis . |
| 6 | Michael Cole , the media director for the House of Fraser , said on March 7 , 1990 , that the report was inept and prejudiced , while on the same day Sir Edward Du Cann , chairman of Lonrho ( which had itself desired to take over the House of Fraser ) , criticized the government for refusing to take action against the Fayeds and said that damages would be sought against the brothers through the courts . |
| 7 | When in the early days pilgrims gathered to hold the feast at Gilgal , perhaps their celebrations included a procession round the ruined mound of Jericho , where no walls were any longer to be seen above ground , with the blowing of sacred trumpets of rams ' horns , and the solemn carrying of the ark . |