Example sentences of "the [adj] days [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Although the Algarve is supposed to be the warmest place in Portugal in winter , suffice to say , that in the eleven days we were there , we had one sunny day . |
2 | In the elder days they were relatively empty lands , occupied by those who sought to escape the more civilised realms and return to nature . |
3 | These are the tented days I remember |
4 | No one had ever seen a bride or groom walk to their wedding ; even the very poor found a car for that day and in the old days they had gone by trap or sidecar . |
5 | In the old days they would be feeding the poor at the castle gate . |
6 | In the old days they carried twenty-four horses in a car , but there was no centre aisle , eh ? |
7 | In the old days they all played cards . |
8 | And of course in the old days they just were n't available because they were n't on the market . |
9 | Our ships may be small , Mr. Mottram , but in the old days they were liners — that is , they made regular , scheduled runs from various ports on the Continent to the United Kingdom . |
10 | ‘ In the old days they 'd have thumped enough into him to get him through his exam . |
11 | Ah ha , but in the old days they used to have |
12 | In the old days they used to have little houses close together called begins with T |
13 | ‘ In the old days we should have thrown a guinea-fowl or a few warthog piglets in , too . |
14 | In the old days we got on with the job , jollied staff along if they needed it , kicked the sluggards in the backside , encouraged the unconfident and persuaded a reluctant and sceptical police force to use us . |
15 | ‘ In the old days we could rely on the same spectators attending match after match , whatever the weather or the results . |
16 | In the old days we simply could n't afford to do that . |
17 | In the old days we simply could n't afford to do that . |
18 | In the old days we used to have very inefficient coal fires , burning in open grates , which to produce a reasonable heat used a significant amount of fuel . |
19 | Former Top 40 presenter Tony Blackburn said : ‘ In the old days I think it meant something to be the Christmas No. 1 and there would be great excitement in the run-up to the last chart . |
20 | Conchis was no more than the chance agent , the event that had come at the right time ; just as in the old days I might , after a celibate term at Oxford , have met a girl and begun an affaire with her , I had begun something exciting with him . |
21 | Yes , in the old days I always made his appointments for him . " |
22 | Whilst remembering the old days I was surprised to hear that ran in the family as his wife 's father had worked for the Company at the turn of the century . |
23 | In the old days it needed a team of 20 women to do the equivalent job — and even then they did it less than half as fast . |
24 | In the old days it had taken six horses to haul a vehicle the two thousand yards from the bottom of the brae to its top . |
25 | Apparently in the old days it was the place where tenant farmers paid their rent to the estate . |
26 | For instance , even today they both use the same gauge guitar strings because in the old days it was cheaper to buy one gauge in bulk . |
27 | IN THE old days it was so simple . |
28 | Though in the old days it had been she who had braved her mother 's disapprobation and slipped out to enjoy herself , while her sister stuck grimly to her books and her duty and her long-term plans . |
29 | In the old days it was hard to get an audience with the Shah . |
30 | In the old days it had carried a full complement of aides , courtiers , ministers , secretaries and bodyguards . |