Example sentences of "it was [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | ELEANOR apart , for the rest of the King 's subjects the Treaty of Montlouis meant , by and large , a return to the status quo as it was fifteen days before the outbreak of war . |
| 2 | It was fifteen days before Isambard 's inconspicuous agents in Pool and about the hospitable courtyard of Strata Marcella picked up traces of the Welsh marauders . |
| 3 | It was 17 days since he had last locked the door of his office , turned down the lights , and unscrewed the cap of his walking stick , and heard Dr Tariq and Professor Khan discuss a series of meetings in Europe . |
| 4 | It was 27 days since Rashid had left his office at Iraqi Airlines for the last time . |
| 5 | With as many flats as a Parisian tower block and the ‘ pits ’ affording no more than a shove out of the sand , it was 16 days before the old fort hove into view 338Km after Algiers had disappeared from the rear-view mirror . |
| 6 | It was two days before medical staff found out what his distraught parents were trying to tell them — that he had swallowed the contents of a tin of paint . |
| 7 | It was two days later at eleven in the morning . |
| 8 | Malcolm , myself and Chris went round I think it was two days before , looked for the well it 's a lot tidier that it was the previous time because of the new racking . |
| 9 | It was two days later , and the news had got round that Miguel and Shelley were heroes . |
| 10 | but he he would never stay except , you know , it always had to be in respectable kind of a barn or something he would live in , least And in fact instead of that he would ra if it was good days he would rather lie at the dyke side . |
| 11 | The U.S. Consul became responsible for our wellbeing but it was fourteen days or more before my parents got word of my survival after being reported missing on 21 May . ’ |
| 12 | It was fourteen days since the force had crossed the Tweed , eluded the levies that rode to intercept it , and roved south towards Newcastle , pillaging and burning what was left of the standing crops . |
| 13 | That what it means , and it was fifty days se se se seven weeks , after the death and resurrection of Jesus and the disciples had been told to wait in an upper room until the Holy Spirit would descend upon them , and you 've had that record read to you from acts chapter two of just what took place on that day , that birth day of the church of Jesus Christ . |
| 14 | It was four days ( during which he was given the last rites ) before his doctors gave him a chance to live through . |
| 15 | It was four days before I was able to hold him . |
| 16 | It was four days later when Black called Sargent Maxwell back into his office . |
| 17 | Well if it was four days it would be alright but |
| 18 | It was early days , he must understand , but there was hope . |
| 19 | A spokesman for the Inland Revenue said it was early days but added : ’ There are stringent quality controls to make sure the estate agents are doing their jobs properly . |
| 20 | It was eleven days before that rabbit came to the trap . |
| 21 | It was eight days since they had last lain on the bed together , and sex seemed as far away now as then . |
| 22 | It was eight days almost to the minute since the undertaker had arrived at the house on stilts and rung the doorbell for the last time . |
| 23 | It was ten days ago that she 'd heard from Le Touquet , and that series of games must be over by now , she knew . |
| 24 | It was ten days before the Maharajah summoned him . |
| 25 | A woman posing as a social worker walked off with her and it was 15 days before Alex was found safe at a house in Burford , Oxon . |
| 26 | It was some days before he resolved on this , but he then met with strong opposition from both Joffre and Foch , who wanted him first to penetrate the centre ridge between Pozières and Thiepval . |
| 27 | But it was three days before Lachlan received word that his father would see him . |
| 28 | It was three days before he appeared and when he did he was in uniform . |
| 29 | It was three days after — Yes , the fifteenth . |
| 30 | It was three days now since the wedding and yet he could not look at her without thinking that . |