Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] days [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The appeal began on 28 July and was expected to last two weeks , but after three days the judges decided they had heard enough . |
| 2 | She was brought almost to despair , until after twelve days the hallucinations ceased . |
| 3 | After five days the freezers were collected and returned to the laboratory . |
| 4 | The first meeting of the SNC opened in the disused Cambodian embassy in Bangkok on Sept. 17 , but after two days the talks had ground to a halt , the main stumbling block being the appointment of a SNC chair . |
| 5 | The first meeting of the SNC convened in the disused Cambodian embassy in Bangkok on mid-September , but after two days the talks had ground to a halt , with disagreements over the appointment of a Chair . |
| 6 | Jed drove north to begin with , his wrist a rectangle of heat and all that numbness just behind his eyes , but after two days the roads drew him inland , over high mountains , and soon he was heading due west . |
| 7 | For three days the discussions and arguments went on . |
| 8 | There are now few poultry farms within listening distance but , according to a nineteenth century folklorist , ‘ In ancient days the cocks must have crowed most lustily to have produced vibrations on either the sensitive rock or the tympanum of man ’ . |
| 9 | President Bush took over from the 78-year-old Ronald Reagan at the age of 64 but within 11 days the rigours of office had taken their toll . |
| 10 | In those days the caddies had to carry only half-a-dozen clubs with hickory shafts . |
| 11 | In those days the owners were the managers . |
| 12 | ‘ In those days the boys went into the church , the army , and so on down the family , and it fell to Charlie to go to the colonies . |
| 13 | In those days the warriors fought by day — in the open — and at night they dressed one another 's wounds . |
| 14 | The symphonies are full of difficulties and in those days the orchestras had not always the resources we have today . |
| 15 | In those days the Customs officers were still sufficiently unfamiliar with tourists and their toys to have difficulty distinguishing between amateur and professional equipment . |
| 16 | In those days the names of intelligence chiefs were guarded by the D-Notice system so British newspapers tended not to publish them . |
| 17 | In those days the fields were still small and surrounded by hedges and the lanes ran deep between lush banks . |
| 18 | In those days the Fellows of Corpus were rather proud of the briskness of their conversation . |
| 19 | In those days the interpreters were allocated on a first-come , first-served basis , irrespective of relevance of experience or choice . |
| 20 | In bygone days the Arms Park had an almost mystical quality for them . |
| 21 | Modigliani read Ehrenburg sonnets by an Italian Jewish poet of the fourteenth century , Emmanuele Romano , ‘ mocking , bitter poems that were nevertheless full of the love of life ’ , Then he told Ehrenburg how in bygone days the Romans had celebrated the carnival by forcing the Jewish community to elect a Jewish runner who had to run naked three times round the city , whilst the elegant crowd of bishops , ambassadors and ladies looked on . |
| 22 | She thought , ‘ I shall count , very steadily , all the way there and then I sha n't have a chance to be afraid , ’ and then the carriage turned right out of the driveway and went past the orchard wall and with a leap of pleasure , she thought , ‘ In two days the hens will be there ! |
| 23 | But if the farmer had agreed to insert the phrase ‘ Twenty Four Fine Days ’ in the contract instead of one month , the contract would operate on fine days only : on wet days the men would do their usual tasks about the farm , drawing their usual wage for those particular days . |
| 24 | On such days the hills hold a mixture of azure and gold never seen at any other time of year ; the cobalt sky is more intense than it ever is in summer , and the straw-coloured hills shine strong in the light from the low winter sun . |
| 25 | A stretch of mown grass lay between the palings and the road , and on hot days the children left their stony playground and lay and rolled on the grass just outside . |
| 26 | On Open Days the fathers could be seen |
| 27 | On dull days the flowers remain closed , revealing their full beauty only in the sunshine . |
| 28 | On certain days the cats suddenly decide to eat much less than usual . |
| 29 | And then for several days the children were very quiet , and I wondered what they were doing . |
| 30 | For two days the children camped out in the hospital waiting-room as their father clung on to life . |