Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] days [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Question : Which piece of equipment works for you for 365 days a year , 24 hours a day , saves you money , protects your reputation , helps you comply with the law , and is expected to function without complaint for up to 10 years ? |
| 2 | Britain needs fewer but brighter racecourses , each with a range of facilities that will attract customers for 300 days a year , not 10 . |
| 3 | For some days the government did nothing , shaken by these unprecedented disturbances . |
| 4 | For some days the note lay untouched on the table . |
| 5 | The appeal began on 28 July and was expected to last two weeks , but after three days the judges decided they had heard enough . |
| 6 | After three days the family made the agonising decision to switch the machine off when they were told he would not recover . |
| 7 | After three days the castle capitulated and was demolished . |
| 8 | After ten days the calf had become a haunting presence . |
| 9 | The siege commemorated in my nursery rhyme took place in 1761 : an English fleet cut off supplies to the citadel , and after 38 days the garrison surrendered . |
| 10 | She was brought almost to despair , until after twelve days the hallucinations ceased . |
| 11 | After five days the freezers were collected and returned to the laboratory . |
| 12 | After four days the vapour settles . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If the adventurers have n't buried the bodies properly after seven days the Ghost will attack them , convinced that they were lying . |
| 17 | Large families eke out an existence for six days a week on a few loaves and margarine . |
| 18 | Suppose , then , that you can allow the equivalent of four hours each evening for six days a week . |
| 19 | High Row , Skinnergate , Blackwellgate , Bondgate and the eastern end of Duke Street will be closed to traffic for six days a week between 10.30am and 4pm , although buses and pedal cycles may still use Blackwellgate and Bondgate . |
| 20 | One measure would have forced British haddock fishing boats to lie idle for 10 days every month . |
| 21 | They also hope to develop some kind of a synchronised timetable to provide five or six ships sailing at least every hour for 364 days a year . |
| 22 | Such measures are thought to make it possible to eliminate through traffic from Greatham apart from a maximum of six days a year the MoD would still require the closure of Woolmer Road . |
| 23 | Have fresh fruit or sugar-free yogurt for dessert a minimum of three days a week ; the other days have low-sugar or no-sugar dessert recipes whenever possible ( e.g. unless eating out or at a friend 's house ) . |
| 24 | He was Con Fenton , a retired farm worker who did a bit of jobbing gardening and spent an average of three days a week at The Laurels . |
| 25 | I 'm sure that one of those days the dog 's jealousy and the child 's charisma , or the combination of both , will lead to grief . |
| 26 | ( Incidentally , oranges and nuts seem to have occupied in the social life of those days the place soft drinks and ice cream occupy today , being consumed in great quantities even in the most dignified circles . ) |
| 27 | Instinct told me it was going to be one of those days the moment I removed the little grey shrivelled chicken from the oven . |
| 28 | But more in , but what it was we when I was in here , sort of five days a week , nine to five job |
| 29 | At Great Dun Fell in Cumbria , which is under cloud for part of 250 days a year , cloud is on average four times as acid as rain at the same spot , with more than twice the ammonium , nitrate and sulphur . |
| 30 | Many diets fail because they do not provide the variety of foods that the body craves and after a couple of enthusiastic days the willpower begins to weaken . |