Example sentences of "[prep] the last few days " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Putting on this performance has brought everyone together and there has been a buzz around the building during the last few days . ’ |
| 32 | These drawings were always made between the last few days of August and the end of October . |
| 33 | After the meeting a lot of people wanted to talk to Karen and ask her about the last few days . |
| 34 | They would all seem like old friends after the last few days . |
| 35 | So an important decision has to be made in a hurry by people who are clearly affected by the events of the last few days . |
| 36 | Creeping underneath the ledge , she found that there was enough space for her to nestle safely while she slept off the exhaustion of the last few days . |
| 37 | All the emotional turmoil and excitement of the outbreak of war , all the long drawn out details of my training , the thrills of flying and the fear of death , all the bustle and anticipation of the last few days had ended in this , in my standing alone on a slushy path in the late afternoon with absolutely nothing whatever to do . |
| 38 | He had made good use of the last few days . |
| 39 | Josh Cornock was telling me the big tides of the last few days have brought the elvers down . |
| 40 | Tina was absolutely furious now , but the extraordinary events of the last few days had increased Jack 's confidence and he refused to be put off . |
| 41 | Environment Minister David Maclean told an audience at Tory Central Office : ‘ The rain of the last few days goes some way to replenishing the reservoirs . |
| 42 | As he regains consciousness , he gradually remembers the terrible events of the last few days . |
| 43 | He felt suddenly light , as though the burden of the last few days had suddenly lifted from his shoulders . |
| 44 | Li Yuan sat there a moment longer , thinking over the satisfactions of the last few days , recollecting the great feeling of ch'i , of pure energy , he had experienced in dealing with these matters . |
| 45 | A long gossip about the adventures of the last few days , with some exaggeration as the wine flows about the strength of the winds and the size of the waves . |
| 46 | The events of the last few days had made Charles forget about Jacqui 's flat being done over , but inside it the evidence was all too clear . |
| 47 | The strain of the last few days was beginning to tell , and he knew he had n't got much energy left . |
| 48 | ‘ I feel we should try to talk about the happenings of the last few days . |
| 49 | As they rode leisurely through the thyme-scented , bee-humming air , Rincewind pondered on the experiences of the last few days . |
| 50 | After their diet of the last few days , anything would taste like ambrosia . |
| 51 | The dramatic events of the last few days might have been more easily understood had the Georgians been playing Milan or Manchester United . |
| 52 | If she was not his mother , she had still crammed a lot of mothering , good and bad , into the last few days . |
| 53 | I 've put a lot of work into the last few days . ’ |
| 54 | In March 1845 the Foreign Office wrote to the Treasury to say that the two easternmost houses of the Office had ‘ within the last few days exhibited rents of a formidable nature ’ . |
| 55 | As an example of their world wide exports , Frank recalled some of those countries where orders had been sent within the last few days — Cyprus , Fort Worth , Texas , Abu Dabi , Oman , Italy , Australia , France , Holland , Belgium , Germany and the weekly load to America . |
| 56 | Then Beryl went on to outline a couple of job offers that had come in within the last few days . |
| 57 | ‘ But within the last few days we have received a letter from our insurance assessor that gives us fresh hope . |
| 58 | Leave the factor 2 tanning oil until the last few days . |
| 59 | In the last few days alone there have been probing books about Mrs Thatcher and Winston Churchill which told us a great deal about the murky depths of the authors . |
| 60 | Look what has happened in the last few days . |