Example sentences of "[prep] the last few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modigliani moved in to be with her for the last few days and at the end of November Jeanne entered the Nice Maternity Hospital . |
| 2 | I 've been loafing a bit for the last few days . |
| 3 | Now , however , she sat up in bed and wondered , as she had been wondering for the last few days , what had happened to the spider . |
| 4 | For the last few days she had seen them , not as her parents but as two hating individuals carrying on a private war behind screens . |
| 5 | It was near the end of August , and for the last few days it had been like high summer . |
| 6 | He was conscious on admission , explained he had felt unwell for the last few days and had intended seeing a doctor today . |
| 7 | It 's been Huey , George , Ralph and Bert for the last few days , liquid laffs ahoy . |
| 8 | Harry had worked as tirelessly as his sister for the last few days ; now he sank down on to a stool beside his cannon out of sheer weakness , and began to weep at the thought of the wasted powder and the wasted water resulting from this misfortune . |
| 9 | He had been feeling a bit better for the last few days : He had repaired the fence between the Britches and Ron Paget 's yard , filled two black plastic sacks with rubbish and had embarked on a vigorous assault upon dead and decaying trees . |
| 10 | For the last few days of her life Julia lay in a drugged sleep , free from pain and still managing a faint smile for Pat as he hung over her , gripping her hand . |
| 11 | I 've been reading the fucking Bible for the last few days . |
| 12 | For the last few days , though , they 've been having to train where and when they can . |
| 13 | For the last few days , I have been driving Citroen 's latest addition to the ZX range the Aura Turbo Diesel . |
| 14 | ‘ Thank you for all the help you gave to us and to Bob during the last few days of his illness — I only wish we 'd been put in touch with ACET sooner . |
| 15 | They reported that lorry-loads of files and documents had been taken from the bunker during the last few days . |
| 16 | They reported that lorry-loads of files and documents had been taken from the bunker during the last few days , and found glowing ash — ‘ evidence ’ of destroyed papers . |
| 17 | They reported that lorry-loads of files and documents had been taken from the bunker during the last few days , and said they had found glowing ash as evidence that papers had been destroyed . |
| 18 | I was also surprised to hear that during the last few days her Premium Bond had won £5,000 . |
| 19 | The proportion saying they decided ‘ during the last few days ’ is nearly one in seven of all who voted on Thursday , and double the 1987 figure : 198319871992 Decided a long time ago788173 Two or three weeks ago141213 During the last few days 8 714 |
| 20 | The proportion saying they decided ‘ during the last few days ’ is nearly one in seven of all who voted on Thursday , and double the 1987 figure : 198319871992 Decided a long time ago788173 Two or three weeks ago141213 During the last few days 8 714 |
| 21 | It was swollen with the heavy rain that had fallen during the last few days , and it looked fierce and dark . |
| 22 | Tony said he had felt happier after discharge from hospital and that his father had been less critical and more supportive during the last few days . |
| 23 | During the last few days before the event , as spectators arrived from , Ayrshire was busier than it had ever been in its history . |
| 24 | for most of it , but not during the last few days |
| 25 | If an egg has been discharged from the ovary during the last few days it will now be on its way through the tubes . |
| 26 | Rain said : ‘ I found out during the last few days . |
| 27 | However , because of what had happened during the last few days , she knew she could not simply let this matter fade from her mind . |
| 28 | In August 1869 he wrote to his mother : " I have never felt happier than during the last few days . |
| 29 | During the last few days she had been sent a poison pen letter , had her life turned upside down , and now she was in the arms of the man whom she had been absolutely determined to divorce . |
| 30 | However , Foreign Relations Minister Isidoro Malmierca Peoli , speaking in the Spanish capital Madrid on Dec. 28 , stated that an agreement had been reached with the Russian Federation " during the last few days " on the exchange of sugar for oil . |