Example sentences of "[art] [num ord] few day [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first few days we kept the family shut into the cow-shed , to protect them from the cats ; but I really think that if any cat had had the temerity to put in an attack , the hen would have chased it half-way to Gloucester . |
| 2 | ‘ For the first few days they were all a bit subdued , ’ Bob said . |
| 3 | Well for the first few days I found enough energy to take an occasional dip in the pool and play a leisurely game of bowls . |
| 4 | The teachers were very helpful and caring , and for the first few days I thought I was getting on quite well with my new classmates . |
| 5 | To her disappointment Nahum only seemed to visit the old and sick , and after the first few days he no longer took her with him , having suffered embarrassment each time he introduced his new wife whose youth could n't be disguised . |
| 6 | Now er over the last few days we 've been er talking quite a lot about er that statue you know the one that 's down by er down by Marks and Spencers that 's the best way to describe where it is the leaf stand the er the one that looks like a tulip and water dribbles down the side of it . |
| 7 | ‘ But within the last few days we have received a letter from our insurance assessor that gives us fresh hope . |
| 8 | We have read the various articles which have appeared in the Press over the last few days which accuse us of cheating in the recent Test series against England . |
| 9 | And true enough , in the last few days they had grown much closer to each other . |
| 10 | In the last few days they have behaved impeccably and had tried to get FIDE to give the rights to the new organisation . ’ |
| 11 | I was also surprised to hear that during the last few days her Premium Bond had won £5,000 . |
| 12 | The last few days he had been getting on her nerves . |
| 13 | But I 've noticed that in the last few days you 've been careful not even to come close tome . |
| 14 | Erm , I know that over the last few days you 've gone through the process of writing prioritised notes , so I 'm not going to go through that process with you . |
| 15 | It was near the end of August , and for the last few days it had been like high summer . |
| 16 | If an egg has been discharged from the ovary during the last few days it will now be on its way through the tubes . |
| 17 | The message I got was that the last few days it did n't matter a bugger what it cost but we were in desperate straights to get in stock . |
| 18 | er , if , if it was , if it was the last few days it was probably David |
| 19 | Over the last few days I have listened , with fingers crossed , to Conservative politicians saying , yes … of course … they are always happy to reconsider any policy because they want what is best for the country and all members of our community . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Over the next few days we went paddling everywhere we could , starting with mud and graduating to small and then larger puddles . |
| 23 | For the next few days we made love with a kindliness and consideration we had never experienced before . |
| 24 | During the next few days we lost my pony , two of our riding mules and five more baggage mules . |
| 25 | Count Tolstoy is refusing to back down and says new evidence will emerge in the next few days which will vindicate him . |
| 26 | For the next few days I was horribly inactive , gripped by a lethargy that I could not for the life of me understand . |
| 27 | During the next few days I lived in terror , doors locked , ready to fly — to leave through the front door if Aunt Louise came to the back , or out of the back door if I saw her coming down the path . |
| 28 | Over the next few days I shall be looking at the Activity Book and Video Guide again in detail with our designer Phil Hall and then , with the stills from Michael Keefe , shall be able to send you a revised schedule . |
| 29 | During the next few days I saw a lot of ‘ Deemy ’ and it was he who suggested that Major Hal could clear the decks for me to accompany him on his next flight back to Siberia . |
| 30 | ‘ But all that day and the next few days I was waiting for someone to come in . |