Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] days " in BNC.

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1 But perhaps the most punishing — and undeserved — losses had been suffered by von Zwehl 's VII Reserve Corps , which had done so brilliantly in the first days of the battle .
2 When they were hand copied and illuminated they were very rare and valuable , and not much less so in the early days of printing .
3 The committee argued that conditions , standards and attitudes had changed so greatly since the early days of minerals planning that a major recasting of the legislative framework was needed .
4 The collapse of the Empire in 1814 and the fall of Napoleon I brought about a dispersal of the Imperial House and although the return of Napoleon from Elba in 1815 led to a restoration of the family fortunes , it was all over in the Hundred Days .
5 Now , so close to the Last Days for which he had been prepared , Seth was what he was , and nothing less .
6 so like after a few days I can her saying , oh , I 'm gon na have to go , I 'm gon na have to feed dog and they 're having it put down , they 're having it put down .
7 So far over the two days there have only been five sub par rounds out of the 186 played .
8 ‘ Katherine , you 'll be pleased to know that I 'm only here for a few days .
9 So this morning the fat little chap in the long white coat who was sorting us out in the Dean 's Office said I 'd better come along here for a few days until they got me organized with another partner .
10 The only sadness was that my parents , who had supported me so fully in the earlier days , were n't there to enjoy my success . ’
11 Not so in the old days
12 Over the next few years we were to see the terminal in all its stages of construction on our various visits to Scapa Flow and we were to become very familiar with Flotta not only in the earlier days , but later when the terminal was operational and our crews began their real work of checking the large tankers .
13 ‘ I had gathered the impression that the Prince had intended to be away only for a few days , ’ said Mahmoud .
14 ( Even nursing of the terminally sick relates to the significance of death as the end of a complete human life , not just to the final days in hospital . )
15 It is a good thing to stop coffee anyway from a general health point of view but the benefits of this would only be apparent from a long term change , not just for a few days .
16 But they hope that then the troubles in Bosnia will be resolved and the youngsters will be able to escape thoughts of war , not just for a few days , but forever .
17 Not up to the old days ; not for either of them .
18 I can hardly walk into a lawyer 's office , I 'd be arrested again and I do n't intend going back into prison , not even for a few days . ’
19 Why do n't you take the car and drive off somewhere for a few days ?
20 Brush more gently for a few days until the gums become healthy again .
21 It is hard now to associate this restful hamlet with those who have set out to take part in events that have shaken the nation ; even more so with the lawless days of mob rule , savage revenge and gruesome murder .
22 Todays toil to lower the level of the brook takes a bitmore than one man and his dog , but the necessary speed of the work means thispiece of Georgian architecture will be hidden once more in a few days when the brook 's allowed to flow through here again .
23 way back in the old days but Now then ,
24 After that things went more smoothly for a few days , at least until the following Monday .
25 it was sore , but would heal up cleanly in a few days .
26 ‘ They built things differently back in the old days .
27 Sam said , ‘ Morning , ’ but Camille glanced at him haughtily and looked away : she considered that she had no time for the working classes , although her mother 's best friend had been brought up here in the olden days before the supermarkets and the middle class had come to compete for space .
28 I 'd like you to put up there for a few days , and try to scrape acquaintance with her .
29 In 1963 came the signing of the Anglo-French agreement to build Concorde ( or ‘ Concord ’ as it was at first spelled in Britain ) , and the video faithfully traces it right back to the earliest days of its conception .
30 He 'd been told that often enough in the old days .
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