Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [art] [adj] [det] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was also surprised to hear that during the last few days her Premium Bond had won £5,000 . |
| 2 | In August 1869 he wrote to his mother : " I have never felt happier than during the last few days . |
| 3 | Yes , I welcome the substantial orders that have been received and I was pleased to see that in the past few days a number of them have come here . |
| 4 | And it is expected that in the next few days she will address the military 's other grievances . |
| 5 | But I 've noticed that in the last few days you 've been careful not even to come close tome . |
| 6 | Sir David said that in the last few days , the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , has written to say that NHS funds can not be used in this way . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Throughout the field investigation there will obviously be exchanges of information between the engineering , operational , flight recorder and pathological investigators , and for the first few days at least there will be regular meetings for mutual consultation at the end of each day 's work . |
| 10 | It was near the end of August , and for the last few days it had been like high summer . |
| 11 | Marilla agreed , and for the next few days Anne planned what she would put in her cake . |
| 12 | The harvest had started , everyone else was out in the fields , afraid it would rain , and for the next few days Libby and George joined in , stooking and carrying sheaves which they could seldom get to balance . |
| 13 | The oligosaccharides have been found to be particularly concentrated in colostrum — the thick , creamy pre-milk that is produced by the breasts in late pregnancy and during the first few days after birth before the breastmilk proper comes in . |
| 14 | That first day at school depressed me , and during the next few days I begged my parents to let me stay at home , which of course was out of the question . |
| 15 | Plus this means that the strike committee can go public with it 's grievances , and in the past few days , the farmers and the authorities have been debating the issues on local television . |
| 16 | He had installed her in a cottage on East Street and in the last few days before the wedding she had worked all hours to spicken the place up and turn it into a home for him . |
| 17 | Creggan hesitated to tell her but she seemed different from other vagrants he had met and in the last few days a trust had developed between them , so it seemed natural to say . |
| 18 | And over the past few days it had developed an infuriating habit of wandering unerringly back to the subject of Adam Burns . |
| 19 | It was strange , the conversation Dad and I had , because when I saw him at home later and over the next few days he behaved as if it had never happened , as if he had n't told me he 'd fallen in love with someone else . |
| 20 | Hundreds of parachutes have been prepared for the major drop over Salisbury Plain tonight and over the next few days . |
| 21 | Now I think this is a very interesting point because if you go home , and over the next few days do what most people do after course like this , and that is they listen perhaps a little bit to radio , certainly watch some T V and , and think about all these issues , one of the things that will surprise you is that some of the people who are prominent broadcasters are really rather incompetent . |
| 22 | But for the past few days there had been continuous rain , and the forecast was for more bad weather to come . |
| 23 | Condemnation was at once forthcoming from many politicians , but in the first few days after the murders Mr Kohl turned down invitations to appear on television , preferring to offer his denunciation from the pages of a newspaper . |
| 24 | But in the last few days the food supplies from CARE alone have fed at least 150,000 people . |
| 25 | Threatening phone bills are quite common in this house , but in the last few days abusive calls have become popular , with an unknown voice offering to dismember certain of my vital organs unless I quit the manager 's job . |
| 26 | ‘ But within the last few days we have received a letter from our insurance assessor that gives us fresh hope . |
| 27 | In the past year they have lost a bishop in a love-child affair but over the past few days they had more faith in prayer than in their politicians when it came to saving the Digital computer plant . |