Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [art] [adj] days the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've enquired of the regular users of this service and they tell me that on the following days the advertised journeys did not take place : |
| 2 | There were but six people on board , all of whom were killed and although the event was duly reported in the press and other media as one might expect , the world proceeded with its normal business and within a few days the matter had receded into the background . |
| 3 | As soon as this is big enough to cling to , the speed of construction accelerates and within a few days the wall has become a semicircular cup of creamy white interlacing strings that is just big enough to hold the customary clutch of two eggs . |
| 4 | Paul took the stuff home , used it , and in a few days the chancre dried up and went away . |
| 5 | One of the doctors managed to get the laundry going again and in a few days the hospital was evacuated to a small country town . |
| 6 | ‘ The officials at Preston have been nothing but encouraging and in the early days the coaching staff put in a lot of time to make up for my lack of experience . |
| 7 | None of us really knew what we were going to see , and in the early days the tapes were rather artificial because the lessons were all so well prepared , the kids knew they were going to have a video in the classes , it did n't mean that they were always well behaved ! |
| 8 | Very gifted , but in the early days the ensemble was not always very good . |
| 9 | Erm I know it 's associated with over extraction of water at certain points but but be that as it may , but in the old days the Sussex Lands Committee er used to be er a county function and did take an overview erm of the whole West Sussex scene in terms of what happened erm it is now really now erm not our responsibility , although we put members on it , it 's a now fairly weak er joint body but it 's pretty toothless . |
| 10 | Sparrow Force landed at the island 's north-west port of Koebang to protect its airfield , but within a few days the Independent Company , with some Dutch troops , was sent east along the coast to occupy Dili in the Portuguese half of the island ( see map p. 77 ) where they landed on 17 December 1941 . |