Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [num ord] [adj] days [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first five days she was not mentioned , and Edward was treated with polite caution . |
| 2 | ‘ For the first two days we just go to bed . |
| 3 | You must provide your manager with a self — or a medical certificate , depending on your illness for the first 7 days you are off but you must provide medical evidence if you are ill for longer than this . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ For the first few days they were all a bit subdued , ’ Bob said . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | For the first three days we were locked in the classrooms and never saw the light of day . ’ |
| 9 | There was a rapid improvement in pH and PaCO 2 for the NIPPV group , and for the first 3 days they were less short of breath than the control group . |
| 10 | For the last six days they had clung to hope , but they finally felt it pulling away from them — the miracle they wanted just did not happen . |
| 11 | For the last two days we went on a two day expedition . |
| 12 | For the last two days I 've refused to listen to him and I still think he 's out of his senses . |
| 13 | For the last two days I have known what I lost when I left you and , while you should not have believed Havvie , I can understand why you did . |
| 14 | Since then , he had returned only when his father was down at the harbour overseeing the refitting of the Russell , staying out all night and sleeping rough , and for the last three days she had not seen him at all . |
| 15 | It was near the end of August , and for the last few days it had been like high summer . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | By the following morning Mr Reynolds was apyrexial and although his temperature was recorded every four hours for the next five days it remained within normal limits . |
| 18 | For the next fourteen days I spent all the daylight hours either on the forest road , on which no-one but myself ever set foot , or in the jungle , and only twice during that period did I get near the tigress . |
| 19 | Owen had other fish to fry and for the next two days he was busy on other things . |
| 20 | For the next ten days they set up camp at Etaples , spending their mornings being marched over dunes , their afternoons being instructed in gas warfare and their evenings being told by Captain Trentham the different ways they could die . |
| 21 | Each morning for the next ten days he bore this precious vessel to the examinations balls and poured a measured quantity of the contents on to pages of ruled quarto . |
| 22 | For the next few days we made love with a kindliness and consideration we had never experienced before . |
| 23 | For the next few days she had carried the tiny dragon everywhere . |
| 24 | For the next few days she refused to speak to anyone , even me . |
| 25 | ‘ For the next few days he is going to be a bit sore . |
| 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 two days I advised on industrial relations problems in catering , computers and property services and sent back three more folders of work to my line manager . |
| 28 | During the next few days we lost my pony , two of our riding mules and five more baggage mules . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |