Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the last few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been loafing a bit for the last few days . |
| 2 | ‘ Putting on this performance has brought everyone together and there has been a buzz around the building during the last few days . ’ |
| 3 | Harry had worked as tirelessly as his sister for the last few days ; now he sank down on to a stool beside his cannon out of sheer weakness , and began to weep at the thought of the wasted powder and the wasted water resulting from this misfortune . |
| 4 | The end result was an undignified collapse in the last few days ’ ( Marsh 1978 : 176 ) . |
| 5 | The fact that the hordes of reporters who live in the burrows of the Palace of Westminster got it wrong — and have since tried to justify getting it wrong — has given me , and many of my friends who knew the score pretty accurately before the result , much quiet pleasure over the last few days . |
| 6 | If an egg has been discharged from the ovary during the last few days it will now be on its way through the tubes . |
| 7 | I 've put a lot of work into the last few days . ’ |
| 8 | The Labour leader described the Home Secretary 's comments as ‘ peculiar ’ and insisted that race should remain firmly in the background as a potential issue in the last few days of the campaign . |
| 9 | Have you put in additional hours at work over the last few days ? |
| 10 | He came into the room with a broad grin on his face and could hardly wait to tell me that not only had he managed to approach several people at work and ask them questions , but that he had decided to put himself to the test over the last few days and had , in fact , gone up to complete strangers in the street to ask them the time . |
| 11 | I 've been reading the fucking Bible for the last few days . |
| 12 | Environment Minister David Maclean told an audience at Tory Central Office : ‘ The rain of the last few days goes some way to replenishing the reservoirs . |
| 13 | After their diet of the last few days , anything would taste like ambrosia . |
| 14 | Moreover , as the chart also shows , the greatest part of the improvement appears to have taken place in the last few days — or even hours — of the campaign . |
| 15 | But I was able to tell the House this morning that all the Rule forty-three prisoners , who were the ones who were particularly vulnerable , are now accounted for , and I mean by that that they have all come out of the jail in the last few days and unfortunately one of them , as you know , has died from his injuries . |
| 16 | It seems clear that several million voters have still not made up their minds , and there is therefore an added incentive in the last few days to influence them . |
| 17 | He 's managed to rise above the drugs stigma which has hit the British team over the last few days . ’ |
| 18 | She felt it unnecessary to mention some of the incidents that had taken place over the last few days , least of all the confrontation at the cottage the previous night . |
| 19 | Will the Minister give a guarantee in the last few days of his Government that none of those elderly people will have their home repossessed ? |
| 20 | The bomb blasts and scares were a major irritation for London retailers as streets were cordoned off and buildings evacuated , but there was strong trading in the last few days before Christmas , now an established feature of the London retail scene . |
| 21 | He had made good use of the last few days . |
| 22 | Sadly , one of the grimmer interpretations of the word ‘ experience ’ loomed in ugly manner over the last few days of the tour and may overshadow some of the good that the trip has produced . |
| 23 | Creeping underneath the ledge , she found that there was enough space for her to nestle safely while she slept off the exhaustion of the last few days . |
| 24 | He felt suddenly light , as though the burden of the last few days had suddenly lifted from his shoulders . |
| 25 | The strain of the last few days was beginning to tell , and he knew he had n't got much energy left . |
| 26 | All the emotional turmoil and excitement of the outbreak of war , all the long drawn out details of my training , the thrills of flying and the fear of death , all the bustle and anticipation of the last few days had ended in this , in my standing alone on a slushy path in the late afternoon with absolutely nothing whatever to do . |
| 27 | spoken to officers at county in the last few days |
| 28 | Leave the factor 2 tanning oil until the last few days . |
| 29 | They reported that lorry-loads of files and documents had been taken from the bunker during the last few days . |
| 30 | They reported that lorry-loads of files and documents had been taken from the bunker during the last few days , and found glowing ash — ‘ evidence ’ of destroyed papers . |