Example sentences of "[vb pp] in [art] [num ord] [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the brisk sales reported in the last few days before Christmas , December saw a small decline in retail trade compared with the previous year , according to the Confederation of British Industry 's distributive trades panel , said on Tuesday that many retailers had reported a disappointing Christmas , although the results were an improvement on recent months and sales in January were expected to be up on a year ago . |
| 2 | List in column 1 everything you 've done in the last three days . |
| 3 | He added : ‘ We have had one man killed and six badly injured in the last few days . |
| 4 | Elsewhere in the town the number of burglaries remains high but there have also been a large number of arrests made in the last seven days . |
| 5 | If another launch attempt is not made in the next ten days , then it could face cancellation . |
| 6 | Univel admits its continued independence is still an ‘ unresolved issue ’ that 's being kicked around Novell and figures its eventual disposition wo n't be made public until after Novell 's acquisition of Unix System Labs goes through , though the decision could actually be made in the next 30 days . |
| 7 | Over the whole period , the front on the Right Bank never shifted as much as 1 , OOO yards ; for the Germans , a bitter contrast to the five miles they had advanced in the first four days of the offensive . |
| 8 | Three hundred were sold in the first two days . |
| 9 | Since the bombing raids began over Iraq , Britons have flocked to join the army ( inquiries in London have quintupled ) ; to give blood ( in Plymouth alone , more than 1,600 people volunteered in the first few days , and 110,000 followed suit across the country ) ; and to say their prayers ( Winchester Cathedral reported that the congregation for Matins last Sunday was up by a half on the usual number ) . |
| 10 | ‘ The receivers , who still own the building , are open to offers , and we are now very hopeful of a firm proposal being received in the next few days , ’ said Mr Souness . |
| 11 | It 's expected to be completed in the next few days . |
| 12 | A replacement will be announced in the next few days , while it has emerged that Donald Carr , who once as England captain poured a bucket of water over a Pakistani umpire , was proposed as referee for the recent Pakistan-Sri Lanka series — and like Graveney , was not surprisingly rejected . |
| 13 | Quite a few odd things had happened in the last two days and , though this was the first time she 'd admitted it even to herself , she 'd felt vaguely uneasy , threatened , ever since she 'd arrived in Venice . |
| 14 | Look what has happened in the last few days . |
| 15 | And if I may Mr chairman , something that 's happened in the last few days , that 's er evident that er the been the first satellite survey in this country ever which is now beginning to show to the nation , just in fact the damage that roads have been doing and that there 's in fact now some suggestion from government that they may be rethinking some elements of these roads , because the environmental impact has not really been taken into account as effectively before . |
| 16 | Theda 's hands rubbed furiously at one of the posts of the bed in the second of the chambers she had tackled in the last unnumbered days . |
| 17 | The cuts in government support , to be unveiled in the next 10 days , will prompt protests from travellers , railway unions , environmentalists and opposition MPs , who will see the decision as fresh evidence that the Government is fundamentally anti-rail . |
| 18 | That 's why it used to say please ignore this letter if you 've paid in the last few days . |
| 19 | Brewster is merely an old word for ‘ brewer ’ — which is why licensing sessions , held in the first 14 days of February , have that name . |
| 20 | Both are expected to be released in the next few days . |