Example sentences of "in [det] day [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 The fact that I can take pleasure in each day as it comes , that I do n't churn myself up into a state of hyperactive neuroticism ? ’
2 But erm yes sometimes you 'd , you 'd get there in time but you see they 'd just , I , there , there were n't the telephones about in those days so you , you , you could n't , everybody did n't have a phone , they could n't ring in an and say I 'm in labour .
3 Well it was a question in those days whether you got a bay window or a flat window I mean erm the houses down Street are better quality I suppose really er all property around there is rented , I mean no one bought the houses at all not even up , I mean they were all rented houses .
4 but erm , and these people were assigned erm three separate sections erm , Harold for instance , he took over Further Education which was a term which had n't been erm , was not an accepted term in those days because we 'd always er referred to it as Higher Education
5 And that sort of stuff used to go to America , because in er we had quite a big American market in those days because they did n't wash curtains in America , they used to put them up until they dar until they dropped down and then put new curtains up , you see ?
6 I find it very difficult to breathe , but it was quite good in those days because they used to pay me well and I used to get up very early in the morning and go round with my dogs and that .
7 All I needed was 10 pence — which was what you had to pay in those days if you said you came from the previous stop — but I did n't even have that .
8 And in those days if you were old and if you were poor , … that was the end of the road .
9 He was what we called a School Board man as well he was , that was his official capacity , and in those days if you were n't at school they used to erm send a man round to see where you were , you know and why were n't you at school ?
10 But no in those days if you had children er young children at any rate you , you , you never expected to go out to work at all .
11 He er , Hugh and I used to come up every day do what we could , you see , in those days if you had a stroke you had to lay there till you died .
12 So you see the commercial aspects were still in there in those days as they are today .
13 I saw a lot of both her and John in those days as I saw my parents most weekends and they often went round on Sundays as well .
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