Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] days the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some days the government did nothing , shaken by these unprecedented disturbances . |
| 2 | For some days the note lay untouched on the table . |
| 3 | The appeal began on 28 July and was expected to last two weeks , but after three days the judges decided they had heard enough . |
| 4 | After three days the family made the agonising decision to switch the machine off when they were told he would not recover . |
| 5 | After three days the castle capitulated and was demolished . |
| 6 | After ten days the calf had become a haunting presence . |
| 7 | The siege commemorated in my nursery rhyme took place in 1761 : an English fleet cut off supplies to the citadel , and after 38 days the garrison surrendered . |
| 8 | She was brought almost to despair , until after twelve days the hallucinations ceased . |
| 9 | After five days the freezers were collected and returned to the laboratory . |
| 10 | After four days the vapour settles . |
| 11 | The first meeting of the SNC opened in the disused Cambodian embassy in Bangkok on Sept. 17 , but after two days the talks had ground to a halt , the main stumbling block being the appointment of a SNC chair . |
| 12 | The first meeting of the SNC convened in the disused Cambodian embassy in Bangkok on mid-September , but after two days the talks had ground to a halt , with disagreements over the appointment of a Chair . |
| 13 | Jed drove north to begin with , his wrist a rectangle of heat and all that numbness just behind his eyes , but after two days the roads drew him inland , over high mountains , and soon he was heading due west . |
| 14 | If the adventurers have n't buried the bodies properly after seven days the Ghost will attack them , convinced that they were lying . |
| 15 | I 'm sure that one of those days the dog 's jealousy and the child 's charisma , or the combination of both , will lead to grief . |
| 16 | ( Incidentally , oranges and nuts seem to have occupied in the social life of those days the place soft drinks and ice cream occupy today , being consumed in great quantities even in the most dignified circles . ) |
| 17 | Instinct told me it was going to be one of those days the moment I removed the little grey shrivelled chicken from the oven . |
| 18 | Many diets fail because they do not provide the variety of foods that the body craves and after a couple of enthusiastic days the willpower begins to weaken . |
| 19 | ‘ It was as if they had all been locked up for three days the way they rushed in , ’ said a security man who saw the 8.30am rush . |
| 20 | For three days the discussions and arguments went on . |
| 21 | For three days the light of the sun is blotted out by " thick darkness " ( probably a khamsin duststorm ) ( 10:21–29 ) . |
| 22 | For three days the murder room was the haunt of SOCO and the Detective Chief Inspector as they quartered every inch in search of fingermarks , blood or saliva samples and other prey for their relentless , questioning minds . |
| 23 | 7 Accommodation of good standing will be provided for all days the Artist is required . |
| 24 | Although for many days the ship was becalmed and progress was slow , if at all , some days the vessel logged 12 knots and made good progress . |
| 25 | It is a mark of the extraordinary faithfulness of St. Mark to the historical situation of the life of Jesus that he does not read back into those days the experience of the Spirit to which he and his friends were used in the post-resurrection era . |
| 26 | For ten days the Nez Perce trailed slowly south , trading peacefully with settlements on the Bitterroot . |
| 27 | In early days the judiciary greatly encouraged litigants to use it and the number of civil applications rose from 356 in 1981 to 1580 in 1989 , the House of Lords having ruled in 1983 that those seeking redress for an infringement of public law rights must proceed by way of this remedy only . |
| 28 | Within six days the Celbes Sailfins seemed to have a fit . |
| 29 | The penicillin injected into Julia 's veins four times a day killed the infection inexorably , and within three days the oxygen tent had been removed and she was sitting up in bed waiting for her meals with real hunger . |
| 30 | The gods smile on those they intend to destroy , and within three days the parchment we bought up was carted down to de Macon 's cog and hoisted aboard . |