Example sentences of "[art] past few day [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past few days they have detected a slide in that support . |
| 2 | In the past year they have lost a bishop in a love-child affair but over the past few days they had more faith in prayer than in their politicians when it came to saving the Digital computer plant . |
| 3 | For the past few days he had brought security into her child 's world of distorted perspectives and half comprehended fears . |
| 4 | Over the past few days he had fished a little with Burkett , been to Crosthwaite Church , laid a light siege to the maid Christine , cast out a few nightlines about the town and done a calculated amount of promenading . |
| 5 | ‘ And , while I appreciate your charitable intent in trying to comfort me for Lotta 's absence from my bed , I tell you once more that the time when I might have needed consolation for Lotta 's tricks has long since passed , and the fact that I 've chosen to live the life of a monk for the past six months is because until the past few days I have felt no desire to give in to the temptations paraded before me . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm very much up and down but the past few days I 've amazed myself . |
| 7 | And over the past few days it had developed an infuriating habit of wandering unerringly back to the subject of Adam Burns . |
| 8 | But for the past few days there had been continuous rain , and the forecast was for more bad weather to come . |