Example sentences of "[coord] it [was/were] [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | That what it means , and it was fifty days se se se seven weeks , after the death and resurrection of Jesus and the disciples had been told to wait in an upper room until the Holy Spirit would descend upon them , and you 've had that record read to you from acts chapter two of just what took place on that day , that birth day of the church of Jesus Christ . |
| 2 | A woman posing as a social worker walked off with her and it was 15 days before Alex was found safe at a house in Burford , Oxon . |
| 3 | It was because of his deafness , not his more obvious injuries , that he was being invalided out , and it was several days before he finally joined us and took up his culinary duties . |
| 4 | The U.S. Consul became responsible for our wellbeing but it was fourteen days or more before my parents got word of my survival after being reported missing on 21 May . ’ |
| 5 | The mystery of this curious behaviour intrigued me , but it was several days before I discovered its logic from a Prague friend . |
| 6 | But it was three days before Lachlan received word that his father would see him . |