Example sentences of "days go by " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a general feeling that publishers are more inclined nowadays to do things by committee and the rule book , and that the flair that characterised the Kaye Webbs , Margaret Clarks and Judy Taylors of days gone by is not much in evidence . |
| 2 | As its days go by , we are left to imagine for ourselves Sarah 's anxiety . |
| 3 | As the days go by , the chances of my writing Soldier 's Tale seem to get stronger and stronger . |
| 4 | Count the number of steps you take and record them here so that you can measure your increased fitness as the days go by . |
| 5 | Few days go by without booksellers and auctioneers being offered , for instance , some imposing nineteenth century edition with brass clasps and bright chromolithographs ; or a ‘ very rare ’ Breeches Bible , the latter almost inevitably rather battered and with a number of pages torn or missing . |
| 6 | There are n't two days go by though when I do n't think of him , because there was a time when we 'd play tennis four or five times a year . |
| 7 | I was happy to let the pleasant sunny days go by . |
| 8 | ‘ My dear , how the days go by ! |
| 9 | In which you played a lot of leading parts , as the days went by . |
| 10 | As the days went by , I did start to try the newspapers and job centres again — anywhere in fact that I thought might find me either a job or a home . |
| 11 | As the days went by and the busy little transport box seemed to be making only slow way into the huge heap of lime , he no longer eased it out on the blade of the shovel for the wind to take it but scattered it anywhere out of sight , anywhere to be rid of it . |
| 12 | So , in a curious lurid calm which could not last and yet , it seemed , could not end , the days went by . |
| 13 | As the days went by , Franca cherished and nourished and developed her suffering , unable to envisage any change or any plan — any machine into which so much relentless force might be fed . |
| 14 | Two more days went by and my little Angels left the slate . |
| 15 | Even so , she was overcome by depression which increased as the days went by . |
| 16 | As the days went by she moaned more and more about the mess the wood caused . |
| 17 | As the days went by , his behaviour and thoughts became more and more bizarre . |
| 18 | Then another two or three days went by , and my brother 's wife telephoned from Bakovka ( where there was a dacha containing a collection of pictures by some young artists , along with a great many works and drawings by Anatoly Zverev ) : ‘ Fire ! ! ! |
| 19 | Another two or three days went by , and again the telephone rang . |
| 20 | The days went by and Alice did not phone her mother . |
| 21 | The truth was that as the days went by and the heavy rain showed no sign of slackening for very long it became clear that something very frightening had begun to happen . |
| 22 | He could sense that there was no harm in the Sweeper , and as the days went by and still Minch did not come back , he seemed to sense too that the Sweeper cared and was on his side in wishing for her safe return . |
| 23 | The days went by , unchanging . |
| 24 | The door was pushed open and Zak Smythe , who grew more benign as the days went by , appeared . |
| 25 | They also feel that the balance of argument tipped in our favour as the days went by . |
| 26 | Days went by like this , Sunday and Monday and Tuesday . |
| 27 | The more days went by , the more likely it became that the end of the police search would be the discovery of a corpse . |
| 28 | But Deana 's persecution , continued more subtly and covertly as the days went by , had left its sting , and she began to wonder if living in the nurses ' home was really the right thing . |
| 29 | As the days went by , however , and no further incident was reported , he began to relax . |
| 30 | He was to find himself repeating this often as the days went by . |