Example sentences of "[prep] [art] past [adj] days [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the past two days he had been saying so to all who would listen . |
| 2 | For the past two days she had been dreading the proximity this trip would involve , but gradually , as the car wound its way along the narrow mountain roads , she could feel herself beginning to relax . |
| 3 | For the past few days he had brought security into her child 's world of distorted perspectives and half comprehended fears . |
| 4 | During the past two days we have heard a vast number of contributions and I pay tribute to the common sense and foresight of Labour Members who have not only pointed out the inequalities of the system that is still in being but the pitfalls that we see ahead of us . |
| 5 | In the past two days we have heard a lot about students . |
| 6 | ‘ Mr Stevens , this is the fourth or fifth time in the past two days you have felt such a need . |
| 7 | In the past few days they have detected a slide in that support . |
| 8 | In the past 30 days you have been training your body to work at its optimum potential ; and you will now have a good idea of what you can achieve by using the Walking Diet recipes and aerobic walking . |
| 9 | Over the past two days she had managed to convince herself that her mother was a different person from the one she knew . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | And over the past few days it had developed an infuriating habit of wandering unerringly back to the subject of Adam Burns . |
| 12 | 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 . |