Example sentences of "of the [num ord] few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the debate of the first few days concerned the use of Latin in the liturgy , but the debate itself of course took place in Latin . |
| 2 | The top lifts at Cairngorm were opened on Friday 23 November with 300–400 earlybirds turning up on each of the first few days . |
| 3 | So an important decision has to be made in a hurry by people who are clearly affected by the events of the last few days . |
| 4 | Creeping underneath the ledge , she found that there was enough space for her to nestle safely while she slept off the exhaustion of the last few days . |
| 5 | All the emotional turmoil and excitement of the outbreak of war , all the long drawn out details of my training , the thrills of flying and the fear of death , all the bustle and anticipation of the last few days had ended in this , in my standing alone on a slushy path in the late afternoon with absolutely nothing whatever to do . |
| 6 | He had made good use of the last few days . |
| 7 | Josh Cornock was telling me the big tides of the last few days have brought the elvers down . |
| 8 | Tina was absolutely furious now , but the extraordinary events of the last few days had increased Jack 's confidence and he refused to be put off . |
| 9 | Environment Minister David Maclean told an audience at Tory Central Office : ‘ The rain of the last few days goes some way to replenishing the reservoirs . |
| 10 | As he regains consciousness , he gradually remembers the terrible events of the last few days . |
| 11 | He felt suddenly light , as though the burden of the last few days had suddenly lifted from his shoulders . |
| 12 | Li Yuan sat there a moment longer , thinking over the satisfactions of the last few days , recollecting the great feeling of ch'i , of pure energy , he had experienced in dealing with these matters . |
| 13 | A long gossip about the adventures of the last few days , with some exaggeration as the wine flows about the strength of the winds and the size of the waves . |
| 14 | The events of the last few days had made Charles forget about Jacqui 's flat being done over , but inside it the evidence was all too clear . |
| 15 | The strain of the last few days was beginning to tell , and he knew he had n't got much energy left . |
| 16 | ‘ I feel we should try to talk about the happenings of the last few days . |
| 17 | As they rode leisurely through the thyme-scented , bee-humming air , Rincewind pondered on the experiences of the last few days . |
| 18 | After their diet of the last few days , anything would taste like ambrosia . |
| 19 | The dramatic events of the last few days might have been more easily understood had the Georgians been playing Milan or Manchester United . |
| 20 | Standing back from the main road , surrounded by green grass , was the memorial to those men of the village and the surrounding hamlets who had died during the Great War , and behind the memorial was the primary school which I was going to join in the course of the next few days . |
| 21 | The events of the next few days could expose them cruelly . |