Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] days [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was 17 days since he had last locked the door of his office , turned down the lights , and unscrewed the cap of his walking stick , and heard Dr Tariq and Professor Khan discuss a series of meetings in Europe . |
| 2 | It was 27 days since Rashid had left his office at Iraqi Airlines for the last time . |
| 3 | With as many flats as a Parisian tower block and the ‘ pits ’ affording no more than a shove out of the sand , it was 16 days before the old fort hove into view 338Km after Algiers had disappeared from the rear-view mirror . |
| 4 | It was two days before medical staff found out what his distraught parents were trying to tell them — that he had swallowed the contents of a tin of paint . |
| 5 | It was fourteen days since the force had crossed the Tweed , eluded the levies that rode to intercept it , and roved south towards Newcastle , pillaging and burning what was left of the standing crops . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | It was four days before I was able to hold him . |
| 8 | A spokesman for the Inland Revenue said it was early days but added : ’ There are stringent quality controls to make sure the estate agents are doing their jobs properly . |
| 9 | It was eleven days before that rabbit came to the trap . |
| 10 | It was eight days since they had last lain on the bed together , and sex seemed as far away now as then . |
| 11 | It was ten days before the Maharajah summoned him . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It was some days before he resolved on this , but he then met with strong opposition from both Joffre and Foch , who wanted him first to penetrate the centre ridge between Pozières and Thiepval . |
| 14 | But it was three days before Lachlan received word that his father would see him . |
| 15 | It was three days before he appeared and when he did he was in uniform . |
| 16 | He ha scored ten in thirty minutes before he was hit on the temple of his helmet by a ball from Marshall that lifted sharply ; with his vision blurred it was several days before he left hospital , and he did not play again all season . |
| 17 | The mystery of this curious behaviour intrigued me , but it was several days before I discovered its logic from a Prague friend . |
| 18 | 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 . |