Example sentences of "[adj] days they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later in the test on very wet days they performed well and gave good support and grip on grassy hillsides and rough stony paths . |
| 2 | Halcyon days they seemed to me now , for Leslie was within reach , and was not in action . |
| 3 | No one had ever seen a bride or groom walk to their wedding ; even the very poor found a car for that day and in the old days they had gone by trap or sidecar . |
| 4 | In the old days they would be feeding the poor at the castle gate . |
| 5 | In old days they put mountain ash berries and a cast horseshoe over the lintel to frighten away the Fairy Folk . |
| 6 | In the old days they carried twenty-four horses in a car , but there was no centre aisle , eh ? |
| 7 | In the old days they all played cards . |
| 8 | And of course in the old days they just were n't available because they were n't on the market . |
| 9 | Our ships may be small , Mr. Mottram , but in the old days they were liners — that is , they made regular , scheduled runs from various ports on the Continent to the United Kingdom . |
| 10 | ‘ In the old days they 'd have thumped enough into him to get him through his exam . |
| 11 | Ah ha , but in the old days they used to have |
| 12 | In the old days they used to have little houses close together called begins with T |
| 13 | On some days they seemed absent from the area and then we would detect two or three in the course of the next patrol . |
| 14 | After eluding their English pursuers for some days they encamped in Stanhope Park in Weardale on 20 July . |
| 15 | some days they 've been about four ah ? |
| 16 | For a few days they should be given a cool , shaded position ; after that as much light as possible . |
| 17 | Within a few days they were ready to invite Poole to a dinner of roast pork and potatoes — cooked in the baker 's oven because the cottage had none that could be used — and at the end of January a letter to John Prior Estlin described with quiet enthusiasm the clear brook which ran before the cottage door , a pretty garden — ‘ large enough to find us vegetables and employment ’ — and an orchard lying beyond which was about to become home for some ducks and geese , as well as two pigs . |
| 18 | In spite of being so fair , his skin had taken on quite a deep tan in the few days they had been there . |
| 19 | In the past few days they have detected a slide in that support . |
| 20 | And true enough , in the last few days they had grown much closer to each other . |
| 21 | The captain had told her that they were now off Porto , and that within a few days they would be entering the Tagus . |
| 22 | However , after a few days they can normally be enticed to eat again , with either freeze-dried or live foods . |
| 23 | The guards knew full well what was happening and we knew that after a few days they were likely to get heavy about it . |
| 24 | In a few days they 'll be back here begging us for food . ’ |
| 25 | Derek Hegarty says it 's been tougher than they expected because the winds up in Scotland were very strong and after a few days they had troubles with their knees but they 've managed to keep going … |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | In the last few days they have behaved impeccably and had tried to get FIDE to give the rights to the new organisation . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ For the first few days they were all a bit subdued , ’ Bob said . |
| 29 | In 2 days they will have hatched and can be transferred to the aquarium ( containing a salt solution ) where they can be kept at room temperature like water-fleas . |
| 30 | If a member of staff is sick for more than 7 days they must provide a medical certificate . |