Example sentences of "[adj] days she " in BNC.

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1 In the old days she 'd not had time to think about anything except how to keep out of trouble .
2 In the old days she and Adam had often come to Starr Hills ; it was lonely , with no one to shout ‘ Crazy Demdykes ’ after them , and they 'd played intense , obsessive games of treasure-hunting amongst the junk .
3 In the old days she would 'ave joined the Salvation Army . ’
4 In those bad old days she would even shine his shoes for him , and beg for the privilege of hosing down his car .
5 Some days she makes him clean latrines .
6 Some days she had a fever and spoke very fast .
7 Some days Christine was quiet and unhappy , some days she laughed and sang .
8 Mum always made a long list of groceries she needed but some days she bought even more things because there was so much to choose from .
9 Well , I think some days she 's better than others , but on the whole she 's not making much progress .
10 For the next few days she had carried the tiny dragon everywhere .
11 And it is expected that in the next few days she will address the military 's other grievances .
12 Within a few days she had resolved to flee the country — her husband would not leave his business — and to join her parents , who had settled in London in 1936 .
13 For the last few days she had seen them , not as her parents but as two hating individuals carrying on a private war behind screens .
14 Within a few days she had recovered enough to play practice chukkas , going straight into fast polo as though she 'd played it all her life .
15 Within a few days she seemed very accepting of the situation , almost enjoying not having her husband around the house .
16 But in a few days she will leave England and follow me to Argentina .
17 After a few days she even left the cubs for a while to give him a reassuring lick .
18 I had to wait until the female was bulging-ripe , so within a few days she was brooding .
19 The few days she had spent in Thomas Sachs ' company had already begun to have an effect on her .
20 Then for a few days she was quiet .
21 In the next few days she had kept speaking of their child as ‘ my son ’ , with a possessiveness that struck him as bestial and prescient .
22 For the next few days she refused to speak to anyone , even me .
23 During the last few days she had been sent a poison pen letter , had her life turned upside down , and now she was in the arms of the man whom she had been absolutely determined to divorce .
24 Strange , she had been in Denmark for so short a time yet in those few days she had learned so much , not only about herself but about a country she had never even considered visiting before Suzie 's escapade .
25 Over the next few days she made a point of visiting the two animals in their enclosure .
26 Over the next few days she was to find out just how true that was .
27 In all her born days she had never heard anything like it .
28 For forty days she banishes him to the stables and piggeries .
29 Hopefully she would find Suzie and talk some reason into her head within the six days she had allotted herself .
30 Within about 10 days she knew that when the phone rang at night it would be Tony , despite never having seen a phone before .
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