Example sentences of "[adj] days we " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In the old days we should have thrown a guinea-fowl or a few warthog piglets in , too . |
| 2 | In the old days we got on with the job , jollied staff along if they needed it , kicked the sluggards in the backside , encouraged the unconfident and persuaded a reluctant and sceptical police force to use us . |
| 3 | ‘ In the old days we could rely on the same spectators attending match after match , whatever the weather or the results . |
| 4 | In the old days we simply could n't afford to do that . |
| 5 | In the old days we simply could n't afford to do that . |
| 6 | In the old days we used to have very inefficient coal fires , burning in open grates , which to produce a reasonable heat used a significant amount of fuel . |
| 7 | Bad days are beans on toast , biscuits , or " some days we just do n't eat " . |
| 8 | In two and a half days we 've had four men under |
| 9 | For the first few days we kept the family shut into the cow-shed , to protect them from the cats ; but I really think that if any cat had had the temerity to put in an attack , the hen would have chased it half-way to Gloucester . |
| 10 | In a few days we shall announce our exact demands which must be fulfilled before we release Liam Shakespeare . |
| 11 | Over the next few days we went paddling everywhere we could , starting with mud and graduating to small and then larger puddles . |
| 12 | Within a few days we had become bystanders , watching things happen beyond our control . |
| 13 | For the next few days we made love with a kindliness and consideration we had never experienced before . |
| 14 | After only a few days we were both madly in love , not just with each other , but with this beautiful island in the sun and with Crystal Springs , which we found by accident . |
| 15 | Erm our last few days we were meant to see Everest and the beautiful Himalayas but the monsoon did n't er finish so were n't ab able to see that but we understood they were there somewhere . |
| 16 | During the next few days we lost my pony , two of our riding mules and five more baggage mules . |
| 17 | In these last few days we have anticipated different futures . |
| 18 | Now er over the last few days we 've been er talking quite a lot about er that statue you know the one that 's down by er down by Marks and Spencers that 's the best way to describe where it is the leaf stand the er the one that looks like a tulip and water dribbles down the side of it . |
| 19 | ‘ But within the last few days we have received a letter from our insurance assessor that gives us fresh hope . |
| 20 | Yeah , erm when we 're up the farm when er , after a few days we put the feed in them they smell . |
| 21 | for a few days we took him up here and all up there ! |
| 22 | For 12 days we enjoyed pulses , rice , vegetables , fish and fruit ; we never felt hungry and every meal was a joy . |
| 23 | In the intertestamental days we read of the Messiah , ‘ God will make him mighty in the Holy Spirit ’ ( Psalms of Solomon 17:37 ) , and in the Targum or Commentary on Isaiah 42 : 1 , the Servant is seen as the Messiah , and God says of him ‘ I will cause my Holy Spirit to rest on him . ’ |
| 24 | Over the first six days we were lucky to get more than three consecutive hours . |
| 25 | After some 10 days we received our order back from Bailey Distribution Ltd with a memo asking for a new cheque made out to them , since they could not transfer the original cheque due because it was crossed . |
| 26 | ‘ Some people think the Christmas holiday is the 10 days we just had off from school , but I think it 's more than that . |
| 27 | In those early days we were a real sub-Faces band , all Gibson guitars and plonking bass lines . |
| 28 | In the early days we ventured further afield than we do now , working in Suffolk , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Surrey . |
| 29 | Even in the early days we used to do other slightly more bizarre tunings — then they got a lot more bizarre ! |
| 30 | ‘ In the early days we worried a bit about comeback , but over the years we 've just got more outrageous , ’ he says . |