Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And Sara would take David for days at a time when I was busy in the pottery … |
| 2 | Colin Currie , project manager , began work at North Morecambe within days of the contract being signed , and he was soon joined by his deputy , Stan Hill . |
| 3 | He fled the United States within days of Salameh 's arrest . |
| 4 | A team of specialists in national security matters from the federal Justice Department was dispatched to Miami within days of Noriega 's arraignment to assist with this aspect of the prosecution case . |
| 5 | Peck , though , dismisses the event as ‘ humour ’ and Justin Simpson comments : ‘ If this fable was trustworthy we could scarcely do otherwise than believe that not only was Stamford in days past frequently honoured by the presence of English Kings and Queens , but also that His Satanic Majesty occasionally hunted in the neighbourhood . ’ |
| 6 | Along with a man called Renwick Dennison , they trailed Dale for days , but the opportunity to kill him never arose , said Mr Langdale . |
| 7 | She felt sure that Nan would know everyone in UCD in days . |
| 8 | The fact is , however , that ownership of Chestvale was not transferred to Delion until days before Telecom paid over £9.4m on May 7th , 1990 . |
| 9 | Surprise , the raid had been talked about in Waco for days . |
| 10 | There is a general feeling that publishers are more inclined nowadays to do things by committee and the rule book , and that the flair that characterised the Kaye Webbs , Margaret Clarks and Judy Taylors of days gone by is not much in evidence . |
| 11 | BRITISH fighter pilots could be patrolling the skies over Bosnia within days after the Government yesterday made it clear it was willing to help enforce the United Nations no-fly zone . |
| 12 | ‘ Gwenellen 's on sick-leave and going to O.P.D. on days when she gets back . |
| 13 | The prospect of being marooned on Gullholm for days with a Heathcliff bereft of his Cathy gave her the creeps . |
| 14 | Sergei said Bernard has n't been in touch with Bailey for days , certainly not since C.W. and I were assigned to the case . ’ |
| 15 | THAT she plans to flee Britain within days to stay with mum in Argentina ‘ for a long time ’ . |
| 16 | Sheedy , 33 next month , arrived on Tyneside on a free transfer from Everton within days of Keegan 's return . |
| 17 | Ronni had barely set eyes on Guido for days . |
| 18 | Leith asked promptly , sometimes not seeing Rosemary for days , but missing her now she was n't around . |
| 19 | She was not going to dig up ancient grievances or remind Gloria of days gone by , when she used to come into the Watermen with half a dozen different gentlemen-friends in tow or , which was even worse , unaccompanied and on the look-out for a lonely man who might take a fancy to her . |