Example sentences of "[prep] days and [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I 've known little strikes there last about a couple of days and they all got over it . |
| 2 | ‘ We have been round there in the last couple of days and they have moved on now . |
| 3 | I was only back a couple of days and it started again . |
| 4 | I knew the Führer would forget it within a matter of days and he did , only Himmler did n't . |
| 5 | Give us a couple of days and you wo n't recognise it . ’ |
| 6 | Give it a couple of days and you 'll feel you 've been here forever . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You can get them in Helsinki now , but at that time … anyway I had only been in New York for a couple of days and I only had the clothes I had taken with me . |
| 8 | It 's alright for a couple of days and I have had a couple of days er peace and quiet , and then er I do n't like it any more after that . |
| 9 | Well they sort of said that what , hopefully , she 'll like be there for a couple of days and she 'll never think she 's been anywhere else , she 'll think she 's been there all the time . |
| 10 | He 'd been on the roads for days and they still retained their winter mire , despite the advent of finer spring weather . |
| 11 | The same effects may be achieved by having a massage but , unlike a massage , the feeling of lightness can last for days and we can eventually learn how to release tension for ourselves . |
| 12 | Gran had been muttering about storms for days and she liked her to stay close at these times . |
| 13 | I 'd been meaning to do it for days and I keep asking myself whether it was my fault her killer got in . ’ |