Example sentences of "[det] days and [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Each time a memo was fired off and the problem was solved , but it only lasted a few days and they were using the extinguishers again , ’ he said . |
| 2 | He spawned with two females in the next few days and they produced 82 and 64 fry . |
| 3 | In the event of trouble , remove the villain , let the other fish settle for a few days and them put him back . |
| 4 | Well there 's another lad he 's been ill in health he 's worked more now than he ever has cos he used to work a few days and lose a few days and he was n't . |
| 5 | But Steve had gone off with Maria Luisa for a few days and he was n't thinking about work , that was for sure , and she had n't her freedom anyway ! |
| 6 | Mercifully , I was able to complete all I had to do within a very few days and I wondered whether the Sheikh had put a few words in the right ears . |
| 7 | I ask him to come down for a few days and I also invite Lady De Marr . |
| 8 | I feel like Judas , but there 's a way out ; not with any honour , perhaps , but I 've looked at myself pretty closely over the last few days and I 've had to admit to myself that I 'm not quite as wonderful a guy as I liked to think I was . |
| 9 | Give me a few days and I 'll do it when Stephen goes to New York . ’ |
| 10 | She 'll be busy with photographers and fittings for the next few days and I 'll join her after the show . ’ |
| 11 | I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’ |
| 12 | The Collector had sat a good deal in this chair over the past few days and it had come to affect his habits of thought . |
| 13 | ‘ Now , Roger , it 's obvious — you have worn that chain for a few days and it has left a mark . |
| 14 | They have obviously been through a very bad time over the last few days and it is n't going to get any better over the next few weeks . ’ |
| 15 | They 're both pale and passionate these days and she has n't mentioned Napoleon for a long time . |
| 16 | She calls herself Elisa these days and she 's married to someone called Stasi . |
| 17 | Switch on your television set these days and you can bask in the warmth of the good old days . |
| 18 | But Bill says he manages his cash better these days and he 's learned his lesson . |
| 19 | So , whatever Mr Jones has up his sleeve , he 'll let it slide out one of these days and it wo n't make the slightest difference to me . ’ |
| 20 | Frau Hoflin hoped it had n't been an affair , but even if it had , well , things were different these days and it did n't matter too much as long as it was over . |
| 21 | Of course , being in the army , he may get posted abroad one of these days and I do n't know if I want to leave London — it 's such jolly good fun now I 'm out . |
| 22 | No , I know , well I mean what is there for young people to look forward to these days and I feel really sorry for them and I mean all I hope is that Jenny will get a job |
| 23 | I think erm you 've got to say that it is not easy to find people to give the commitment to local government work these days and I think a partial remuneration of the expense that they incur is a very reasonable thing for the public to have to meet . |
| 24 | The inquest went on for many days and it had all the appearances of the public inquiry that was to follow . |
| 25 | Really is good Saw it first time when it was out last year I ca n't think that twenty more days and I 'm a fucking away . |
| 26 | My wife and I loved a challenge in those days and we could see what it might become with hard work , but it was a real challenge , no mistake . |
| 27 | There was a large pool of unemployed in those days and it seemed to us that no sooner were you in than they were trying to get you off the job . |
| 28 | " Now El-ahrairah was among the animals in those days and he had many wives . |
| 29 | If Graeme Souness is going a bit thin on top , it is probably the result of watching Rosenthal on one of those days and he certainly has them when he seems incapable of getting anything right . |
| 30 | It was a different ball-game in those days and you bloody well know it . ’ |