Example sentences of "[num ord] [adj] days and " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a full stomach makes it even harder for a baby with RDS to breathe he was n't able to feed for the first few days and relied on the drip . |
| 2 | Recovery after a stroke is greatest in the first few days and weeks — but it does n't stop there . |
| 3 | Serum calcium and albumin concentrations were measured for the first 7 days and at least weekly for 4 weeks after treatment . |
| 4 | Her sexuality was supposed to be greatly intensified during the first three days and on the fourth day she was supposed to be the most fertile for conception . |
| 5 | About two thirds of infections occur in the first five days and more than half of these are apparent at birth . |
| 6 | Time was lost on the first two days and then the Saturday was washed out altogether , so it was Monday before Lloyd was able to complete his first Test hundred at his adopted home , in what many thought would be his last opportunity . |
| 7 | Jack Mason had continued in his untroubled and uninspired vein of the first two days and had finished way down the field . |
| 8 | The participants had decided to walk 20km on each of the first two days and finish by walking 10km on the last day . |
| 9 | ‘ Most of the children came in during the first two days and our helplines were flooded with calls , but they appear to have calmed down now . ’ |
| 10 | The policy was cleared over the next few days and on 19 March I told the House of Commons that |
| 11 | Just how petty , greedy and self-interested others really are will be made perfectly clear to you during the next few days and your reaction to them may well be to decide to turn off the charm and the money supply forthwith . |
| 12 | Ministers are expected to take up the fight in the next few days and urge the banks that , at a time of national economic crisis , they must do their bit . |
| 13 | He spawned with two females in the next few days and they produced 82 and 64 fry . |
| 14 | The stoma care nurse and ward nurses were able to answer his questions over the next few days and also showed Mr Reynolds some of the bags which can be worn over a stoma and let him practise handling these . |
| 15 | A temporary demarcation line between British and Soviet forces was agreed , subject to further detailed arrangements over the next few days and later political discussions on a more permanent boundary line between the British and Soviet Zones . |
| 16 | We had quite a few visitors over the next few days and Amin , particularly , was very encouraging . |
| 17 | Julia tried to obey , as she tried to do everything he demanded of her over the next few days and as she tried to keep her misery and pain and fear from all of them . |
| 18 | She 'll be busy with photographers and fittings for the next few days and I 'll join her after the show . ’ |
| 19 | I kept my eyes open over the next few days and although I saw her sitting in the window she never appeared outside . |
| 20 | The unrest continued over the next few days and by May 22 the number of Palestinians killed by the IDF had risen to 21 . |
| 21 | The drugs seized will be analysed over the next few days and more arrests are expected to follow . |
| 22 | ‘ The number of members has , over the last few days and weeks , dropped more dramatically than a barometer before an impending typhoon . ’ |
| 23 | When the engagements are abroad , I work feverishly in the last few days and nights to create a reasonably finished piece of work — just in case we crash . |
| 24 | Modigliani moved in to be with her for the last few days and at the end of November Jeanne entered the Nice Maternity Hospital . |
| 25 | He came into the room with a broad grin on his face and could hardly wait to tell me that not only had he managed to approach several people at work and ask them questions , but that he had decided to put himself to the test over the last few days and had , in fact , gone up to complete strangers in the street to ask them the time . |
| 26 | Dr Jim Howe , Tony 's doctor , said : ‘ His parents said how peaceful their son has looked over his last few days and how relieved they are that he is finally at rest . ’ |
| 27 | He was conscious on admission , explained he had felt unwell for the last few days and had intended seeing a doctor today . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Erm , the erm , the erm , the erm , er , settlement of the anti tr civil anti trust law suit that was referred to in the statement was erm , costs of about six million dollars this year on a class action law suit which we have reached a tentative settlement on in the last few days and , in fact , there were some , there was about six to seven million dollars of additional provision made at the end of last year in the one time charges that we referred to at that time but could n't really identify with erm , lawyers breathing down your necks in the United States and er , this is a class action law suit , would have been in a Texas Court and erm , you know , the boiler plate language is that you want to get rid of the , you know , the expense and uncertainty of this type of litigation and if you think that what a Texas jury did to Texaco , it 's probably a prudent decision to close the matter off at this time . |
| 30 | The insanity was the last few days and everything that had happened . |