Example sentences of "[adj] days and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spawned with two females in the next few days and they produced 82 and 64 fry . |
| 2 | In the event of trouble , remove the villain , let the other fish settle for a few days and them put him back . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Now , Roger , it 's obvious — you have worn that chain for a few days and it has left a mark . |
| 7 | Only three days and they seemed to have travelled a great distance . |
| 8 | It took them three days and they came up with nothing . |
| 9 | That ti I was at er canteen at erm and I took my plate , I was there thre two or three days and she says you 're the only one that 's ever brought the plate back . |
| 10 | You go in for three days and you have a big dose of drugs . |
| 11 | The boy was back in three days and I knew by his face he had momentous news . |
| 12 | I ought to be home in three days and I 've made a deal with Henry . |
| 13 | I 'd been out the army about three days and I went to this dance with some army mates . |
| 14 | They 're both pale and passionate these days and she has n't mentioned Napoleon for a long time . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | The inquest went on for many days and it had all the appearances of the public inquiry that was to follow . |
| 20 | As he prepared for tomorrow night 's away game at Leicester , caretaker manager Malcolm Crosby , said : ‘ We have to play 10 matches in 25 days and I think even Arnold Schwarzenegger would struggle to do that . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | " Now El-ahrairah was among the animals in those days and he had many wives . |
| 23 | Traffic was light in those days and I explored South Wiltshire — in fact the whole area some fifteen miles around Salisbury . |
| 24 | It was in its infancy in those days and I noticed that whenever David did a show for them , they dressed the set with every conceivable brightly coloured object , with the result you could hardly see him . |
| 25 | Also , and I do n't want to go on about this , I was a lonely person in those days and I had very little else to think about . |
| 26 | Nearly every farmer had a barrel of the stuff in his cow house in those days and I had only to go into the corner and turn the tap . |
| 27 | In all , 255 young trees were planted , a huge task which was completed by the garden team at Nymans in ten days and which has already gone a good way towards restoring the diversity of colours , shapes and textures of conifers in their prime . |
| 28 | ‘ I said ten days and I meant it . |
| 29 | Her baby was due in five days and it had tasted nothing but tears . |
| 30 | Like when you 're locked in a room with someone for five days and you wan na kill them after a while . |