Example sentences of "[adj] in those day [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It was the John and a very big factory in it 's day , in as much as it was er four storeys high , rather high in those days for heavy machinery to be on level like that .
2 It must have been very hard in those days for parents with a large family and a very low income to clothe their children .
3 It was quite unusual in those days for a woman to become a preacher , but she was very good and most eloquent .
4 It was customary in those days for the ablest students to be given some responsibility for teaching the younger pupils .
5 Nor did it occur to me then to enquire how it was possible in those days for a keen Wesleyan Methodist to become a publican .
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