Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [adj] [det] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | They returned to the room where she explained about Philpott 's heart attack and his subsequent convalescence at the Bellevue Hospital where he would remain for the next few days . |
| 2 | It was swollen with the heavy rain that had fallen during the last few days , and it looked fierce and dark . |
| 3 | The weather forecast is good and rain is not expected for the next few days . |
| 4 | This can be reduced a little if she goes in with all she needs for the first few days : a clean dressing-gown , slippers , a change of night clothes and bedjacket and all the toilet articles and other small items she is likely to want . |
| 5 | About 180,000 doses are expected within the next few days . |
| 6 | Despite the brisk sales reported in the last few days before Christmas , December saw a small decline in retail trade compared with the previous year , according to the Confederation of British Industry 's distributive trades panel , said on Tuesday that many retailers had reported a disappointing Christmas , although the results were an improvement on recent months and sales in January were expected to be up on a year ago . |
| 7 | At present the authorities in Berlin are having difficulty coping with those who have arrived so far , though no more than 1,100 or so have come in the past few days . |
| 8 | Over the weekend , when it still seemed possible that Baldwin would resign in the next few days , Sydney Arnold and Lees Smith advised MacDonald not to take office , on the grounds that a Labour Government would be bound to fail and that the party would then be ‘ overwhelmed ’ . |
| 9 | The hospital is asking GPs only to send in only urgent cases … further operations are likely to be cancelled over the next few days |
| 10 | Troops moved in , and according to the military command , many areas of the West Bank are once more under curfew ; it is a ripple effect which will probable grow over the next few days . |
| 11 | It is another reminder of the sporting prowess of the man , who as Cabinet Secretary could prove a key player in the political drama which unfolds over the next few days . |
| 12 | The newsheet had started to appear over the past few days as the villagers began to return to their homes . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The statement added : ‘ Jason 's scientific advisers do not concur with this view and therefore a formal request will be made during the next few days for this non-disclosed information . |
| 15 | These drawings were always made between the last few days of August and the end of October . |
| 16 | In view of what Marc had said about the next few days , Sarella was surprised when he sought her out before dinner . |
| 17 | The Detachment Commander , a Captain and Ammunition Technical Officer ( ATO ) in the Royal Ordnance Corps , is busy writing up reports for the couple of incidents the team has attended during the preceding few days . |
| 18 | What happens during the first few days when a resident comes to live in a Home ? |
| 19 | ‘ What happens in the next few days is critical to our success . |
| 20 | They were new shoes but already scuffed and dusty from the amount of walking he had done in the past few days . |
| 21 | He added : ‘ We have had one man killed and six badly injured in the last few days . |
| 22 | ‘ I will be issuing directions to judges on sentencing in the next few days . |
| 23 | So it is that recent Soros-inspired gold-price rises have been matched in the past few days by increases in bond yields ( ie , falls in bond prices ) . |
| 24 | The number of advances made in the past few days has sharply increased as companies attempt to match their rivals and allay the tax fears of senior staff . |
| 25 | Has my right hon. Friend noticed in the past few days the widespread support for our plans to seek better-quality services from councils ? |
| 26 | Sterling lost all gains made over the past few days after the Germans cut a quarter per cent off their interest rate . |
| 27 | DAVID ANDERSON , chairman of Australian Mutual Provident , Australia 's biggest life insurer , and Einion Holland , chairman of Pearl Group , the British life insurance company , are meeting over the next few days amid speculation that the Australian group is poised to mount a takeover bid for Pearl worth at least £1bn . |
| 28 | Also on Sept. 18 UK Prime Minister John Major referred in a television interview to " fault lines in the ERM revealed over the past few days " , and said that there was no imminent prospect of the UK returning to the ERM , which itself needed reform , while Bundesbank president Helmut Schlesinger said in Washington on Sept. 21 that serious negotiations would be needed before sterling could be readmitted to the ERM . |
| 29 | Within the two weeks confidently predicted by Havelock Wilson company after company and local shipowner association after association made its peace with advances in wages and on 28 June some 100 shipowners met in London and decided , among other things , on the standardisation of the local rates which were accepted over the next few days . |
| 30 | The rest will be collected over the next few days . |