Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the [adj] [det] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was swollen with the heavy rain that had fallen during the last few days , and it looked fierce and dark . |
| 2 | The weather forecast is good and rain is not expected for the next few days . |
| 3 | About 180,000 doses are expected within the next few days . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The hospital is asking GPs only to send in only urgent cases … further operations are likely to be cancelled over the next few days |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | These drawings were always made between the last few days of August and the end of October . |
| 9 | In view of what Marc had said about the next few days , Sarella was surprised when he sought her out before dinner . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They were new shoes but already scuffed and dusty from the amount of walking he had done in the past few days . |
| 12 | He added : ‘ We have had one man killed and six badly injured in the last few days . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Has my right hon. Friend noticed in the past few days the widespread support for our plans to seek better-quality services from councils ? |
| 16 | Sterling lost all gains made over the past few days after the Germans cut a quarter per cent off their interest rate . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The rest will be collected over the next few days . |
| 20 | THE Ministry of Defence is threatening to abolish all commoners ' centuries-old grazing rights on the Greenham Common nuclear cruise missile base , unless restrictions on the rights are agreed within the next few days . |
| 21 | ‘ We expect the permit to be approved within the next few days . ’ |
| 22 | As many Tory candidates and canvassers noted during the past few days , thousands of voters were shrugging their shoulders and saying : ‘ We do n't like you , but ’ ( said with a sigh ) ‘ we 'll have to vote for you . |
| 23 | Since the bombing raids began over Iraq , Britons have flocked to join the army ( inquiries in London have quintupled ) ; to give blood ( in Plymouth alone , more than 1,600 people volunteered in the first few days , and 110,000 followed suit across the country ) ; and to say their prayers ( Winchester Cathedral reported that the congregation for Matins last Sunday was up by a half on the usual number ) . |
| 24 | Police said the child was born within the past few days . |
| 25 | Does the right hon. Gentleman really believe that if politicians in Northern Ireland had been sitting at a table , the awful atrocities that we have witnessed in the past few days would not have taken place ? |
| 26 | ‘ The receivers , who still own the building , are open to offers , and we are now very hopeful of a firm proposal being received in the next few days , ’ said Mr Souness . |
| 27 | It 's expected to be completed in the next few days . |
| 28 | Think of a situation , event or physical symptom you have experienced in the past few days . |
| 29 | Defending her life and being jolted and shaken over the last few days had left her exhausted . |
| 30 | My legs are shaded by the dust which has gathered over the past few days , so that the contrast is like a Coppertone ad , with the puppy pulling a little girl 's knickers off . |