Example sentences of "[det] days [pron] do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some days he did n't say a word . |
| 2 | Some days I did n't bother to get dressed at all . |
| 3 | The message I got was that the last few days it did n't matter a bugger what it cost but we were in desperate straights to get in stock . |
| 4 | and do n't and particularly these days they do n't go , seem to have all that much interest in doing so do they ? |
| 5 | The woman searches — though these days she does n't know it , matters of procreation being so far from anyone 's thoughts — for a good father for her young , adequate in looks , more than adequate as a provider ; the man searches for a good , kind and competent mother for his children , not such a dog as to make copulation a problem — both settle for the best he or she can do . |
| 6 | She thought of Eileen as ‘ That one ’ , though these days she did n't dare say so . |
| 7 | These days you do not have to go for matching suites of furniture in the dining room , any more than you have to go for three piece suites in the living room . |
| 8 | Cos in those days they did n't . |
| 9 | Er and of course you , you 'd get er , those days they did n't have cots the mother had the baby in bed with her . |
| 10 | In those days they did n't use mileometers , what they did was they took any particular route number and the number of journeys they did , because in those days a bus kept on a route which applied , say between Witton and Rushmere Heath all day , did n't run around like they do nowadays and erm when the schedules were prepared , each bus had got a route number or was placed on a route number , say one Witton , two Witton , three Witton and a copy of its schedule was recorded on another sheet and the mileage , having known what the mileage was and we 'd used to obtain that from the Borough Surveyor 's Department , er I think it was about nine point one four miles a return trip Witton and Rushmere Heath , er you 'd work out how many journeys they did there and say well that bus was due to run a hundred and twenty six miles during the day . |
| 11 | Well , you were talking flying the horses around putting them in horses boxes well in those days they did n't have many vehicles did they ? |
| 12 | Well they can do now , in those days they did n't . |
| 13 | In those days I do n't think there was an average looking or homely looking person playing romantic leads . |
| 14 | Well we never heard the name shop steward in those days I do n't think they went that far , there was somebody in charge sort of thing but erm they er got the na the name afterwards I think you know shop steward , but er and then they used to be Miss used to have the garden fetes the garden parties on her lawn , that was for the Liberal Party you see as soon Labour was mentioned there were only Tories and Liberals at that time and er we used to , when there was an election er we used to wait up for the results and then if the Liberals got in Squires ' big bell would be rung if it was twelve o'clock at night or one o'clock in the morning the Squires ' big bell would be rung you see , to say who 'd got in , if the Tories got in it was n't rung because it was a , Squires were Liberals , strong Liberals and er they used to attend the Liberal Club at Shortheath but erm there used to be some fun in those er what 's the name parade if the Liberals got in and dances you know to raise money for the various things , and the garden fetes used to be lovely but er on their lawn . |
| 15 | But in those days you did n't have many visitors at all . |
| 16 | We 've got separate rooms , we lead separate lives , most days we do n't even meet up . |