Example sentences of "those day [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still have the crudely-duplicated tickets for this hop , amusingly priced in those days before sex-discrimination was questioned , ‘ Ladies — 1/6 ’ ; ‘ Gents — 2/6 ’ . |
| 2 | Well I suppose a very junior clerk , the first job I was given was , well it 's unheard of in this day and age but what they had was what they call a bundi clock and there every driver and conductor had got a key that was inserted in this clock and on it was his personal number , well when he reported for duty , he inserted this key into the clock , turned the handle and stamped on to a piece of paper , a roll of paper , his number and the time he reported and the next day it was my job to go through and record from this piece of paper how many minutes they were late f reporting for duty and if they erm were more than , I think about three or four minutes we had to send them a memo telling them , that 's how things were in those days that people were , they toed the line or else . |
| 3 | After all , South Africa was a long way off in those days and home leave must have been a great rarity . ’ |
| 4 | He had been a cheerful fellow in those days and life was as inconsequential as a laugh on the wind or the carelessly squandered words of a song . |
| 5 | But I should have done because there were only two channels in those days and people were addicted to TV . |
| 6 | Frankie had learned to prepare in advance for those days and nights when he might otherwise go hungry . |
| 7 | Illegitimate children were by no means unusual in those days and Darrel would have been rather pleased with the embarrassment caused either of his old antagonists . |