Example sentences of "[adj] day but " in BNC.
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| 1 | way back in the old days but Now then , |
| 2 | Roseanne Barr would make a great Liz during her older , fatter days but could have trouble slimming down for scenes of a 60-year-old Liz in her more glamorous days . |
| 3 | Completion is seen in 30 days but terms of the deal were not disclosed . |
| 4 | Where a child 's mental condition renders her competent on some days but irrational on others she will lack the ability to make an informed decision ( Re R ( a Minor ) ( Wardship : Medical Treatment ) ( 1991 ) The Times , 31 July ) . |
| 5 | The glaze will stay shiny for a few days but after a week will begin to lose its gloss , so do n't decorate the cake too early . |
| 6 | Patients have a sore throat for a few days but no other side effects . |
| 7 | The England midfielder added : ‘ I 've only been with Leeds for a few days but that 's long enough to know I 've made the right decision coming here . ’ |
| 8 | It takes more than a few days but it goes again , just about . |
| 9 | I shall be drawing a considerable sum in a few days but you must know how it is , travelling the country as we old soldiers do … thank you … ten pounds will be quite sufficient … and you must let me spend some more of it in your excellent company … that evening 's entertainment we enjoyed together , Mr Wood , ’ his voice rose in the small hallway and the other guests and servants indoors and out strained noticeably to catch what would surely be the eloquent testimonial of a compliment , ‘ was one of the , shall we say , most boisterous and wise , a rare combination , Mr Landlord , I have spent , whether in London , in Europe or in and out of ships and foreign postings in a long lifetime . |
| 10 | He 's expected to be off work for a few days but will be recalled for important Commons votes , including the Maastricht Treaty social chapter next Thursday . |
| 11 | Cuts into the , it cuts into the we the weeks , I mean that sounds terrible , I 'll be , you 're only working a few days but it 's surprising the teaching days I do really , that really does cut into my time at home . |
| 12 | I suppose there must have been the usual quota of cold , wet and windy days but I ca n't remember them . |
| 13 | The count stayed with the holiday party for 12 days but said he left when his relationship with Mellor became strained . |
| 14 | He said and says nothing , just that I 'll find out some day but by then it 'll be too late . |
| 15 | Oh , I 'll tell you the truth some day but that 's another story . |
| 16 | Deland 's business survives to this day but , then , as now , it concentrates on lower-level search rather than on chief executives and Board directors . |
| 17 | Electrification was first mooted during the early LNER days but it was to be 1954 before the final chapter in the story of Victoria opened . |
| 18 | Collins , who attended for six days but was not called , on November 2 , 1829 , demanded of Godefroy six guineas as his fee for attendance and commenced his action on the following day . |
| 19 | Fifteenth at the moment six days but spring is really just when new things begin to grow and they 're definitely beginning to grow now . |
| 20 | He was a good person to be in the band in the early days but he might have held them back later on because he is not as good a drummer as Simon , and that 's putting it mildly . |
| 21 | It might be early days but this approach falls a long way short of forging a relationship with the viewer and when he turned to the big screen to ask a reporter a single question , it came across as completely contrived . |
| 22 | A spokesman for the Inland Revenue said it was early days but added : ’ There are stringent quality controls to make sure the estate agents are doing their jobs properly . |
| 23 | Its early days but they expect him to be in hospital for about two months . |
| 24 | It 's early days but if the injury hung around and I thought that pulling out of the world championships was a necessary course of action to prevent more serious problems , I 'd do it without hesitation . ’ |
| 25 | It was still early days but he stressed they were still committed to the scheme and had confidence in its future . |
| 26 | With a tail as fragile as the West Indies ' , South Africa were uncomfortable at 188 for four at tea on the second day but the durable Hudson and Adrian Kuiper saw them through to the close without further loss against a lacklustre attack . |
| 27 | On issue , the court does not fix a return day but serves on the Crown copy of the particulars of claim , and a notice ( N 390 ) of entry of plaint , and of the effect of paragraphs ( 3 ) and ( 5 ) of Ord 42 , r 6 , namely the rights of the Crown if it considers that the particulars of claim do not contain sufficient information and the action itself is stayed . |
| 28 | There was no delivery of coke on the following day but , on Tuesday 29 May , thousands of pickets plus police from eleven forces descended on the plant . |
| 29 | A Portuguese Foreign Ministry official said in Lisbon on Feb. 7 that talks could start the following day but would only begin when both sides were prepared to initial documents already on the table . |
| 30 | At first the Egyptians did not realize that the astronomical year does not consist of exactly 365 days but contains an extra fraction ( about one-quarter ) of a day . |