Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vanguard arrived at the Clyde submarine base 11 days ago and left her depot at Faslane today for further sea trials with Commander David Russell at the helm and a full crew . |
| 2 | Well they sent me , I went on a computer course two days before I went to in hospital and was away for eight weeks and I forgot totally |
| 3 | They are also starting to attract some of the best young talent away from the money-centre banks — and good brains allied to the skills of good management are almost as scarce as profits in America 's banking parlours these days . |
| 4 | What has upset Brian is the knowledge that within hours of Joanna disappearing from the leisure centre car park eight days ago , he was being ‘ fingered ’ as someone who could have been responsible for kidnapping her . |
| 5 | And now time , which in the last ten minutes seemed mysteriously to have halted , flowed again and he was standing at his bedroom window five days later watching the great ball of the sun rise out of the sea to stain the horizon and spread over the eastern sky the veins and arteries of the new day . |
| 6 | TODDLER Gerrard Smith , whose father died in a car crash 10 days before he was born , was awarded a share of £325,000 damages yesterday . |
| 7 | ‘ He 's a selfish little swine who behaved appallingly at Catterick , ’ was her assessment of Quick Reaction 's display in a Hunter Chase three days earlier , ‘ so I ran him here as a punishment ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Daylight robbery these days , ’ said the customer ahead of her . |
| 9 | The RUC at first believed they had died in the fire , but it started a murder investigation three days later . |
| 10 | ‘ Carlos , how much is an axis lock crystal these days ? ’ |
| 11 | A FATHER of three died from a blood clot eight days after knee replacement surgery to relieve arthritis in his leg . |
| 12 | And told to turn up the next morning , waited another four hours , finally a patient who 'd had an operation for a serious gall bladder operation two days before hand was kicked out of his bed and sent home so that she would be put in the bed , given the operation ! |
| 13 | The couple are probably the most lovey-dovey in the movie world these days , forever cuddling , holding hands and behaving in a manner that makes you want to squirm . |
| 14 | In Bridger Properties Ltd v Dovey Holdings ( South Wales ) Ltd ( 1991 ) unreported , Chancery Division , 25 June there was a contract for the sale of land with a completion date 14 days after the issue of the certificate for practical completion . |
| 15 | There 's just no glamour in it ; no serious money ; very few groupies , and scarcely any hard drug abuse these days . |
| 16 | Different sort of people turn out on the hunting field these days , too . |
| 17 | VITAMINS , FISH OILS AND A TONIC FOR PROFITS Vitamins , dietary supplements and fish oils are on many shopping lists these days . |
| 18 | Former Lord Mayor Tommy Patton slammed Sinn Fein councillors for having the ‘ audacity ’ to turn up for last night 's council meeting two days after the atrocity . |
| 19 | This was the 2ème Régiment Étrangere de Parachutistes jumping over Kolwezi in southern Zaire to save 2,000 European hostages from Katangese rebels who had attacked the small mining town some days previously . |
| 20 | In Reg. v. Barrett , 12 J.L.R. 179 , where again the accused applied unsuccessfully for leave to appeal against conviction , the defence contended that the trial judge should have allowed them to see the statement of a witness who had identified the accused at an identification parade 10 days after the commission of the offence , on the ground that , the witness having stated that she had given a description of the accused to the police , the defence were entitled as a matter of law to know the details of that description for the purpose of cross-examining the witness and testing her credibility . |
| 21 | That one small doubt became a huge question mark two days later when , before the opening home game with Arsenal , Knighton took the field in a United playing strip ( having refused the previous day to be photographed holding a United shirt ) and juggled , headed and kicked a football in front of a at first incredulous and then delighted Stretford End . |
| 22 | What are your main reasons for keeping a stamp collection these days ? |
| 23 | He revealed that Mr Newman , an executive with Sun Life Assurance in Dunstable , had gone to the village after receiving a telephone appointment three days before his death to discuss pension plans with a ‘ Mr John Haydon ’ at an address in Charity Lane , Eggington . |
| 24 | There is also consumer resistance to products that do not have an immediate effect on the pest populations several days may pass before the bacteria have a noticeable effect on the pest . |
| 25 | A bone marrow aspirate 15 days after the end of chemotherapy was hypocellular with 62% blast cells . |
| 26 | Do we really want to see our flag waving from garages , second-hand car dealers and road-side cafes 365 days a year , as in America ? |
| 27 | Expedition deputy leader Rod Stables only set his marriage date two days before he flew out . |
| 28 | POLICE last night named a man they want to quiz in connection with the murder of Michael Huntington at a nurses ' home party 11 days ago . |
| 29 | In fact , computers play a leading role in a great deal of cartoon production these days . |
| 30 | Housing — Secure tenancy — Death of tenant — Tenant obtaining tenancy of council house 10 days before death — Tenant 's brother living with him in different council premises during 12 months prior to death — Whether brother ‘ resided with ’ deceased tenant so as to succeed to tenancy — Housing Act 1985 ( c. 68 ) , s. 87 |