Example sentences of "days [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a large pool of unemployed in those days and it seemed to us that no sooner were you in than they were trying to get you off the job . |
| 2 | Her baby was due in five days and it had tasted nothing but tears . |
| 3 | The inquest went on for many days and it had all the appearances of the public inquiry that was to follow . |
| 4 | The Collector had sat a good deal in this chair over the past few days and it had come to affect his habits of thought . |
| 5 | Frau Hoflin hoped it had n't been an affair , but even if it had , well , things were different these days and it did n't matter too much as long as it was over . |
| 6 | ‘ Now , Roger , it 's obvious — you have worn that chain for a few days and it has left a mark . |
| 7 | I was only back a couple of days and it started again . |
| 8 | They became increasingly sleepy for the first four days until it became almost impossible for the experimenters to keep them awake . |
| 9 | It takes more than a few days but it goes again , just about . |
| 10 | Libya was still a Kingdom in those days but it had no aviation legislation , so the entire investigation was conducted in accordance with Annex 13 , though with considerable emphasis on the British interpretation of it . |
| 11 | ‘ I make no comment on the account of her son , but it does seem that he concealed the fact that his mother was laying for days but it does not affect the cause of death . |
| 12 | Shares in Eurotunnel fell a further 50p to close at 600p , making a 15 per cent drop in the Anglo-French venture 's stock market value in the two days since it disclosed a 50 per cent rise in the cost of the tunnel to at least £7bn . |
| 13 | It had been a couple of days before it dawned on him : they were the full-size versions of the houses and station buildings he and his father had made up for their never-quite-finished model railway layout . |
| 14 | Or it could be three or four days before it arrives . |
| 15 | The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) said Mr Rao was too busy fighting a factional war in his Congress Party to read intelligence reports about the attack days before it took place . |
| 16 | Born black in the Aliso Project , in the days before it became Mexican , he became a cop 20 years ago because he thought it was an honourable job . |
| 17 | Sometimes a murder enquiry will have been going on for some days before it emerges that there is a sexual element involved . |
| 18 | ‘ I saw Mick and Jerry two days before it came out in the papers and they seemed absolutely fine , ’ he says . |
| 19 | AN Asian radio station has been rocked by a terror campaign just days before it launches . |
| 20 | We 've heard nothing until two days before it starts . |
| 21 | cos er , you have to wait three days for it , and then cheque 's got ta clear in the bank , it 's like our Mark he had a cheque put in his , he had to wait three days before it cleared went in on the Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , do n't count Saturday , Sunday , Monday , cleared by Tuesday dinner time |
| 22 | Soviet recognition was extended to the Castro government a few days after it had taken power , but this was not reciprocated , and it appears to have been the Cubans , concerned not to give Washington any pretext for claiming that Communism had arrived in the Caribbean , who were responsible for the fact that for well over a year after the revolution the two countries did not have diplomatic ties . |
| 23 | On Jan. 9 , however , only days after it had begun , the Brazilian Justice Minister , Gen. Saulo Ramos , announced that the operation had ended , a decision widely seen as a concession to mining interests . |
| 24 | In Briggs [ 1987 ] Crim LR 708 the accused was seen riding a motorbike two days after it had been taken without lawful authority . |
| 25 | FIGHTER COLLECTION flew their P-38 Lightning back to Duxford from Lydd on Monday September 28 , 22 days after it came to grief in a belly landing at Lydd Airport , en route to the Shepway Seafront Airshow on September 6 ( FP October , p6 ) . |
| 26 | CHEMOXY , the Middlesbrough-based chemicals company , is on the verge of clinching a long-term contract just days after it revealed a £4m investment in the business . |
| 27 | while the Ministry of Defence deployed a speech-synthesiser called Ian McDonald to give the British public all the news fit to print , all of which appeared to be found fit several days after it happened . |
| 28 | ‘ Samantha and Leanne were on heart monitors for about three days after it happened . |
| 29 | Further , from the time of an announcement of an auction until 28 days after it has been held , the Bank observes a fallow period during which it does not sell stock of a similar type to that being auctioned so as not to be seen to be depressing the price . |
| 30 | But it did n't , because its jinx first struck 16 days after it opened when fire completely gutted the building . |