Example sentences of "days [unc] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's alright for a couple of days and I have had a couple of days er peace and quiet , and then er I do n't like it any more after that . |
2 | Anyway , if I could just erm describe how I managed to get there in the first place , which was all a matter of luck I suppose as much as anything erm I went to the East Anglian schools for erm blind and deaf children at Gorleston on Sea from nineteen twenty eight to nineteen thirty six , erm , in those days erm education for the er disabled er continued until sixteen . |
3 | ninety two , Ben er start , erm prim primary infants September ninety two , Charlotte will go at half days primary in September ninety three and Joseph 's go at half days erm September ninety four . |
4 | After five days ' walking they were obviously all fit and experienced . |
5 | ferry timetables forced a quick visit , but it allowed two good days ' walking . |
6 | Backpackers must make adjustments — quite easy to do with a few days ' walking under your belt , not so simple when your planning trips in your living room . |
7 | After three days ' disappearance following the sheep-eating incident , the eagle was seen again for certain on a telegraph pole outside the village of Lutterworth near Leicester by a passing motorist , Mrs Gillian Cook . |
8 | More to the point , the affair earned Owen a few days ' breathing space . |
9 | In January 1922 the Smolensk party committee estimated that there was only enough fuel of all kinds left for seven to eight days ' consumption . |
10 | Shop stewards have recommended accepting the offer of just under 9 per cent — worth £10 a week to most bakers — two extra days ' holiday by April 1991 to make five weeks a year , and other benefits , including better sick pay . |
11 | ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’ |
12 | But the question we must ask is why so many British workers are getting a two-week break when other European workers are making do with just three days ' holiday . |
13 | But they do want their time off : even though 58% of accountants are entitled to over 25 days ' holiday , the majority still felt they deserved more . |
14 | Sometimes , of course , it can work the other way round ; I recall a woman , going through a difficult time with her husband , returning after a few days ' holiday to find that he had swept and cleaned the house from top to bottom . |
15 | Salaries , dependent on qualifications and experience , are supported by excellent large-company benefits including profit sharing and sharesaver schemes , 27 days ' holiday , pension and generous relocation assistance where appropriate . |
16 | Foxfield Railway stalwart Steve Turner 's ex-NCB Hunslet Saddle Tank ‘ Whiston ’ was invited to spend three working days ' holiday at British Coal 's Littleton Colliery near Cannock , Staffs by its enthusiastic Manager , Mr Robin Dean . |
17 | The most popular announcement — from the boys ' point of view at least — was that of an extra two days ' holiday to mark the Anniversary . |
18 | Actually , I missed some good ones in the couple of days ' holiday I took ; if I 'd just bothered to look at a single fucking news-stand after I left Stromeferry I 'd have seen this story starting to break about this guy — ‘ The Red panther ’ the tabloids decided on eventually — murdering these right-leaning pillars of the community . |
19 | She 'd been spending a few days ' holiday in Sicily , with her friends Penny and Devlin . |
20 | In addition however the number of days ' holiday allowed of at weekends would be limited as follows : = |
21 | Kindly have ten days ' holiday money sent on . ’ |
22 | With perfect bad timing Inge , the au pair , had left that very morning on a few days ' holiday , and tomorrow was Nettie the housekeeper 's day off . |
23 | It was a great relief when she arrived at Lomond View to discover that the only person there was Inge , looking rosy-cheeked and happy after her few days ' holiday . |
24 | No he 's got three days ' holiday . |
25 | I can , I might have two holidays now , two days ' holiday . |
26 | All these two days ' holiday and this , you 've had Christmas . |
27 | Yeah well two days ' holiday so |
28 | Lorraine Allard had only had four days ' warning before leaving from Berlin : |
29 | Outdoor centre staff given eight days ' warning on jobs |
30 | THE ROW over the closure of Strathclyde outdoor centres worsened yesterday when an education official admitted that teachers at one centre had been given only eight days ' warning that they faced losing their posts . |