Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [noun] [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lenin , who does not often get a kind word these days , was right in at least one of his prophecies . |
| 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 | ‘ Ca n't hit a brick wall these days , old girl . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ 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 ! ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The RUC at first believed they had died in the fire , but it started a murder investigation three days later . |
| 7 | A FATHER of three died from a blood clot eight days after knee replacement surgery to relieve arthritis in his leg . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | What are your main reasons for keeping a stamp collection these days ? |
| 11 | ‘ She was a business woman six days a week and had two children — my sister and me — so she really had to organise her life , ’ says Sue , whose father was a dairy farmer . |
| 12 | Clare Wood has found herself restricted to doubles this week after injuring her right ankle in a basketball accident 10 days ago . |
| 13 | Carreras appears on June 18 at a £65 a head concert attended by the Duchess of Gloucester , and Caballe will give a £35 a head concert two days earlier . |
| 14 | He 's even arranged for holes to be drilled into the ash to give the sand martins a head start These days secured nest sites for these beautiful birds are increasingly rare . |
| 15 | He goes to a day centre three days a week but it would help if he could have a two- or three-week holiday somewhere every now and again . |
| 16 | You 're expected to behave as if you 're in a soap opera these days . |
| 17 | Armstrong was too clichéd to be a student vehicle these days , unless it was a London-based medical student ; they are well-known to be from another planet ten years behind the times . |
| 18 | With the growth of the satellite and cable networks , negotiating a television contract these days is a much more complex matter than it was when BBC and ITV were the only bidders . |
| 19 | President François Mitterrand came under attack both from the opposition and from within his own Socialist Party ( PS ) early in September for his ambivalent initial reaction to the Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev ( although he had swiftly reversed this impression in a television appearance two days later ) . |
| 20 | You hardly ever see a motor cyclist these days you know unless he 's got an L plate up of course you ca n't get passed because of the erm |
| 21 | He lost a sheepdog puppy some days ago , and he thinks it may have followed one of you and then strayed away . |
| 22 | ‘ What 's a life sentence these days ? |
| 23 | LocoScript PC Easy cuts out some of the more esoteric features that can usually be found in a word processor these days — advanced layout features such as newspaper style columns , the ability to add footnotes , access to an on-line thesaurus etc . |
| 24 | You know what it costs to join a health club these days ? |
| 25 | His body , with multiple injuries , was found on a railway line two days later . |
| 26 | In a move variously described as ‘ ghoulish ’ , ‘ Machiavellian ’ and ‘ sick ’ , Mr Creed , it was alleged , had orchestrated this posthumous resignation , instructing expert embalmers to preserve the corpse and even arranging a photo session two days after Sir Charles 's death ( Sir Charles 's lifeless arm around Mr Creed 's shoulders ) so a picture could be released to the press along with a transcript of the letter of resignation . |
| 27 | I hear you 're a city slicker these days . ’ |
| 28 | There had been a cancellation so two seats would be available on a Tarom flight five days hence with a Romanian Automobile Club hire car waiting at the other end . |
| 29 | Having occupied Kuwait City on 2 August , Iraq pushed on southwards : in a press item two days later , 100,000 Iraqi troops were reported in a concentration near the Saudi frontier . |
| 30 | The group had held a press conference two days earlier at which they called on the Fourth Communist Party Congress ( Cuarto Congreso del Partido Comunista ) to instigate radical political reforms and also attempted to distribute a statement to this effect to Congress delegates . |