Example sentences of "[vb base] a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you want a day off tell me , I 'll write you a note . ’ |
| 2 | In four there was persistence of symptoms and endoscopic evidence of failure of ulcer healing despite three months of treatment with 300 mg ranitidine a day . |
| 3 | I had supposed that Aunt Louise would be in bed , but she met me at the door ; opened it , in fact , and held it ready for me to come in , because there was something she was bursting to tell me : ‘ I 'm not staying in this cold place a day longer . ’ |
| 4 | To , to make people feel sorry for them and they have no shame at all in breaking limbs and distorting their features and all so that kind to make themselves look as pitiful as they possible can because they 're going to live a life of a beggar and they tell us it 's very profitable being a beggar in some lands , people can make in this country they reckon up to in places like London a hundred pounds a day being a beggar that 's more than you earn a day is n't it ? |
| 5 | Slow lingering illnesses may require only one remedy a day or less . |
| 6 | Ideally you should review this action list daily and never let a day pass without doing something to progress your priorities in even a minor way . |
| 7 | Finance Minister Michael Wilson was forced to reveal full details of his 1989 budget a day early , on April 26 , 1989 , after major elements were leaked to the Global Television Network . |
| 8 | ‘ I suggest we wait a day or two and then think again . ’ |
| 9 | Complaints begin a day or more after taking cold , especially if overheated or if the sweat is suppressed by cold air or water , or from exposure to dry cold winds . |
| 10 | The festival organisers will give away one free ballon ride a day in a prize draw . |
| 11 | Most folk enjoy a day at the seaside … but Hereford 's hopes went out with the tide … they were washed away after only three minutes when Lightbourne made it one-nil … |
| 12 | I recall a day when I was new to the sport and I recall too the smell when lightning struck the limestone cliff on which I was climbing . |
| 13 | '' A day or two later an earthquake shook the whole area and the same thing happened : ‘ ’ the Lord was not in the earthquake . ’ |
| 14 | That is , crossing the International Date Line means that we either gain a day ( eastwards crossing ) or lose one ( westwards crossing ) . |
| 15 | If you lose a day 's sailing or more , we pay you . |
| 16 | so , if you normally work a five day week and lose a day 's work you will not get UB for that day because you are not unemployed for 3 days of the social welfare week . |
| 17 | Pick a day for giving up . |
| 18 | and then what we would simply say is that , I mean a day is one point zero |
| 19 | Five minutes footage a day is good going and they use only 1 foot of film out of every 15 feet shot . |
| 20 | ‘ Make a day out of it . ’ |
| 21 | Imagine how lovely it would be — you could take the whole family and make a day of it . |
| 22 | ‘ Make a day of it ? ’ |
| 23 | So I 'll try and get something sorted before May , if not then we 'll go to the one in July , it 'll be red it should be red hot in July and it 's a really nice day and if we make a day of it , then we can take a picnic and you know it 's very so pleasant . |
| 24 | Just because you are thin and never suffer a day 's illness does not mean that you can embark on an energetic walking programme without building up to it . |
| 25 | They last a day when they 're old look my mother what they really last a day . |
| 26 | They last a day when they 're old look my mother what they really last a day . |
| 27 | What they call stand-by mo they do today , they still guarantee a day 's , it ai n't much mind you but they still get guaranteed so much a day . |
| 28 | All schools using the project are strongly encouraged to have at least one staff member attend a day long training course to provide background information and to familiarise teachers with the technique of pupil led discussion groups , which are an important feature of the project . |
| 29 | When I went to the Royal Courts of Justice , the judge knew what he was going to give me , and I got three years ' probation , on condition that I stay at the hostel for a year and that I attend a day centre . |
| 30 | Some days when I attend a day meeting I can start at 5am and finish at 9pm including travel . |