Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Cleaver also omits to mention any of the many infiltrations , bombardments and acts of terror towards a country which has not known a single day of peace in 44 years . |
| 2 | He has , he says , been ‘ overwhelmed ’ by the kindness and support he has received , and for the moment is relishing not working a 14-hour day and seeing more of his wife and four children . |
| 3 | He also ignored the fact that the majority of other European Community members do not give a compensatory day off when a national holiday falls at a weekend , as is normal practice in the United Kingdom . |
| 4 | There is a strong moral argument within the labour movement , that rejoke rejects workfare and other half-baked schemes which do not give a fair day 's work for a real fair day 's pay . |
| 5 | It did indeed prove a momentous day — and a momentous speech as well : but it lay in a future that none could foresee , and for the moment all that poor Hazel could do was to turn aside with the disappointed feeling that after all , his part in the crossing of the heather had not really been a very important one . |
| 6 | ‘ No , we ca n't , we 've only got a cheap day return , have n't we ? ’ he said . |
| 7 | On issue , the court does not fix a return day but serves on the Crown copy of the particulars of claim , and a notice ( N 390 ) of entry of plaint , and of the effect of paragraphs ( 3 ) and ( 5 ) of Ord 42 , r 6 , namely the rights of the Crown if it considers that the particulars of claim do not contain sufficient information and the action itself is stayed . |
| 8 | He had clearly had a splendid day out . |
| 9 | Does n't look a brilliant day does it weatherwise at the races clouds . |
| 10 | ‘ I have not had a good day ; in fact I have not had two good days . |
| 11 | I have n't seen a perfect day like that over in Blackpool yet . |
| 12 | In fact , for a city of its size , St Gallen is particularly rich in museums and you need never fear a wet day . |