Example sentences of "[verb] [num] day [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think I could stand being a nurse because I would get too involved , so I hope one day to join the fire brigade , ’ she said . |
| 2 | COMECON : The nine-member Council for Mutual Economic Assistance ( CMEA or COMECON ) was formally dissolved following its 46th session in Budapest on June 28 ; a liquidation committee was given 90 days to oversee the organization 's dissolution . |
| 3 | He moans : ‘ It took three days to record one 30 minute Hot Shoe Show , whereas it takes one day to film a game show . |
| 4 | IT TAKES 150 days to produce a Brooks saddle . |
| 5 | ‘ According to the version I heard , a large man in a Sherlock Holmes cape had arrived one day to have a look at the drawings . |
| 6 | It took six days to replace the locks on the car , and all the while I was worrying that the thieves might try to steal it . |
| 7 | Kept under police guard day and night , it took three days to reassemble the building and its contents . |
| 8 | It took three days to reach the town of Clujnapoca , where the generator was loaded on to a romanian aid wagon for the final stage of the journey . |
| 9 | McKenna took three days to consider the offer before refusing , nominally on health grounds . |
| 10 | One could detect a purr of satisfaction when John Major replied that actually some other European countries made rather a mess of things : that Belgium had taken 100 days to form a government ; that the Italian political system was a disaster and the French one not much better ; and that , if they had any sense , they would copy the way we do things . |
| 11 | We had allowed six days to explore the island : it was scarce enough . |
| 12 | Under the IAEA agreement , Korea had 30 days to present an inventory of its nuclear materials and 90 days to disclose construction details of its nuclear facilities . |
| 13 | They had three days to get the boat to the South Coast for Cowes Week . |
| 14 | They duly processed the information and despatched warning letters stating that offenders had five days to make a payment arrangement — with a 10 per cent surcharge — before a court order , a summary warrant , was activated . |
| 15 | 9 12 men take 9 days to build a wall . |
| 16 | ‘ I was told I had 14 days to leave the country because my visa had expired . |
| 17 | You have six days to explore the City of Angels and you will not be disappointed . |
| 18 | Then they have five days to sell the dog , make arrangements for the wife and kids and set off for Moscow 's Star City , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Labour-controlled Harlow and Tory-run Castle Point have 28 days to challenge the decision , announced by Environment Secretary Michael Howard yesterday . |
| 20 | Prosecutors have 84 days to bring the case to court . |