Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [prep] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Caving , of course , does nothing for pristine clothing , but the bedraggled and apparent roughnecks seen in the streets of Ingleton after a hard day can afford to ignore the caustic comments of observers : they know a wonderful world their critics will never see . |
| 2 | A force of 4000 men , landing on either side of the Cowes river and marching on Newport should , he estimated , be sufficient to secure the Isle of Wight in a single day . |
| 3 | The first team squad were then told to get out of Glasgow for a few days , prompting a rush for the airport . |
| 4 | He expressed the hope that a " definitive answer would be sent from the Corporation of Stockport at an early day " . |
| 5 | We pushed down , the route-finding difficult and the weather like Scotland on a bad day , wet and misty . |
| 6 | 1 How do you wear eyeliner past the age of 20 without looking like Cleopatra on a bad day ? |
| 7 | He had also brought a chess manual , because he had heard that children could play chess brilliantly , but after ski-ing with Sam for a few days he decided that there was no call to be beaten by a five-year-old at two things at once . |
| 8 | The England midfielder added : ‘ I 've only been with Leeds for a few days but that 's long enough to know I 've made the right decision coming here . ’ |
| 9 | Oag has just returned from Tokyo , and will set off for a climbing exhibition in Grenoble in a few days . |
| 10 | A couple of years ago I was staying in Malham for a few days and decided to set out one morning for Attermire by the old pack lane from Settle to Malham . |
| 11 | Meanwhile the end of the German campaign in Yugoslavia and Greece meant that many of the Luftwaffe units employed there were now being posted elsewhere , some of these stopping off in Sicily for a few days on their way back to Germany and undertaking a few missions over Malta . |
| 12 | Arriving by road from Bodmin in an all day journey delayed by early morning loading difficulties and resultant time and route restrictions into Devon , the NRM loco finally arrived just before 8.00 pm . |
| 13 | I thought , ‘ This wo n't last when we 're in Soho on a wet day , ’ so I said , ‘ I think you 'd better wait . |
| 14 | Have to be in Paris for a few days . |
| 15 | ft informed us that he was leaving Salamanca for England on his motor bike , via Cherbourg , and that we could expect him in Bath on a certain day . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , exactly — ’ she hrumphed some more — ‘ I said she was still going to be in Maidstone for a few days though we were thinking of moving her to a private hospital . |
| 17 | He was superb in Anne of a Thousand Days , Becket , Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf , The Spy Who Came in From The Cold , Where Eagles Dare — they 've been innumerable . |
| 18 | Her mother 's not too well — she 's staying on in Hazelbury for a few days , ’ Leith speedily calmed his fears . |
| 19 | A Robinson R-22 helicopter was being flown in America on a clear day , with visibility 45 miles . |
| 20 | could you put me in touch ? ’ 'Sorry he 'll be back from America in a few days ' bingo . |
| 21 | She could stay in Edinburgh for a few days longer , she said , until he was ready to go back . |
| 22 | IN LONDON ON A DREARY DAY in late winter 1988 , a meeting took place shortly after noon at a booth in the Horticultural Hall near Victoria Station , where a large stamp exhibition was in progress . |
| 23 | We have just arrived in Peking after a long day 's travel . |
| 24 | How do you feel about going to Czechoslovakia in a few days . |
| 25 | We went to Weston-super-Mare for a few days . |
| 26 | When I went to Germany within a few days of the end of the war , it was rather remarkable to go to a Luftwaffe air field with many aircraft , all intact and fully serviceable , but with their tanks — dry not a drop of oil was to be found on those bases . |
| 27 | When King George died in 1952. and Queen Mary died in 1961 , Edward returned to Windsor for a few days . |
| 28 | When the greetings and exclamations were over , they told me that they had been staying on Mull for a few days , and had just arrived on Moila , and were putting up at the post office with Mrs McDougall . |
| 29 | I knew I was going to Stafford for a few days , but I do n't think , I 'll be there a fortnight . |
| 30 | We 're going to Kinsai in a few days . |