Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] day [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after a frantic day of arm-twisting by Government whips , it became clear that potential rebels were shying away from voting the whole Budget down . |
| 2 | After a frantic day of arm twisting by Government whips it became clear that potential rebels were prepared to back away from a rebellion in the hope of wringing more concessions from the Government before the Finance Bill , which gives legislative authority to the Budget , comes back to the Commons toward the end of next month . |
| 3 | After a long day of presentations , the angels and the businessmen finally get together in the traditional way . |
| 4 | That 's something that did n't happen when I came home after a long day at work . |
| 5 | Counsel conjured up for us the picture of the accused person , after a gruelling day in court , returning to the cells to be met with the sight of an official of the Serious Fraud Office , armed with a further batch of questions , which he would be forced to answer on pain of being prosecuted for another offence . |
| 6 | Randy Rarick had once said that ‘ to be declared world champion after a two-foot day at Manly just was n't significant . ’ |
| 7 | Another 250 words may not sound much in the great scheme of things , but after a heavy day at Pipeline and an end-of-contest thrash at the Turtle Bay Hilton , it felt like being asked to dash off another chapter of War and Peace . |
| 8 | In a period of very bad weather , for example , especially in a rural area the post office may run out of real cash , as might other shopkeepers , after a few days without contact from the outside world . |
| 9 | After a few days at Broadlands , they flew to Gibraltar to join the Royal Yacht Britannia for a two-week cruise in and around the Mediterranean . |
| 10 | After a few days of sun-oil and cold showers , she even had the nerve to seek the shade and grumble a little at the sweat and the glare of it all . |
| 11 | After a few days of trial and error I devised a system of categorising my work four times during the day ; on an early shift , for example , at approximately 10.00am , 1.00pm , 3.00pm and on leaving for the day . |
| 12 | I rose this morning after a few days of calm without mystical experience and I walked through a steep valley in a golden light of dawn that was like a rich but transparent garment covering all things . |
| 13 | But after a few days of Margery 's company ‘ the worshipful woman sped herself fast out of Akun with all her retinue ’ . |
| 14 | After a few days of tests and observation , the surgeon approached her bed . |
| 15 | After a few days of wing stretching and flapping outside the burrow , it makes the perilous trip to the edge of the cliff . |
| 16 | ‘ After a few days of production I had the opportunity to approach Dustin , ’ Silvis remembered . |
| 17 | His final words were that she needed a nice long holiday after a few days in bed . |
| 18 | In a month 's time we 'll have a quiet wedding in the local church , and after a few days in London we 'll travel through all the countries of Europe . ’ |
| 19 | Some admit they like it because the noise of hundreds of machines helps numb the mind after a hard day at work . |
| 20 | HUSBANDS who complain to their wives after a hard day at work are helping to save their marriage . |
| 21 | After a full day of sightseeing , it made it a pleasant change not to see the ground . |
| 22 | There he was , at the end of a solid day of meetings with French officials , looking exactly the way he had when they set out . |
| 23 | At the end of a taxing day on Twistleton Scar in Yorkshire , I could not leave before crowning the day with an ascent of the notoriously polished Candle Crack — only to skid like a bemused Bambi on ice and slither to the rocky moorland beneath . |
| 24 | In the midst of a victory celebration in Ballymena , Mr Paisley said : ‘ This is the dawn of a new day for Ulster . |
| 25 | It is something of a red-letter day for Dwyer — his 51st international in his 51st year . |
| 26 | The secret of a long day of battle was fitting the components together : the state of caution ; the state of preparedness ; the state of uncaring action ; the state of elation ; the state of waiting ; so that each stage matched the others in sureness and strength , with every thread of body and mind strung to its finest pitch ready to sing to the touch , from one night 's sleep until the next , or until death itself . |
| 27 | Right now it 's the end of a long day in London and the 48-year-old Young prowls the room with a stooped , rangy gait , the traces of a roguish grin on his well-worn face . |
| 28 | In a larger sense , the general public also seemed reluctant to accept a close examination of a fascinating day of history . |
| 29 | SCOTVEC courses for beginners are on the basis of a half day per week for one year while the NWRAC Home Machine Knitting Course requires a full day per week for two years , or three if Part 2 is included . |
| 30 | CLOWNS , games and children — 400 of them — were the main ingredients of a special day for LASMO employees in Jakarta . |