Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | When my oldest son Blair said farewell sadly to the Outer Hebrides and came to work in Aberdeenshire , my wife Ann and I arranged to spend a few days there , fishing and exploring a country that neither of us knew . |
| 2 | But we forgot to dispose of the discarded furnishings , and six months later when I went to spend a few days with a senior Burmese colleague , he showed me with great satisfaction his small-town church , furnished with the discarded pews , pulpit , litany desks , with the collection bags being changed according to the ecclesiastical season ! |
| 3 | I date say a cheap day return from British Rail might account for a lot of it , but the rest is speculation . |
| 4 | I liked to have a few days out in Middlesbrough , Sunderland or Newcastle but now I ca n't do this anymore and I 'm stuck in Hartlepool . ’ |
| 5 | This led to a real Sunday morning 's devotion , singing new stanzas to the song I had started a few days before : ‘ Thank you for sore legs ; thank you for the pain ; I wan na thank you , Lord . |
| 6 | I had spent a long day in the autumn bargaining with the previous owner over the furniture and carpets and ended up having bought most of it at a reasonable price . |
| 7 | And then of course er when I got to New York we were quite friendly with all the people on the boat you know that made great friends with some of them and er I had two or three places to go , I had spent a few days at the World Fair and then I flew down to Washington and er then I came back again . |
| 8 | It was very hard work but you felt , well I 've done a good day 's work when you 'd finished . |
| 9 | If I 've had a great day and I 've been playing a lot and I feel real confident , it sometimes does n't come together on stage at all . |
| 10 | If I 've had a great day and I 've been playing a lot and I feel real confident , it sometimes does n't come together on stage at all . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've had a long day , Nora . |
| 12 | ‘ Anyway , I 've had a hard day . ’ |
| 13 | I 'm sorry , I 've had a bad day . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 've had a wonderful day , ’ she said . |
| 15 | I 've had a wonderful day and learnt a lot here |
| 16 | I 've had a busy day — washed doon a' the stair , |
| 17 | Yes , I 've had a busy day , my hours are all that full , |
| 18 | I 've had a busy day and I want to read my newspaper . ’ |
| 19 | I 've had a busy day and I want my dinner . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've had a lovely day , George . |
| 21 | ‘ I really must hurry along , I 've got a busy day in front of me . ’ |
| 22 | I 've got a few days I can go into work disco poster , I 've got ta do this and that . |
| 23 | I 've got a full day 's work to do . ’ |
| 24 | The job needs ‘ someone determined to have a fair day 's work for a fair day 's pay , whether in wages or welfare . |
| 25 | This obviously absorbing hobby is a good stress reliever , ‘ It 's pure escapism and therapeutic — if I have had a frustrating day at work , the minute I get home I pick up a piece of modelling plastic and start modelling , ’ said Rosemary . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , goodbye , ’ he finished conventionally ; ‘ I wish you 'd had a better day . ’ |
| 27 | If you do pick a clear day , tops from Scafell to Pendle Hill can be picked out and , beyond the glint of Morecambe Bay , Snaefell on the Isle of Man is sometimes visible more than 80 miles away . |
| 28 | I 'm used to being on my own and you 've had a long day . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You 've had a long day . ’ |
| 30 | You 've had a terrible day . ’ |