Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it , it depends what you mean by a good day ? |
| 2 | Both were winter occupations and helped keep you warm on a cold day . |
| 3 | Mother had been taken ill suddenly and at once removed to hospital , where she died within a few days . |
| 4 | It 's called time , it gives you a little space at the top so you can fill in what you feel to be your role , and if you can fill below , all the tasks in respective order that you do in a typical day . |
| 5 | It draws people who come for a fun day out and it provides for the serious ornithologist . |
| 6 | Now half a crown in those days was a lot of money , you had to a full day 's work for half a crown , make no mistake on that . |
| 7 | She originally came from the Potteries , but now lives near Southend-on-Sea where she teaches in a special day school for children with learning difficulties . |
| 8 | With a good area of fine pebbles , patches of shade , areas of sun , a fresh water shower , a big barbecue grill and a neighbouring taverna it 's got everything you need for a comfortable day , and a few pleasant social evenings too . |
| 9 | All You Need for a Fun Day Out … |
| 10 | Suitably briefed , you awake to a full day 's escape to Colditz with your luxury coach taking in Leipzig , Colditz village and the famous castle itself . |
| 11 | So I got Peggy up from Somerset , on the same farm you see , and that was much better , and erm we 've been cycling to Stroud , to the pictures you know , 8 miles there and 8 miles back , and erm but the awful job he gave me to do for a few days was along , there was a young lad there and he was going to drive the old heavy fords and tractor and I was going to walk behind , and he 'd got converted horse drags I suppose they call them |
| 12 | When this came to light we insisted for a few days that employees should seek permission to leave the company premises . |
| 13 | For the last two days we went on a two day expedition . |
| 14 | He was so fed up that he put another penny to the one earned for a whole day 's labour and went to the pub where he drowned his sorrows in a pint . |
| 15 | We stayed for a few days in Paris on the way home , and Elizabeth wrote to me at our hotel . |
| 16 | It helps me relax after a hard day 's rapping about controversial political and social issues . |
| 17 | Laser projectors could beam whole programmes into the mind , where the programmes became like your own lived memories , though they faded in a few days . |
| 18 | When life brings them into touch again twenty years later , and they are hopelessly in love , a climactic scene takes place in an inferior tea-shop which they visit during a furtive day together in London . |
| 19 | They reckon on a clear day you can see the ruins from O'Connell Street . ’ |
| 20 | It rained for a few days after that shake of early March . |
| 21 | Although he made a huge bonfire of his papers and correspondence in 1916 , and kept it going for a few days , Edward preserved all her letters along with his notebooks . |
| 22 | ‘ I think it sounds like a perfect day . |
| 23 | It looked like a dull day outside but she could n't just sit in her room doing nothing . |
| 24 | Paul stared at the reeds in the narrow river ; the Clyde wound here like a country stream , and up the grass incline women hung out washing or spread it to dry on a fine day . |
| 25 | Food never tastes so good as it does after a long day 's hike . |
| 26 | He left after a few days as I said . |
| 27 | At weekends it makes for a good day 's outing to take the family for a picnic , after which they can gather as many strawberries as they want at the various fruit farms dotted around . |
| 28 | Monday 8.55am — I arrive at the office for what looks like a quiet day catching up on necessary office work and telephoning some of our low-dependency clients to see how they are . |
| 29 | After What seemed like a shattering day , I sat on the bus but this time the journey was much more jovial as relief sunk in . |
| 30 | No not if they would what spend about a whole day making it would they ? |