Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] for [art] day " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We are trapped together for the day . ’
2 A vast open space had been cordoned off for the day .
3 Is n't it awful to think your legs decide what your retirement 's going to be , but they do , more or less , so that if you th if you think a if you 've ever had any trouble with them you 'll realize , people say , you know , would you , we 're going out for the day , you coming ?
4 ‘ So we 're bunking off for a day or two .
5 This sort of conditioned need makes it very difficult for the horse to be taken out for the day , and makes it completely unsuitable for a day of hard work .
6 if you were off to do something and being mucked around for the day , in n it ?
7 And , by the way , the reason I have to go is because Joanna is going out for the day with Ian Woodall . ’
8 Let's get inside , the rain 's set in for the day . ’
9 After a preliminary strategic session in London , fields were divided into four cognate groups and each was visited separately for a day on the basis of a volume of field proposals and a critical review .
10 The reason there is not a report is that Coun Terrans 's jump was called off for a day , perhaps because parchute jumps and mid-air collisions , even of a mock variety , are not a good match .
11 Her four-year-old son Sam , who suffers from leukaemia , was allowed home for the day .
12 As I left the next shift was settling in for the day , writing up diaries , reading novels and brewing up endless cups of tea .
13 I followed him out of the City until I was convinced he was packing up for the day .
14 On the Saturday before our departure our group was sent off for a day 's grape picking at Puyloubier , the rest home for injured and retired former legionnaires , in the foothills of Provence , about two hours ' drive from Aubagne .
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