Example sentences of "[prep] a whole day " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose it is an inevitable reaction of those who look at the world with questioning eyes , to regard everyone with suspicion and , after a whole day tracking spies on this spycatcher weekend , our senses were certainly finely tuned . |
| 2 | Karelius ' mare , after a whole day on her feet , stumbled gamely on across the freezing moorland towards Lake Satschen , and escape to the south . |
| 3 | After a whole day there was just a thin layer of muddy slush . |
| 4 | Having seen how it is possible to tell a story within a particular sequence , let's take a step back to consider how this might be made to relate to the story of a whole day on the sands . |
| 5 | It took me most of a whole day , sir . ’ |
| 6 | The only rule of law is that an offer by telegram raises a presumption that a speedy reply is expected ( Quenerduaine v. Cole ) , and therefore the lapse of a whole day would normally be too long . |
| 7 | Only three or four times , in the whole of the past three years , had they actually had the luxury of a whole day together . |
| 8 | The interest in local on-farm training was due no doubt to the difficulty that many found in getting away from their farms for a whole day . |
| 9 | The price of those chocolates would have paid for food for an Indian family for a whole day . |
| 10 | Danielle was all smiles in the arms of her beloved nanny and much to my distress did not have the good grace to shed a single tear as I walked out of the door and out of her life … for a whole day . |
| 11 | We shall have to go in an aeroplane for a whole day , can you imagine ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I once followed a pupil around for a whole day , and was impressed by the peculiar mixture she experienced of dislocated bits and pieces , and longer sessions where there were ‘ spaces ’ for her to enjoy and explore learning or — occasionally — to waste time in . |
| 14 | But even if one were to follow a couple for a whole day on repeated occasions , would this do justice to the full range , texture and history of the changing day-to-day relations between mother and child ? |
| 15 | Failure to do so was punished by being forced to wear the hated beret for a whole day in school — for lessons , lunch , everything , a badge of shame Sally had so far managed to avoid . |
| 16 | If they have been together for a whole day or days in conference or retreat then there is a dynamic already present . |
| 17 | My manager has given me permission for me to use the shop foyer for a whole day and I hope to get local radio and local papers to advertise the sale for me . |
| 18 | Whereas in Northumberland it rarely lasted for a whole day and almost never appeared on consecutive days , in London and Surrey it seemed to shine uninterrupted for weeks at a time . |
| 19 | ‘ Twice for a whole day and the other times for two hours each . |
| 20 | ‘ And the Trunchbull put you in The Chokey for a whole day ? ’ |
| 21 | God Almighty , Janine , you 've never once looked after the bloody kid for a whole day since it was born ! ’ |
| 22 | Sixty-three legionnaires had held off a Mexican force of 2,000 soldiers for a whole day , at the end of which five legionnaires had been left alive ; these five , thirsty , hungry and out of ammunition , had bayonet charged the Mexicans . |
| 23 | Enough for a whole day . |
| 24 | How could it have held such a volume of water ( estimated to be about 10ml ) for a whole day without leaking ? |
| 25 | She burst into floods of horrible tears , and cried for a whole day . |
| 26 | She had escaped — for a whole day she had escaped even the thought of the Refuge . |
| 27 | I was literally in shock for a whole day . |
| 28 | for a whole day and the careers officer |
| 29 | As well as his own impressions ( and further reading ) , it draws on the comments made by his colleagues on the field trips and especially during a whole day 's discussion that we were privileged to have , at Uig Community Centre on 2 October 1980 , with many of those most closely involved in the development of the Western Isles . |
| 30 | Indeed , the primitive matchlocks could only be discharged a maximum of sixteen times during a whole day of battle . |