Example sentences of "[adv] a whole day " in BNC.

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1 She is away for hours ; perhaps a whole day .
2 The jury in the Severn Bridge gantry trial has been sent to a hotel for the night after a whole day trying to reach a verdict .
3 Just think , we 'll have practically a whole day together … . ’
4 You see , a tour of this magnitude throws up a forest of red tape for the intrepid journo to fight through and you can spend practically a whole day being shuffled from one ‘ no ’ man to the next , understandably concerned to protect their baby from unofficial liggers and prowling hacks .
5 After a marathon round of negotiations , lasting almost a whole day , we managed to whittle it down , with Yong 's expert assistance , to the equivalent of about twenty American dollars per island visited .
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