Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the [noun] [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | came down from the clouds one day . |
| 2 | I mean , it 's hard to think of an equivalent , but say you were an inhabitant of Hastings in the year 2066 and you went down to the beach one day and these longships were coming towards you and lots of people in chainmail and pointy helmets got out and said they 'd come for the Battle of Hastings and would you rustle up King Harold so they could shoot him in the eye and here was a huge wallet full of money for you to play your part . |
| 3 | He went to dwell on the ‘ residential heights ’ and walked down to the mill each day . |
| 4 | But she made a point of going down to the jetty one day to tell him , ‘ I 'm really glad you found your boat . ’ |
| 5 | I went down to the caravan one day to take some apples , and was startled to see a continuous ripple of ice on the inside of the caravan wall just by my friend 's plump , inviting-looking pillow . |
| 6 | When I went over to the lake one day I spotted a seagull in distress . |
| 7 | The son of Rainbow Quest was always up with the leaders that day , clearly enjoying himself on the easy ground and eventually racing three and a half lengths clear . |
| 8 | Donna sat in the sitting-room , glancing endlessly at the sheets of paper they 'd picked up from the bank that day and also at the notes Ward had left . |
| 9 | But there was a good feeling up on the mountain that day . |
| 10 | When they turn up at the office next day looking as if they 've missed out on their sleep , however , they could get more than teasing comments from their colleagues . |
| 11 | I wonder how Manzoni must have felt as he gazed out of his window at the Palazzo Belgioioso and the comings and goings of Prince Albercio ; the Prince rode out of the square each day on a horse , dressed in a bright general 's uniform , in order to review the private bodyguard he equipped and maintained . |
| 12 | Cis was coming out of the Co-op one day ( hoping that Rich had not , yet again , taken some cigarettes and put them on her account ) , when she met a bristle-moustached Meredith Jones who demanded , ‘ How can you let him do it ? ’ |
| 13 | It 's not as if people are popping in and out of the house all day . ’ |
| 14 | She wondered why he did n't step across it ; he reminded her of the white mice they had let out of the cage one day . |
| 15 | But it was a little achievement , going out in the rain that day when there seemed nothing on earth to want to get better for , and feeling better all of a sudden . |
| 16 | Her mother of course was aware that fifteen does not relish the solitude that fifty does , and came back from the village one day when Peony had been particularly silent and lumpish , with the news that Mrs Price who kept an antique shop had her grandchildren staying with her , and she was invited to go round and play tennis with them and have tea . |
| 17 | He had been out on the streets all day and his face was running with sweat . |
| 18 | But they remained Germans , always dreaming of going back to the Fatherland one day . ’ |
| 19 | I got back to The Milebrook next day . |
| 20 | She knew it was with good reason that she had brought her papers back across the lake that day . |
| 21 | Back at the wordface next day , Highland dentists are revolting ; holiday homes may be attacked ; bad vibe , man . |
| 22 | Jack Gooding , landlord of the Rose & Crown , had a hand cart built to carry a barrel and bottles , and this he would push down on to the factories each day . |
| 23 | Sitting around in the sun all day , scoffing tons of ice cream is his idea of heaven , though he did get a bit miffed when Greenpeace tried to push him back into the sea . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd rather grub around in the earth any day ! ’ |
| 25 | alarm , I hope they 're not running about in the barn all day going bad , we 'll all get fucking poisoned , did you leave us a couple ? |
| 26 | Just lies about on the beach all day and fucks every female in sight . |