Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a [adj] day ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lovers of good beer — well deserved of course after a hard day 's exercise — wo n't have to go far for a fine pint . |
| 2 | He needed their support after a hard day 's work in often uncomfortable conditions . |
| 3 | And tidying up after removal and spring cleaning homes that have n't been touched for years are all part of a normal day 's work . |
| 4 | The job needs ‘ someone determined to have a fair day 's work for a fair day 's pay , whether in wages or welfare . |
| 5 | ‘ Scroungers ’ expect something for nothing from the Welfare State , rather than offering a fair day 's work for a fair day 's pay . |
| 6 | ‘ A fair day 's work for a fair day 's pay ’ was their motto and , if they expected the pay to satisfy them , they also confidently expected the work to satisfy everybody , including themselves . |
| 7 | She was n't in the mood for a long day 's screwing . |
| 8 | Well , to embrace both decency and pop in this context , to be a socialist by day and a hip hopper by night after a hard day 's campaigning , are quite feasible options , but only in a rotten , free-market society such as our own . |
| 9 | Table 4 is an example of a typical day 's food intake . |
| 10 | I with Mathilda , Benjamin with Rachel , Bowyer with good food and drink , and the Agentes with the prospect of a good day 's hunting . |
| 11 | Some celebrated empirical studies of work groups have argued that so-called restrictive practices usually reflect the attempt by workers to impose their own definition of a fair day 's work . |
| 12 | Perhaps the most enjoyable trip is the final schuss into the village centre after a hard day 's skiing and an essential stop-off for a limb-loosening rum chocolate at Cafe Oberland . |
| 13 | Perhaps they could use some of their undoubted energy in joining a night shotgun vigil after a hard day 's work ? |
| 14 | It is worth quoting in full Hardie 's graphic account of a typical day 's work by one of the artists : |
| 15 | Usually it is at the end of a long day 's racing , with a number of stressful periods all adding to the pilot 's fatigue . |
| 16 | This is one of the effects of lack of oxygen , but also of dehydration at the end of a long day 's excitement . |
| 17 | In Meswick hunters can find lodging in the Mushroom Cap Motel and tip back a few beers at the Mushroom Bar at the end of a long day 's tramp . |
| 18 | It was easy to imagine what relief the miners must have felt at the end of a long day 's work in those conditions when they saw the mouth of the tunnel framing the daylight before them . |
| 19 | At the end of a hard day 's racing , there are awards given out to the top six riders in each class , making all the effort worthwhile . |
| 20 | Being tight-fisted individuals we by-passed the fee-paying nature trail through the woods and crossed the beck to join a Green Lane that led pleasantly back to Clapham and the end of a fine day 's trek through Yorkshire 's classic karst and pavement country . |
| 21 | Laws are needed to protect women 's rates of pay and ensure they get a fair day 's pay for a fair day 's work . |
| 22 | The demand is a fair day 's pay for a fair day 's work . |
| 23 | Once a patrician villa , a small terrace in the gardens provides a lush , flower-bedecked retreat after a hectic day 's sightseeing and , within , marble pillars , frescoes and high , painted ceilings remain from former times in the public rooms . |
| 24 | What the game really needs is a career woman — or , at least , one whose idea of a good day 's work is n't in the ballroom with Colonel Mustard and a candlestick . |
| 25 | Martin Caulfield led from the front in a steady day 's play that ended in triumph . |