Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] day [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after a frantic day of arm-twisting by Government whips , it became clear that potential rebels were shying away from voting the whole Budget down . |
| 2 | After a frantic day of arm twisting by Government whips it became clear that potential rebels were prepared to back away from a rebellion in the hope of wringing more concessions from the Government before the Finance Bill , which gives legislative authority to the Budget , comes back to the Commons toward the end of next month . |
| 3 | That 's something that did n't happen when I came home after a long day at work . |
| 4 | Counsel conjured up for us the picture of the accused person , after a gruelling day in court , returning to the cells to be met with the sight of an official of the Serious Fraud Office , armed with a further batch of questions , which he would be forced to answer on pain of being prosecuted for another offence . |
| 5 | Another 250 words may not sound much in the great scheme of things , but after a heavy day at Pipeline and an end-of-contest thrash at the Turtle Bay Hilton , it felt like being asked to dash off another chapter of War and Peace . |
| 6 | In a period of very bad weather , for example , especially in a rural area the post office may run out of real cash , as might other shopkeepers , after a few days without contact from the outside world . |
| 7 | After a few days of sun-oil and cold showers , she even had the nerve to seek the shade and grumble a little at the sweat and the glare of it all . |
| 8 | After a few days of trial and error I devised a system of categorising my work four times during the day ; on an early shift , for example , at approximately 10.00am , 1.00pm , 3.00pm and on leaving for the day . |
| 9 | I rose this morning after a few days of calm without mystical experience and I walked through a steep valley in a golden light of dawn that was like a rich but transparent garment covering all things . |
| 10 | After a few days of wing stretching and flapping outside the burrow , it makes the perilous trip to the edge of the cliff . |
| 11 | ‘ After a few days of production I had the opportunity to approach Dustin , ’ Silvis remembered . |
| 12 | His final words were that she needed a nice long holiday after a few days in bed . |
| 13 | Some admit they like it because the noise of hundreds of machines helps numb the mind after a hard day at work . |
| 14 | HUSBANDS who complain to their wives after a hard day at work are helping to save their marriage . |
| 15 | After a full day of sightseeing , it made it a pleasant change not to see the ground . |
| 16 | The secret of a long day of battle was fitting the components together : the state of caution ; the state of preparedness ; the state of uncaring action ; the state of elation ; the state of waiting ; so that each stage matched the others in sureness and strength , with every thread of body and mind strung to its finest pitch ready to sing to the touch , from one night 's sleep until the next , or until death itself . |
| 17 | In a larger sense , the general public also seemed reluctant to accept a close examination of a fascinating day of history . |
| 18 | SCOTVEC courses for beginners are on the basis of a half day per week for one year while the NWRAC Home Machine Knitting Course requires a full day per week for two years , or three if Part 2 is included . |
| 19 | The motorcyclist beat this time by five minutes , but conditions were unusual ; many institutions such as the University and the Art College remained closed for a second day of holiday , which meant traffic was unusually light . |
| 20 | Where once she had dithered over choosing a suit for a new day at school , now imminence brought her fast to action — at least in the short term . |
| 21 | The government had originally announced on Feb. 14 that the election would be held on March 28-29 ; on March 28 it was announced that polling would be extended for a further day on account of heavy rains which had led to voters being discouraged by transport difficulties . |
| 22 | While Agassi and Sampras , with supreme pre-final confidence , had flown home from Frankfurt after the ATP Finals for a few days of relaxation in Florida before returning to Europe , Noah had taken his squad off to a Swiss tennis resort , where they trained for 6 hours a day , offered themselves for 30 minutes daily to the press for customary grilling and focussed wholly on the task in hand . |
| 23 | My boyfriend at the time , two friends and I , decided to kick around the Loch Tay area for a few days between Christmas and New Year , since the only decent hotel we could find open was the Ledcreich Hotel at Balquhidder . |
| 24 | ‘ Could n't you stay with me for a few days in case those men come back . ’ |
| 25 | However luck was not with us for , as a reward for jumping in the intervals of appalling freezing fog , he got flu as a Christmas present and was delayed for a few days in hospital at Ringway . |
| 26 | Uterine contractions continue for a few days after birth ( they are often particularly evident when the child begins to suck at the nipple ) . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | However , a good night 's sleep and a hearty breakfast worked wonders and the whole team was soon ready for a full day of Medau at the Norfolk Festival of Movement . |
| 29 | He sighed tiredly , as though he had been working for a full day with stone and timber , and tried to listen to James Menzies , who was well away , drinking whisky with Allan and simmering with the news from the west , where the lists had been torn down from the church doors at Fortingall and Kenmore , and from Blair Atholl : the Duke 's factor had had to meet a crowd of more than a thousand and the Duke had signed a paper swearing not to impose the Act . |
| 30 | Indeed , the primitive matchlocks could only be discharged a maximum of sixteen times during a whole day of battle . |