Example sentences of "a whole day [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In theory it 's a lovely idea , a whole day just relaxing and listening to God etc , but actually Dad was rather ‘ down ’ this morning before they left — I think he was worried he 'd have more of the Virgin Mary rammed down his throat , and , quite frankly , would rather be playing golf with Mark , or going for a gentle walk with all of us . |
| 2 | Saturday night is racing cars up and down the eight miles of road , the nearest policeman being , perhaps , a whole day away . |
| 3 | I gobbled them down — there was a whole day ahead of me and no guarantee of food — and washed them down with water . |
| 4 | It does n't sound much , but if we ignored those extra few hours , after four years our calendar year would be a whole day ahead of the solar year . |
| 5 | It can be a lonely , isolated life on a farm and a whole day often passes without meeting or talking to anyone . |
| 6 | That we 'd go to the shore , and we 'd spend a whole day there , no lemonade and biscuits then . |
| 7 | Just think , we 'll have practically a whole day together … . ’ |
| 8 | Only three or four times , in the whole of the past three years , had they actually had the luxury of a whole day together . |