Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb pp] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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1 | This led to a real Sunday morning 's devotion , singing new stanzas to the song I had started a few days before : ‘ Thank you for sore legs ; thank you for the pain ; I wan na thank you , Lord . |
2 | I had spent a long day in the autumn bargaining with the previous owner over the furniture and carpets and ended up having bought most of it at a reasonable price . |
3 | And then of course er when I got to New York we were quite friendly with all the people on the boat you know that made great friends with some of them and er I had two or three places to go , I had spent a few days at the World Fair and then I flew down to Washington and er then I came back again . |
4 | It was very hard work but you felt , well I 've done a good day 's work when you 'd finished . |
5 | If I 've had a great day and I 've been playing a lot and I feel real confident , it sometimes does n't come together on stage at all . |
6 | If I 've had a great day and I 've been playing a lot and I feel real confident , it sometimes does n't come together on stage at all . |
7 | ‘ I 've had a long day , Nora . |
8 | ‘ Anyway , I 've had a hard day . ’ |
9 | I 'm sorry , I 've had a bad day . ’ |
10 | ‘ I 've had a wonderful day , ’ she said . |
11 | I 've had a wonderful day and learnt a lot here |
12 | I 've had a busy day — washed doon a' the stair , |
13 | Yes , I 've had a busy day , my hours are all that full , |
14 | I 've had a busy day and I want to read my newspaper . ’ |
15 | I 've had a busy day and I want my dinner . |
16 | ‘ I 've had a lovely day , George . |
17 | ‘ I really must hurry along , I 've got a busy day in front of me . ’ |
18 | I 've got a few days I can go into work disco poster , I 've got ta do this and that . |
19 | I 've got a full day 's work to do . ’ |
20 | This obviously absorbing hobby is a good stress reliever , ‘ It 's pure escapism and therapeutic — if I have had a frustrating day at work , the minute I get home I pick up a piece of modelling plastic and start modelling , ’ said Rosemary . |