Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | With other Highlands and Islands MPs , he has signed an early day motion in the Commons objecting to a recently granted Several Order , a little-used mechanism which can entitle an individual or company to exclusive farming rights on the sea bed . |
| 2 | I think he got on er , quite well down there , because he 'd spent a few days up here he had a better idea of what he wanted to ask , and what he wanted to talk about and so on , but erm , only because his deadline 's and |
| 3 | And when I saw the landlady there she said that she did have a Mr there but he 'd left a few days ago , did n't know where he 'd got to . |
| 4 | The barman looked like he 'd had a long day 's journey into night , although the monocle and the silk smoking-jacket were as natty as ninepence . |
| 5 | The CO sat in another rain-washed tent to receive Charles 's fairly smart salute and ask him if he 'd had a good day . |
| 6 | Well not too early because he 'd had a hard day . |
| 7 | Anyway , he disappeared soon after you left — told Stella he 'd had a heavy day and was off to bed with a book . |
| 8 | Nor were matters helped by the fact he has two very important business associates here whom he 'd guaranteed an excellent day 's shooting . |
| 9 | ‘ It is chilling to go among strangers , ’ he had written a few days earlier , ‘ & I leave a lovely country . ’ |
| 10 | About five months earlier he had attended an open day at the power station during which the Acting Administrative Officer , Hilary Robarts , had given a short preliminary talk . |
| 11 | Aubrey , watching the three excitedly making plans , was sensitive enough not to mention the news he had received a few days ' earlier from his mother — that Madeleine and Dunbar were coming home with the regiment . |
| 12 | He had had a long day at the hospital and the drive down from London had not been easy . |
| 13 | He had had a good day at the office and his head had not troubled him ; they seemed pleased with his work ; he had been looking forward to telling her about it over supper , and now this . |
| 14 | ‘ His engineer would not take over as he had had a full day 's terror , so I volunteered to take over engine control in his place . |
| 15 | Perhaps he had had a bad day at the garage and had not sold enough crummy second-hand cars . |
| 16 | To preserve her anonymity they had agreed on the pseudonym Vesta , and if at first he had thought a few days in the East End might dampen her enthusiasm he had been proved wrong . |
| 17 | During dinner Sir Henry told us that he had spent a dull day and evening on his own . |
| 18 | Bourke says that he then drove Blake to new accommodation that he had rented a few days earlier at Highlever Road in north Kensington . |
| 19 | I think he 's had a busy day . |
| 20 | When he 's had a bad day he looks really sad . |
| 21 | Poor little chap , he 's had an ugly day , " she said . |