Example sentences of "it [vb past] [verb] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found out how well after a serious filter failure while away , but it did take a few days for the lethargic specimen to return to full health . |
| 2 | It was a New England trawler , the Valhalla , based on Gloucester , Massachusetts , from which it had sailed a few days earlier . |
| 3 | By limiting itself to cautious probing on the 21st ( all except for the disobedient von Zwehl who had registered the day 's only success ) , it had lost a valuable day . |
| 4 | It had taken a full day for Merymose to obtain permission for Huy to visit the embalmer . |
| 5 | It had taken a few days to persuade her ladyship to accept change , for she had for so long been used to living in squalor that she could not at first accustom herself to an altered way of life . |