Example sentences of "day [pers pn] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chris Christmas day I had a real chest erm and mouth and everything . |
| 2 | One day I had a mind-blowing experience ; I was sent on relief to Sainsbury 's Finchley Road shop . |
| 3 | All in all it was with a feeling of indescribable joy that on the sixth day I saw a familiar figure coming towards me among the prompt arrivals . |
| 4 | One day I spent a whole morning preparing snails . |
| 5 | One day I found a dead blackbird , already in an advanced state of decay , in the road outside my house . |
| 6 | One day I found a little bag . |
| 7 | One day you saw a loose woman |
| 8 | See at least once during the day you have a milky coffee and that 's a pint of milk . |
| 9 | Then one day she had a real reason to worry . |
| 10 | The following day she caught an early train from King 's Cross station and set off on the two-hundred-mile journey north . |
| 11 | On Boxing Day she put a short note through Doris 's door with her little bit of news and positively ran back home , feeling suddenly young again and full of energy . |
| 12 | But the following day she telephoned a local newspaper , the Sowetan , saying she feared for her life , and asked for protection . |
| 13 | Next day we followed a faint path that continued up a steep-sided valley towards the crater . |
| 14 | The next day we shared a three-course meal ( I have to say the food was excellent , thanks to Jimmy and Martin , the youth workers at the Farm ) called an ‘ agape . ’ |
| 15 | Because at the end of the day we had a hundred percent women in the union in that bakery . |
| 16 | Another day we had an open-air meeting in a field by a river near Southampton Airport . |
| 17 | For the rest of the day we skirted a large swamp ; that night the mosquitoes were particularly bad . |
| 18 | Next day we found a good army doctor who examined Rachel and said with care she would soon be well , the M & B had done its work , and then to add to our trouble you all went down with scarlet fever — caught on the boat I expect . |
| 19 | The next day we did a heavy climb to the Harris saddle which is the summit ; unfortunately there was heavy mist after a rainy night and we did n't get the views . |
| 20 | Earlier in the day they returned a similar verdict on Kevin Gee , 27 . |
| 21 | The next day they crossed a relentless plain of reeds and coarse grass , relieved only by colonies of bustard and the black tents of Kurdish tribesmen . |
| 22 | The following day they gave a home-coming party at Haddon Hall and invited many of their friends : Tony Visconti , Mary Hopkin , Lindsay Kemp , Mick Ronson , George Underwood , Freddie Barretti , Ken Scott and Mary Finnigan whom he kissed on the cheek and said , ‘ I love you , Mary . ’ |
| 23 | That day they encountered an Armenian priest who informed them that the mountain towards which they were heading had never been ascended and , moreover , never would be . |
| 24 | Next day they provided a mock battle . |
| 25 | Later in the day he cut a vast birthday cake , and mounted a gold — yes gold — chariot , drawn by six horses . |
| 26 | As Endill was walking back to his dormitory after lessons the next day he heard a faint ticking at the end of the main corridor . |
| 27 | Next day he had a better idea , and sent word to Mr Shankar that he would have to go instead . |
| 28 | This particular day he had a young fireman called Tom Smith , a big strong lad with a fiery temper . |
| 29 | On this particular day he had a subsidiary board meeting at 9am , after which he dealt with phone messages and post . |
| 30 | That day he led a mild extreme to the right of Praying Mantis with his usual mixture of accuracy and irresistible momentum . |