Example sentences of "[adj] afternoon " in BNC.
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| 1 | It occurred to him that he had not worn his best clothes for many weeks ; not since that confusing afternoon when some of Buddie 's friends had rushed through the house carrying boxes , cases and sacks that must not be discovered when the police came to search the place . |
| 2 | It had been a confusing afternoon as well as a satisfying one , but one thing was clear , quite clear . |
| 3 | One top dealer used to take the odd afternoon off , and secretly work for another licensed dealer nearby , taking his commission payments there cash in hand . |
| 4 | Backers of favourites should have a profitable afternoon at Lingfield . |
| 5 | ‘ You seem to have had a profitable afternoon . ’ |
| 6 | Wales lost the lineout count 24-19 against England but Gareth Llewellyn , stationed at two , had a profitable afternoon , claiming ten clean catches . |
| 7 | She turned towards him , her head propped on her hand , and he saw the strong afternoon light shafting with gold the cropped brightly dyed hair . |
| 8 | They 're all friendly , and fascinated by the way our dinghies plane past in clouds of spray in the strong afternoon winds . |
| 9 | It 's not easy to learn in the strong afternoon winds of the high season unless you 're pretty fit . |
| 10 | These difficulties were forgotten as we cycled down into town and in hot dry afternoon air , shouting ‘ I thought that this was what the weather was supposed to be like ! ’ |
| 11 | Birds were singing , dogs were being exercised , children shouted in the distance , but the pleasant afternoon had its drawbacks , as the Sergeant explained . |
| 12 | It was a pleasant afternoon and my thoughts were on In Salah one hundred and eighty miles away . |
| 13 | ‘ Comfortably ensconced in front of the TV set , with a handy line to the bookmaker , we would have a pleasant afternoon with champagne , smoked sandwiches and the like . ’ |
| 14 | There 's no reason why a fellow who wants to spend a pleasant afternoon playing a decent game of rugby should have his life ruined . |
| 15 | On to the afternoon and clearer skies will continue to push across much of central and southern Scotland , so a very pleasant afternoon in store for most places . |
| 16 | He finished his lunch , went back to his office , gave a bemused Müller a stern warning about the standards expected from state officials , buckled into a solid afternoon 's work and , when the working day was over , carried a bulging briefcase home . |
| 17 | They stayed in the bedroom for half an hour or so , talking , looking at the things , talking : and Clara remembered thinking at the time that it was just such a honeysuckle-filtered , sunny conversational afternoon that would in years to come , whatever those years might bring , cause her the most sad and exquisite nostalgia . |
| 18 | Which was a shame , since each afternoon we sauntered round the beautifully manicured , palm-fringed courses at La Manga . |
| 19 | Tripoli postponed the elections until February ; Ajdabiyans confidently expected them on 1 February , and after that day the chairman of the local Assembly telephoned Tripoli each afternoon to ask if he should hold the poll . |
| 20 | She comes to my room each afternoon . |
| 21 | But each afternoon it comes again , and it is nearer . |
| 22 | Car parks and footpaths are open during daylight throughout the year , and the Battlefield Centre at Ambion Hill Farm is open each afternoon during summer months . |
| 23 | The journey home each afternoon seemed endless . |
| 24 | It was Molly Piggott , later to be Molly Curdle , who took out Ruth Bassett 's little nephew Paul Young each afternoon . |
| 25 | the number of people served each afternoon |
| 26 | Daily injections of melatonin given at 3.30 each afternoon , entrained the rats to a 24 hour cycle . |
| 27 | Daily passenger figures are averaging 100 but weekends are looking up with more than double that figure each afternoon . |
| 28 | When the children clattered , yelling , down the bus steps , their mothers regarded them with a mixture of disgust and pride , as if amazed anew each afternoon that they had managed to produce children of such spectacular offensiveness . |
| 29 | The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures — Growing up in the universe : Each afternoon from 30 December to 3 January . |
| 30 | They got away with it — that day and three more days in a row : each afternoon when she heard his whistle she stole out and crouched in the grassy fosse beneath the wall . |