Example sentences of "[noun] for a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many in the tourism industry believe the revenue created would far outweigh any protests that it was just another excuse for a day off . |
| 2 | After some discussion we decided to hold up the cheque for a day or two instead of refusing it , while I made some informal inquiries . |
| 3 | While the Rolling Stones had sucked the counter-culture , hell 's angels , hippies , street theatres , and rock fans into the park for a day , the Isle of Wight created an encampment that lasted a week , and peaked , for good and ill , for three days . |
| 4 | As long as you 've got Windows 3.1 , 2Mb of RAM , and a monitor and VGA card capable of displaying 256 colours , you can become Michael Winner for a day ! |
| 5 | Its accountants sit down with the auditor for a day of conjuring tricks and , hey presto , £15m gets lost in a cloud of smoke , leaving a mere £7m to find . |
| 6 | You would n't ten shillings for a day . |
| 7 | Or it would be approximately ten shillings for a day because we had to work Saturday morning , although it was at Newark and got to travel twenty |
| 8 | Then they go for a month to a , Sue 's going on a computing course for a day on the tenth of June , the date Clare goes to Brompton , Isle of Wight , so I 'll have to bring them home . |
| 9 | I mean it it 's only external speakers that we should er I mean they come to the University for a day , I can set that up I mean we can do exactly the same at university . |
| 10 | Turakina had known from the first how he would react , but she had pretended resistance for a day and a night before giving her consent . |
| 11 | The target groups for a day hospital for dementing patients would be the 3 lowest categories — C , D and E. All category E patients would be included as well as a proportion of those in group D and a smaller proportion of group C. Although inevitably factors such as level of agreement to use day hospital facilities and the frequency of attendance of patients influence the final figure , 7–9 day places is not an unrealistic figure , though this exceeds current nationally derived guidelines . |
| 12 | I was not quite sure I heard the question right — how did I feel like taking Jane Asher to a Marine Nature Reserve for a day ? |
| 13 | As for this dose — ’ he frowned in thought , ‘ — perhaps enough to keep her out of action for a day . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Still keen on films after seeing them in action for a day ? ’ |
| 15 | London team gives an honorarium to office sitters of £5–£10 for a day |
| 16 | Expect to pay around £20 for a day 's activities . |
| 17 | Men who had been unsuccessful in the search for a day 's work drifted into the dining rooms to pass the time away and many sat there on the bench seats , grateful for the warmth and a friendly chat . |
| 18 | She recently turned down £1,500 for a day 's work because she did not want to miss school . |
| 19 | His favourite relaxation was to toddle down to the quay and join the Royal Navy patrol boat for a day out . |
| 20 | Taxis are available for hire for full- or half-day excursions , and the cost for four compares very well with hiring a car for a day — without the trouble of driving yourself . |
| 21 | And now , Isabel had spoken the first words for a day or more , only to make them aggrieved , angry words , and incomprehensible too . |
| 22 | Er , and these resources , I think , are going to cost me er , X pound for a day . |
| 23 | His mother had been silent when she first saw it , and his father had been angry at the lack of enthusiasm and had arranged to take Stuart fishing for a day to a small loch where he could borrow a boat . |
| 24 | Instead of using complicated measurements involving colour purity , resolution etc. to compare their performance I simply used each monitor for a day . |
| 25 | He waited months for a day centre place ; when he got one it was unsuitable and he refused to go . |
| 26 | The ‘ Minister of the Crown ’ role was hung on little Colin Moynihan for a day or two while everyone tried not to laugh ; he was , after all , only just over five foot tall and Minister for Sport and he had , after all , not slept with Pamella , only been with her at the Winter Ball . |
| 27 | It should be watered well and allowed to drain , and then put into its place in the home , out of the sun for a day or two . |
| 28 | June temperatures hit the south of England for a day , with London in the 70s . |
| 29 | ‘ Not the best shoes for a day out , ’ remarked Brown Owl as she opened her first aid kit . |
| 30 | IT MAY SEEM paradoxical to describe Mrs Curdle 's gipsy caravan first , for it only stood on the green for a day or two at the end of April and beginning of May each year . |