Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I do n't think there 'll be any to spare for a day or two . |
| 2 | I urge the assembly to accept this amendment to depart from this statement , to commend to our churches the use of the apostle 's creed and to wait for a day of broad theological agreement which in the providence of God and by the work of the holy spirit will surely come and then agree upon a statement of faith which we shall all agree and be able to commend enthusiastically to the church but until then to depart from this one . |
| 3 | Those moths that settle there will probably only stay for a day and then continue higher still . |
| 4 | ‘ The land is poisoned for a day 's march in every direction . ’ |
| 5 | Initially Cornford was taught as a day boy in Cambridge , but when he was nine he was sent as a boarder to Copthorne Preparatory School in Sussex . |
| 6 | A win or a loss could affect how well you lived for a day or two . |
| 7 | If you would like to attend for a day or a weekend , we would be delighted to welcome you , but do let us know in advance ! |
| 8 | As on previous courses any Qualified Teacher wishing to attend for a day is very welcome to do so ( £10 per day ) , and is making a new list of teachers who might like to take up spare places on the Aston Clinton weekends ( £55 ) . |
| 9 | And the , as I say , it must have been difficult to go through a day , between nineteen thirty-nine , and nineteen forty-five without hearing the National Anthem somewhere , somehow . |
| 10 | For example , the day commemorating the massacre of the Holy Innocents , 28 December , was regarded as a day of particular ill-omen , especially in the fifteenth century . |
| 11 | I see the camera closing to find her old Masai friends gathering after a day , another of the infinite number of days , spent caring for the cattle . |
| 12 | Our visitor had little knowledge of the passions or indeed the psychology of small boys , for he casually admitted after a day or two that he had inscribed the Master 's name on the bat himself ! |
| 13 | Refrigerate for a day . |
| 14 | ‘ A bit tired , but the doctor said that was to be expected for a day or two . |
| 15 | We 're confident of our high maintenance standards , and guarantee generous repayments if they 're immobilised for a day or more . |
| 16 | A VETERAN police inspector caught drink driving after a day out with friends has quit the force , a court was told yesterday . |
| 17 | They all worked at the BUPA South Bank Hospital in Worcester , and were returning after a day 's training at a hospital in Cardiff when the crash happened . |
| 18 | So looks like a day in tomorrow . |
| 19 | Commitment offering oneself to the lord in the service of the church and the world is the third and quite prominent element in the service of confirmation as we have it , and as we say in a day when emphasis is being laid on the ministry of the whole people of God there is surely value in a definite act of commitment on a definite day . |
| 20 | ‘ At first , I had a few reservations but we got it mixed in a day . |
| 21 | The 63 students and teachers from Weston-super-Mare College , Avon , were returning from a day trip when the coach skidded and crashed . |
| 22 | I make this point after returning from a day 's walking near Ullswater when I was approached by a party of walkers who had followed me for some distance thinking that I was headed for the same destination . |
| 23 | They were returning from a day 's repair and construction work at an army base in Omagh . |
| 24 | The normal price for any given daily supply of fish , which we are now seeking , is the price which will quickly call into the fishing trade capital and labour enough to obtain that supply in a day 's fishing of average good fortune ; the influence which the price of fish will have upon capital and labour available in the fishing trade being governed by rather narrow causes such as these . |
| 25 | Around 90 per cent of people can learn to juggle within a day . |
| 26 | There was also a " thematic " test relating to a day out journey in which a bus timetable was used . |
| 27 | According to colleagues , whose judgment of distance had been honed over a day spent working on yardage charts , the sliver of wood was four centimetres long . |
| 28 | As it happened , the visit occurred on a day when southern Saskatchewan was experiencing one of the heaviest snow blizzards in years . |
| 29 | rather than walk round with wads in your pocket every day , they liked to be able to work on a day to day pay system |
| 30 | The most unlikely moment for Claire to talk about a day when she and her brother went walking across the land of a man who believed he 'd come back from the dead as a fox . |