Example sentences of "[verb] a day [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He has won a day for himself and a companion at Doncaster Races on March 19 the opening meeting of the Flat by providing the first correct entry opened in our recent racing competition .
2 Rachel Karafistan , now 18 , who co-founded the Bare Essentials Youth Theatre , will know soon whether she has won a day at the Olivier theatre , working with actors and directors including Anthony Hopkins , Ian McKellen and Richard Eyre , as part of the Lloyds Bank Theatre Challenge .
3 Do you need a day like this specifically to raise funds .
4 The cloudless sky promised a day for haymaking , or a day for lovers to stroll through heavy-leafed woods to rest beside the green cool of a streambank .
5 The nurses made approximately 41 visits a day to clients with leg ulcers .
6 Both men , however , had to suffer a day of ups and downs — including two engine failures in the morning on their new ‘ high-tech ’ MP4/7A race cars — before they found the pace in the afternoon .
7 It gave the Celts delightful chieftains , such as Lovernius who entertained hugely : " And when at length he fixed a day for the ending of the feast , a Celtic poet who arrived too late met Lovernius and composed a song magnifying his greatness and lamenting his own late arrival .
8 She wants a day in bed , she , breakfast in bed today .
9 Drink-driver caught a day after binge
10 to provide a day for the people who
11 Members of the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education at Scarborough technical College are staging a day of action this week over the new Further Education Bill .
12 I was , then , both surprised and disappointed to discover a day before the visit that Sir James would be coming alone .
13 She never had to work a day in her life . ’
14 The campaign is based around a $1 million advertising campaign on the slogan : " Your car can survive a day without you : can you survive without your car ? "
15 Most high flying executives , he told me , could not survive a day without a list in lieu of a memory .
16 If the current owner does not wish to continue with an involvement in the business after its sale but currently has a day to day role in the business it is important to address this issue and to demonstrate the ability of the remainder of the management team to perform without him .
17 She has a day off a week .
18 However , on Fridays she has a day at home .
19 Yes , well she goes on the second of July , she has a day at school .
20 Oh she has a day in school .
21 So whether you come along to buy , try or just sigh , we can guarantee a day of thrills and trills .
22 For five years , the ensemble IXION has presented a day of pioneering music within the festival and this year they celebrate with anniversary greetings to Xenakis ( 70 ) and John Cage ( 80 ) .
23 How many of these locks do you think you 'd have done a day of the cylinder lock ?
24 You are blindfolded and you ask your audience to choose a day from each of the five weeks in the month on the calendar .
25 Try the following two fillings ( they can both be prepared a day in advance and refrigerated ) , but wait until the last minute before filling the choux buns to prevent the pastry going soggy .
26 I says that 's got ta be Warren , it could n't be anybody else , so when I come down I went off like , well I tell ya I ca n't do it , so I knew it was so I picked up the wrong she says oh I 'm just ringing because you can see what the weather is she says and you could n't go and do a day in erm , with your
27 ‘ I play hockey and I have never missed a day through sickness in 17 years , even with torn muscles and ligaments , ’ he said .
28 This chapter describes a day in the life of the Royal Hampshire Regiment , in this strife-torn corner of the United Kingdom .
29 Here Captain Phillip Watkins , holding the appointment of Humanitarian Officer with the Royal Horse Artillery , describes a day in his life in Cyprus whilst wearing the blue beret of the UN .
30 Then came a day of snow showers , and she did not want to drive and waited until the late afternoon while Magnus sat and whined by the door .
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