Example sentences of "[verb] a day of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | So whether you come along to buy , try or just sigh , we can guarantee a day of thrills and trills . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | How many of these locks do you think you 'd have done a day of the cylinder lock ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Anger at the preponderance of communists in the NSF , together with suspicions that the punishment to be meted out to Securitate agents might be too lenient , erupted at a demonstration by over 10,000 people outside the NSF headquarters ( the former Foreign Ministry building ) in Victory Square on Jan. 12 , following ceremonies marking a Day of National Mourning for the victims of the revolution . |
| 8 | Plans are now being made by the local branches of CNHC to organise a day of reflection for people working in housing organisations . |
| 9 | Rolf Hüppi , Zurich 's chief executive since 1991 and once the prime mover behind its multinationals business , sees a day of reckoning ahead for Europe 's 4,000-plus insurance companies . |
| 10 | It had been a wet May with a few scarce hours of sunshine at the beginning of the month and little since , but today the grey skies that had hung over the land like a shroud had broken , and high white clumps of cloud were bowling swiftly across the blue sky betokening a day of good weather . |
| 11 | We may as well make a day of it , then start out early tomorrow . ’ |
| 12 | From Vienna the Rousse will sail along the Danube to Budapest allowing a day of excursions and , we hope , a visit to the Opera House or Erkel Theatre . |
| 13 | If you made a Day of the Dead cake at home you always hid a coin in it , and the person who found it was supposed to live for ever . |
| 14 | A 1901 flycatcher invented by Louise Nicola could also be arranged as a calendar in such a manner that each sheet represents a day of the week so that the person using the flycatcher , after having torn off the sheets for a week , is compelled to read the advertisements printed therein . |
| 15 | SATURDAY : By caique or ferry to Bodrum ( optional excursion ) on the Turkish coastline where you can sample a day of eastern delights , or stay on Kos and relax on the beach . |
| 16 | Our TWO winners , and their partners , will have a VIP trip to the Knavesmire to enjoy a day of top class racing in champagne style ! |
| 17 | It is good to meet and discuss with colleagues how your work is going and to enjoy a day of movement together . |
| 18 | Imagine how lovely it would be — you could take the whole family and make a day of it . |
| 19 | ‘ Make a day of it ? ’ |
| 20 | So I 'll try and get something sorted before May , if not then we 'll go to the one in July , it 'll be red it should be red hot in July and it 's a really nice day and if we make a day of it , then we can take a picnic and you know it 's very so pleasant . |
| 21 | Then began a day of great anxiety , to put it mildly . |
| 22 | Tanks now patrol the city centre , and instead of a celebration of their Independence Day , Armenian nationalists were holding a day of mourning |
| 23 | The decision to quit the ERM followed a day of fiasco in which Lamont raised interest rates twice — by five per cent — then cancelled the last rise . |
| 24 | There followed a day of more mixed climbing and some grade V rock , and then , after a second bivouac , a tiring slog up a huge hanging glacier and an endless snow arête . |
| 25 | It followed a day of telephone talks between Sir John and Keegan , who drove straight to his £500,000 home in Romsey , Hampshire after the final whistle on Saturday . |
| 26 | It followed a day of incidents yesterday when people in the Breton ports of Concarneau and Roscoff staged protest marches , attacked warehouses and forced a British cargo ferry carrying lorries loaded with fish to switch ports . |
| 27 | Richard Baxter arranged a day of special prayer and fasting for her deliverance on New Year 's Eve 1659 . |
| 28 | Since December , the strip has not known a day of quiet : the clashes between the Israeli army and Palestinian demonstrators are fought in towns and villages as well as in the eight refugee camps . |
| 29 | There were fewer of them and they were shorter than his mother 's and none of them was dated beyond giving a day of the week . |
| 30 | Cicely Harris is to run a day of Medau at the Tunbridge Wells Adult Education Centre in March , hopefully with a view to a class being started there . |