Example sentences of "[verb] a day 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is obviously too short to be considered a day 's walk so if you 're sticking to the low level route you should link straight in to Day 11 by following the road from Elterwater to Grasmere . |
| 2 | Not one of them has a day 's experience of working in British industry . |
| 3 | The last time I had an office job was in 1986 — it was a disaster , and I 'm pleased to be able to say that I have n't done a day 's work since . |
| 4 | ‘ Billy Sullivan ai n't done a day 's work since 'e got out o' the army . |
| 5 | By the time he is up in the morning , I have already done a day 's work … |
| 6 | ‘ I bet you 've done a day 's work already . |
| 7 | Yet is that not exactly what the hon. Member for Dunfermline , East ( Mr. Brown ) and his hon. Friends are advocating , through the establishment of a national investment bank and a host of other measures — despite the fact that the hon. Gentleman has never done a day 's work in industry in his life ? |
| 8 | in this place who have got up and done a day 's work before they 've come here ! |
| 9 | They are nothing worth looking at , for they have green hair and green teeth and little pigs ' eyes and long red noses and shod arms more like a flipper than any respectable arm that could do a day 's work . |
| 10 | I 'd love to be back in Bishop Auckland just now , if only for the gossip , but I ca n't do a day 's canvassing and sometimes feel a bit of a passenger . |
| 11 | I 've never missed a day 's work through illness in my life and I 'm still rushing around the country appearing in theatres and clubs . |
| 12 | This magical number may have rendered the split-screen sequence superfluous ; but most Astaire and Charisse fans would probably give a day 's pay to see it once . |
| 13 | At the Sollum Voe anchorage this 145 tons of sea water was pumped out and the ships patched up , causing a day 's delay but also giving time for Christmas dinner and a night 's sleep with everyone fully recovered from sea sickness , a malady with no respect for rank or courage . |
| 14 | We ate a day 's supply at a time , so there was never anything much in the house overnight except bread for breakfast and the staples that were bought on Saturday . |
| 15 | I 'll check to see what 's on offer and in the meantime , how would you like a day 's pay here ? ’ |
| 16 | The officer I have been escorting is a most pleasant chap , and I have really had a day 's holiday . |
| 17 | If you 've never had a day 's illness in your life , it 's hard to imagine the financial disruption that can be caused by sudden hospitalisation . |
| 18 | Harriet , who had hardly had a day 's illness in her life — unless she counted a bad attack of shingles some years previously — had at first been inclined to ignore her husband 's remarks . |
| 19 | She 'd never had a day 's illness in her life , but Timothy 's future was beginning to prey on her mind . |
| 20 | She has n't had a day 's illness in her life . ’ |
| 21 | Apart from that I 've never had a day 's illness in my life ; never been in bed a whole day . |
| 22 | I 've never had a day 's illness in my life , thank you very much . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm a Sunderland supporter who lives down here , I 've only had a day 's notice . |
| 24 | In fact , helping out with the dreary road and fitness work could result in you being offered a day 's hunting or perhaps a ride around a hunter trial or whatever . |
| 25 | Guests staying 7 nights or more are offered a day 's complimentary car hire ( full insurance included ) and those staying 14 nights are also entitled to an excursion to Capri . |
| 26 | If you lose a day 's sailing or more , we pay you . |
| 27 | so , if you normally work a five day week and lose a day 's work you will not get UB for that day because you are not unemployed for 3 days of the social welfare week . |
| 28 | This was also controlled by a private club , but we were sometimes given a day 's fishing and generally managed to come home with a few trout . |
| 29 | Selma sits in the shade of her house , enjoying a day 's holiday because her employers are away . |
| 30 | If for some reason you have to miss a day 's exercises , be sure to return to the missed day before continuing with the programme . |