Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Giant Tortoise … a visit to the beautiful island of La Digue can be booked locally as a day excursion by ferry from Praslin … |
| 2 | The Campbells steamer his mother had once taken him on for a day trip to Ilfracombe . |
| 3 | Everything cooks very slowly in a slo-cooker because the heating element is extremely gentle and costs no more to use than leaving a light bulb switched on for a day ( a few pence ) . |
| 4 | She thought and worked and grieved only for a day at a time . |
| 5 | In a sense , a very basic one , the riots were political : " a groping desire to settle accounts with the rich , if only for a day and to achieve some rough kind of social justice " . |
| 6 | but , it 's only for a day , so you do n't really know |
| 7 | She had been inside for a day . |
| 8 | Ask if you can come down for a day or two . |
| 9 | Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath . |
| 10 | Diane locked herself in her bedroom and would n't come down for a day because she was afraid of her father 's anger . |
| 11 | Firms would invite favoured clients or business associates down for a day at Sandwich , either as a reward for past favours rendered or in the hope that the goodwill created would lubricate some future deal . |
| 12 | I picture you on a trip up to London , perhaps for a day 's work experience at the offices of some conglomerate . |
| 13 | ‘ Last Tuesday Nellie , my wife , had to go to hospital and they kept her in for a day and a night for eye tests . |
| 14 | Cos I 've let myself in for a day of temping . |
| 15 | PUPILS at a Middlesbrough school welcomed the Bishop of Whitby into their classrooms when he called in for a day 's visit . |
| 16 | but a more intricate type of operation , where you 've got to be in for a day , they 're not |
| 17 | were , were dispatched in about a day ! |
| 18 | While I am not suggesting that you immediately dismantle an arrangement of flowers , perhaps after a day or two you could carefully remove a leaf or two , and a few flowers . |
| 19 | I mean he 's such a good son in law to me , he really is , I mean he , he , he 'll help Pete with any thing , especially when they lived here , he 'll help Peter with any thing and erm , he 's very , very good to Deb , he get 's in after a days work , he does the shopping and housework , look 's after the cats which he does n't particularly like |
| 20 | THE Prince and Princess of Wales last night stepped out on the town together after a day apart on separate engagements in the South Korean capital of Seoul . |
| 21 | ‘ Of course , ’ Robin-Anne went on , ‘ the brain eventually manufactures more dopamine , so after a day or two the cocaine can work again , and you go soaring up from hell into heaven . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh yes , ’ she said , ‘ I do sometimes , especially after a day like I 've had . |
| 23 | That 's what I 'm saying , they need , they need just a little , in fact we do here you could argue , er , I feel that all the elements there are of a turning into something a bit ugly , I think , I think they were very quick to drop those statues down , now I know , I know the fellow who in , who set up the K G B could have been the most popular bloke in the Soviet Union , but nonetheless , er he was down within a day , I hear this morning that Yeltsin 's talking about border changes and quite frankly they 're moving too quick and Gorbachev at least was providing a bit of restraint , and I think it , they want to think in terms of decade . |
| 24 | A row was all in a day 's work for her , and at the end she 'd feel pleased with herself and at peace with the world . |
| 25 | She had unflinchingly wrenched the arrow out of his arm as if ‘ t was all in a day 's work , and had argued with him all through the operation and while bandaging his wound later . |
| 26 | For Crawford , it was all in a day 's work , and split-second timing was the key . |
| 27 | Closer scrutiny of the precise meaning of ‘ alone , ’ as well as verification of the length of time infants would spend alone in a day , is needed if drawing conclusions that sudden infant deaths are not more common in babies whose periods of sleep are taken ‘ on their own . ’ |
| 28 | Bad when we meet someone at the station , but unbearable when we are seeing them off ; not present when we are departing ourselves , but unbearable when arriving in London , if only from a day in Brighton . ’ |
| 29 | ( 5 ) It will be helpful if the announcement of the offer can coincide with positive public relations coverage for the offeror. ( 6 ) Ideally , a bid should not be announced at a time when it will have a reduced impact ( eg on a day which is expected to be dominated by other major financial news or company announcements ) . |
| 30 | Well especially on a day like this , I mean you ca go out on a day like today . |