Example sentences of "[adv] for the day " in BNC.
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| 1 | We ca n't just nip on a coach and go somewhere for the day . |
| 2 | With the knowledge that the main feeding , bedding , etc. for the day was over , farmers could attend afternoon courses in a more relaxed and receptive frame of mind . |
| 3 | It will see me all right for the day . |
| 4 | By twelve o'clock he had usually earned enough to live on for the day . |
| 5 | ‘ Enough for the day is the evil thereof , friar . |
| 6 | He meant , among other things , are you living with anyone ? and she knew it , but she cared too much for the day together to tell him one way or the other . |
| 7 | ‘ What a pity you are here only for the day — I could pick your brains very profitably . ’ |
| 8 | I lived only for the day when I would come into my own . |
| 9 | Thanks to McAlpine Helicopters , the Aerospatiale helicopter distributor for the UK , I was given the chance to join the PPL rotor wing elite … if only for the day . |
| 10 | She congratulated herself on the enterprise and initiative which had allowed her to cheat Rose Cottage , to outwit ‘ Time ’ , if only for the day . |
| 11 | Several factories in Northamptonshire , anticipating the drift to the County Ground for the mid-week game , closed down for the day , but in Northampton itself factory workers were allowed the afternoon off only if they made up for it in overtime . |
| 12 | Gunn was in splendid form : it was just past 7 o'clock , he was the 19th caddie to get his name down for the day and , almost certainly , he would work two jobs before nightfall . |
| 13 | Most businesses , including much of Hollywood , have shut down for the day . |
| 14 | I told her it 's my wife come down for the day … ’ |
| 15 | Now , as they left the shuttle lounge at Heathrow , mixed in with the commuters and shoppers who had come down for the day , Adam saw the tail . |
| 16 | Maurice was deserted , Maurice having been invited , as he quite often was , to go down for the day to Brighton . |
| 17 | If the candidate seems settled in for the day stand up and help him/her with their coat , or begin to walk towards the door . |
| 18 | Let's get inside , the rain 's set in for the day . ’ |
| 19 | As I left the next shift was settling in for the day , writing up diaries , reading novels and brewing up endless cups of tea . |
| 20 | Well Miss rang me up about twenty to nine and said could I come in for the day and I said you 've had it for the day though consider the afternoon . |
| 21 | And is that for children who are living there or just go in for the day ? |
| 22 | Just go in for the day till their parents go to work I think . |
| 23 | In for the day that is |
| 24 | But if we do n't get a good response to this I might stick it in for the day in The Post . |
| 25 | All right then well thank you Simon that 's a broad thank you and and thank you very much for your money as well a hundred and fifty quid he gave that 's loads of dosh er to come in for the day as well and I 'm going to take you out for a a nice lunch in a bit when he can wonder around have a poke around everywhere this afternoon too so should be all right should n't it that ? |
| 26 | We 'll plot and plan together for the day when it 's opportune to strike ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ We are trapped together for the day . ’ |
| 28 | Why do n't we just go away for the day ? ’ |
| 29 | Rose and myself are away for the day . ’ |
| 30 | It 's also great for families : ‘ Minders ’ give younger children their own holiday while parents sail away for the day . |