Example sentences of "[conj] [n mass] a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was spending £2 or £3 a day on chocolate . |
| 2 | It 's very difficult to live with £1 or £2 a day . ’ |
| 3 | The British are among the biggest sugar consumers in the developed world , eating around 100grams or 4oz a day . |
| 4 | If you are especially concerned about cutting fat intake but do n't need to lose weight , you should look at the figures for fat and aim to eat no more than 93g a day ( for a man ) and 70g a day ( for a woman ) . |
| 5 | This would come out better than $150 a day . |
| 6 | ‘ If you want to go swimming you can do it for less than £800 a day . |
| 7 | If you are especially concerned about cutting fat intake but do n't need to lose weight , you should look at the figures for fat and aim to eat no more than 93g a day ( for a man ) and 70g a day ( for a woman ) . |
| 8 | And they er locked us out until we 'd go back for ten and thruppence a day , so of course we did n't go back . |
| 9 | Oh aye , of course you do , you had to do , you used to go tater- picking , my duckie , for one and sixpence a day . |
| 10 | One and sixpence a day , but Mr was the best paid , was two bob a day . |
| 11 | The cheaper boarding houses was er would er be er four and sixpence a day , full board . |
| 12 | These less than princely sums she supplemented with three nights teaching , and sixpence a day from her frugal mother for tea to wash down her piece . |
| 13 | Most secondary schools serving dinners offer a range of dishes which include the traditional meat and two veg , pizzas and salads or vegetarian dishes at a cost of between 55p and £1.25p a day . |
| 14 | Hire costs between £25 and £30 a day for a Group A vehicle , depending on season . |
| 15 | The famous American film star , W C Fields , has been known to earn as much as £1,000 a day and yet he has said that his greatest thrill in life is the luxury of stretching out at night between freshly laundered sheets . |
| 16 | And anyway , the thought of spending January and February in Spain or Portugal for as little as £10 a day seems attractive in its own right . |
| 17 | Depending on your age and the premium you choose starting from as little as 25p a day — the Plan can provide cover to well over £14,000 . |