Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was my practice to arrive a day or two before the opening of a National Course in order to prepare the setting for my part in it ; and Basil usually found me in occupation of his normal workroom , setting up displays . |
| 2 | All that remained was for the Lord Chancellor by statutory instrument to appoint a day for s9 to come into effect . |
| 3 | Because the show is performed in London I would incur the cost of train or bus travel , plus overnight accommodation and the need to take a day 's holiday entitlement from work . |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | Because the hospice is extending its service to include a day hospice costs are set to increase dramatically and the donations from groups and individuals became all the more valuable . |
| 6 | In a county court , unless a hearing date has already been fixed , the plaintiff should request the court to fix a day for the hearing within six months of the close of pleadings ( CCR Ord 17 , r11(3) ( d ) ) . |
| 7 | WHEN delegates of the Whitbread Merit Table clubs took time off from their deliberations over leagues last week to enjoy a day out at the University Match , they took the opportunity to complain to Cardiff about the legions of players who have made the journey to the Arms Park in recent months . |
| 8 | Sometimes , it may be wise to arrange for the mortgage advance to come a day or two before completion is scheduled . |
| 9 | The only difficulty with arranging for the mortgage advance to come a day or two early is that interest will be charged to the client-borrower a day or two before completion is actually scheduled . |
| 10 | There was that very nice place in Keswick where he 'd always longed to take a smart woman to stay a day or two . |
| 11 | For this reason , he invited the previous speaker who had first referred to the lack of education of the people of the area to spend a day or two in the area sometime to experience it first hand . |
| 12 | The appeal , supported by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh , Norman Irons , aims to complete by 1994 the construction of the first two of four floors within the church to provide a day centre and restaurant for local pensioners and dementia sufferers . |
| 13 | THE latest in our weekly updates on an appeal led by Age Concern to build a day care centre for Darlington 's elderly people . |
| 14 | I had a curious brush with the law myself once when I was sent by my employer to attend a day seminar on drugs to be given at the local university by a police sergeant . |
| 15 | You are blindfolded and you ask your audience to choose a day from each of the five weeks in the month on the calendar . |
| 16 | It was early yet , she noted , and , feeling in no hurry to start a day that might well fall into the same luckless category as yesterday and the day before and the day before that , she sat up and leant against the headboard . |
| 17 | However , the LNG business is very complex and can confuse even the most experienced analysts , many of whom welcomed the opportunity to spend a day learning about this important asset in LASMO 's portfolio . |
| 18 | Guess who 's doing the extra day ? got my dad to cover a day . |
| 19 | These are as follows : ( 1 ) When the pleadings are deemed to be closed ; ( a ) there shall be discovery of documents within 28 days , and inspection within seven days thereafter , in accordance with para ( 5 ) ; ( b ) except with the leave of the court or where all parties agree ; ( i ) no expert evidence may be adduced at the trial unless the substance of that evidence has been disclosed to the other parties in the form of a written report within ten weeks ; and ( ii ) subject to para ( 7 ) , the number of expert witnesses of any kind shall be limited to two ; ( c ) photographs and sketch plans and , in an action for personal injuries , the contents of any police accident report book shall be receivable in evidence at the trial and shall be agreed if possible ; ( d ) unless a day has already been fixed , the plaintiff shall within six months request the proper officer to fix a day for the hearing and r 12 shall apply where such request is made . |
| 20 | ( 5 ) Where the plaintiff makes a request pursuant to para 1 ( a ) above for the proper officer to fix a day for the hearing , he shall file a note which shall if possible be agreed by the parties giving ; ( a ) an estimate of the length of the trial , and ( b ) the number of witnesses to be called . |
| 21 | If you 've reached this end of Gardom 's picking at its quiet and subtle fruits en route , then an amble back along the cliff top path is a fine way to end a day at this land that time nearly , but not quite , forgot . |
| 22 | After a while you just want the Jungle to take a day off . |
| 23 | ‘ What a way to spend a day ! |
| 24 | A very lazy way to spend a day in the sun , is to buy a ‘ day ’ ticket , and hop on and off the boats and in and out of the many cafes and restaurants dotted around the lake . |
| 25 | No doubt his pack of men would have returned later to retrieve it , but it did strike me as a rather unsatisfactory way to spend a day in the hills . |
| 26 | It is a lovely and quiet spot to spend a day out . |