Example sentences of "[noun sg] for a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many in the tourism industry believe the revenue created would far outweigh any protests that it was just another excuse for a day off . |
| 2 | After some discussion we decided to hold up the cheque for a day or two instead of refusing it , while I made some informal inquiries . |
| 3 | While the Rolling Stones had sucked the counter-culture , hell 's angels , hippies , street theatres , and rock fans into the park for a day , the Isle of Wight created an encampment that lasted a week , and peaked , for good and ill , for three days . |
| 4 | As long as you 've got Windows 3.1 , 2Mb of RAM , and a monitor and VGA card capable of displaying 256 colours , you can become Michael Winner for a day ! |
| 5 | Its accountants sit down with the auditor for a day of conjuring tricks and , hey presto , £15m gets lost in a cloud of smoke , leaving a mere £7m to find . |
| 6 | Then they go for a month to a , Sue 's going on a computing course for a day on the tenth of June , the date Clare goes to Brompton , Isle of Wight , so I 'll have to bring them home . |
| 7 | I mean it it 's only external speakers that we should er I mean they come to the University for a day , I can set that up I mean we can do exactly the same at university . |
| 8 | Turakina had known from the first how he would react , but she had pretended resistance for a day and a night before giving her consent . |
| 9 | I was not quite sure I heard the question right — how did I feel like taking Jane Asher to a Marine Nature Reserve for a day ? |
| 10 | As for this dose — ’ he frowned in thought , ‘ — perhaps enough to keep her out of action for a day . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Still keen on films after seeing them in action for a day ? ’ |
| 12 | Men who had been unsuccessful in the search for a day 's work drifted into the dining rooms to pass the time away and many sat there on the bench seats , grateful for the warmth and a friendly chat . |
| 13 | His favourite relaxation was to toddle down to the quay and join the Royal Navy patrol boat for a day out . |
| 14 | Taxis are available for hire for full- or half-day excursions , and the cost for four compares very well with hiring a car for a day — without the trouble of driving yourself . |
| 15 | Er , and these resources , I think , are going to cost me er , X pound for a day . |
| 16 | His mother had been silent when she first saw it , and his father had been angry at the lack of enthusiasm and had arranged to take Stuart fishing for a day to a small loch where he could borrow a boat . |
| 17 | Instead of using complicated measurements involving colour purity , resolution etc. to compare their performance I simply used each monitor for a day . |
| 18 | It should be watered well and allowed to drain , and then put into its place in the home , out of the sun for a day or two . |
| 19 | IT MAY SEEM paradoxical to describe Mrs Curdle 's gipsy caravan first , for it only stood on the green for a day or two at the end of April and beginning of May each year . |
| 20 | You should try to prevent this situation arising , possibly by exercising the dog on the leash for a day or so if it has shown a tendency to behave in this fashion in the past . |
| 21 | Imagine paying eight hundred pounds return for a day . |
| 22 | Likewise , they can stand extreme cold and will not suffer even if trapped beneath a layer of ice for a day or two . |
| 23 | Southend was once the ideal place for a day out from the East End . |
| 24 | It is a superb place for a day out at any time of the year , but spring and early summer are certainly the best for birds ; in late summer ( from July onwards ) they can become very quiet and elusive in the dense foliage of the oaks . |
| 25 | While we are on the subject of money , it is interesting to note that Freud 's fee for an hour of his time was nearly four times the fee for a day in ‘ a first rate sanatorium ’ . |
| 26 | Having sworn allegiance to the sovereign on 15 October , the Volunteers then had a special function to perform two weeks later : they were out in force at Divine Service on 29 November , forming a focal point for a day of General Thanksgiving for the glorious victories achieved by His Majesty 's troops by land and sea . |
| 27 | I remember when my school opened , or just before it did , erm I got the staff together for a conference for a day , and got another East Sussex Head , James Quinn , who came along and talked to them , and one of the things he said was now for the next week or two , whatever John Werner says goes . |
| 28 | Welcome to Save The Children in Sutton Coldfield where children from school have taken over the shop for a day . |
| 29 | Certainly , he can enjoy the outcome for a day or two , but there is still a question mark over dealings in the longer term on the all-important economy , with the rivalry between the trading blocs dictating how ‘ special ’ the ‘ relationship ’ is likely to remain . |
| 30 | Take one cockroach , marinate in wine for a day , fry it in beef fat and smother with chocolate — it tastes delicious , says China 's Yangcheng Daily newspaper . |