Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 31 | The local name comes from the loud braying call which is always at its loudest at four o'clock in the morning , just when you are looking for a bit more sleep after a tiring day . |
| 32 | After a long session of testing , Alex became increasingly crotchety and unco-operative and , in one marvellous sequence captured on video-tape , after a tiring day at the office the parrot says : ‘ I 'm going to go away ’ . |
| 33 | Counsel conjured up for us the picture of the accused person , after a gruelling day in court , returning to the cells to be met with the sight of an official of the Serious Fraud Office , armed with a further batch of questions , which he would be forced to answer on pain of being prosecuted for another offence . |
| 34 | After a good day 's fishing he persuaded me to spend the night at Fullcircle . |
| 35 | But , after a glorious day 's exploring , by the time we turned for home the weather had become very wild , and as we approached the first barrier , waves were breaking fiercely over the road . |
| 36 | After a fabulous day in a London hotel with the six finalists , our prestigious panel of judges made their final decision . |
| 37 | Randy Rarick had once said that ‘ to be declared world champion after a two-foot day at Manly just was n't significant . ’ |
| 38 | Speechlessly Fabia stared at him , and he went on to explain , ‘ Then last night , after a sublime day , we went out to dine and I began to admit to myself that you were getting to me in a big way . ’ |
| 39 | And for a special treat after a special day we recommend you put the car away , order up something tasty and drink the finest the Rhineland grapes can produce . |
| 40 | He might well be creating havoc with her pulse-rate , but he was only doing it to comfort her after a bad day ; it did n't mean there was anything personal in the action . |
| 41 | Another 250 words may not sound much in the great scheme of things , but after a heavy day at Pipeline and an end-of-contest thrash at the Turtle Bay Hilton , it felt like being asked to dash off another chapter of War and Peace . |
| 42 | I was n't dependent on coke , any more than it was nice to have a line after a heavy day — just like someone might have a glass of wine . |
| 43 | Despite his injuries , he burned the candle furiously at both ends ; often , after a heavy day 's fighting , he would roar up to Paris , 150 miles away , in his huge open sports car , then return after a night of carousal and heavy drinking to fly a dawn patrol . |
| 44 | I suppose it is an inevitable reaction of those who look at the world with questioning eyes , to regard everyone with suspicion and , after a whole day tracking spies on this spycatcher weekend , our senses were certainly finely tuned . |
| 45 | Karelius ' mare , after a whole day on her feet , stumbled gamely on across the freezing moorland towards Lake Satschen , and escape to the south . |
| 46 | After a whole day there was just a thin layer of muddy slush . |
| 47 | They came : a tight little group , guns in the crooks of their arms , chatting and laughing amongst themselves , like hunters strolling up to view the bag after a fine day in the field . |
| 48 | They were inexhaustible , even after a 10-hour day of hard sightseeing . |
| 49 | After a tough day at the office , Nancy covets a packet of crisps . |
| 50 | After a bracing day in the Welsh countryside , Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn , Bt , who has his own hunt , was ebullient . |
| 51 | The air was amazingly clear , as it often is after a wet day , and as they climbed the hill which would take them back to Pinehurst they could see , far ahead , the lights of several villages and one big town . |
| 52 | A late burst after a lacklustre day on the stockmarket sent the FT-SE index 5.6 points better at the close to 2721.8 , helped by a firmer opening on Wall Street . |
| 53 | In this they have the basis to succeed , and one teacher noted after a drop-in day for former pupils : |
| 54 | I 'm the sort of fellow who , after a hard day slogging away at the National Theatre , goes home and dips into a much-treasured , well-thumbed copy of Pope or Pepys . |
| 55 | Some admit they like it because the noise of hundreds of machines helps numb the mind after a hard day at work . |
| 56 | But none of the employees are expected to take on extra duties after a hard day in the shop . |
| 57 | A real mountain bastu is one of those experiences not to be missed , and all you could want after a hard day 's toil , a wonderful relaxant . |
| 58 | The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly as the marchers and their supporters wind down after a hard day . |
| 59 | Well , to embrace both decency and pop in this context , to be a socialist by day and a hip hopper by night after a hard day 's campaigning , are quite feasible options , but only in a rotten , free-market society such as our own . |
| 60 | In the evening , after a superb meal in the à la carte restaurant , we were treated to a Sunwing show followed by dancing to the latest sounds — only for those who were n't too tired after a hard day 's sunbathing ! |