Example sentences of "[prep] a long day " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were benighted after a long day 's ride to Rannoch , ordering floor timber for the mill . ’ |
| 2 | If we are using up to five times the energy that we really need to move , then it is hardly surprising that , after a long day , all we can do is ‘ collapse in a heap ’ ! |
| 3 | Carl had got home after a long day . |
| 4 | After a long day of wiping her son 's eyes , arse and office floors , mummy was often too exhausted to continue the struggle . |
| 5 | That 's something that did n't happen when I came home after a long day at work . |
| 6 | Most accountants would be only too happy to go home and put their feet up after a long day at the office . |
| 7 | And after a long day 's walking , what better way to end it than with a glass of cider in one of St Ives ' treasures — The Three Ferrets . |
| 8 | At the major shows , winners are often exposed to the glare of television lights , and expected to parade for the cameras as well , before journeying back home after a long day . |
| 9 | The EVA wedge at the heel gives good shock absorption , but I wish it travelled the whole length of the boot as I find the balls of my feet get sore after a long day on the hill . |
| 10 | Food never tastes so good as it does after a long day 's hike . |
| 11 | After a long day 's hearing , such as obviously took place here , that might be the sensible thing to do so that the court is not producing these important findings and reasons under pressure . |
| 12 | After a long day sitting in the coach , I decided to get out at Millcote , leave my luggage at the hotel , and walk across the fields to Thornfield . |
| 13 | Karen was tired after a long day , so she fell asleep while she was driving . |
| 14 | After a long day filming , our three Busmen went off with notes on everything from the capital of Grand Cayman to the flag of Ougodogoland . |
| 15 | After a long day of presentations , the angels and the businessmen finally get together in the traditional way . |
| 16 | Overnight , as passengers slept soundly in their cabins after a long day ashore , or the more hardy danced and gave in to the temptations of the midnight buffet , the Ocean Empress had weighed anchor and begun to move south again , until , shortly after dawn , the silence of the engines pronounced her arrival in Tenerife off the west coast of Africa . |
| 17 | After a long day at the office Richard likes nothing more than to drive home to his little pad in Huntley for a quiet night in with 21 year old , Sarah . |
| 18 | We have just arrived in Peking after a long day 's travel . |
| 19 | Usually it is at the end of a long day 's racing , with a number of stressful periods all adding to the pilot 's fatigue . |
| 20 | This is one of the effects of lack of oxygen , but also of dehydration at the end of a long day 's excitement . |
| 21 | A comfortable sleeping bag provides the means to re-charge your batteries at the end of a long day so it 's important to ensure you have the right one for the job . |
| 22 | In Meswick hunters can find lodging in the Mushroom Cap Motel and tip back a few beers at the Mushroom Bar at the end of a long day 's tramp . |
| 23 | These buildings were invariably well heated and conducive to ‘ nodding off at the end of a long day . |
| 24 | The end of a long day … |
| 25 | ‘ The interview came at the end of a long day . |
| 26 | Relaxing after dinner with a cup of any of the new Kenco rich-tasting coffees is a great way of unwinding after the stresses and strains of a long day . |
| 27 | Right now it 's the end of a long day in London and the 48-year-old Young prowls the room with a stooped , rangy gait , the traces of a roguish grin on his well-worn face . |
| 28 | It was easy to imagine what relief the miners must have felt at the end of a long day 's work in those conditions when they saw the mouth of the tunnel framing the daylight before them . |
| 29 | Best of the Irish was Robert Hutton , 68 on the Valley , and Milltown 's Jody Dunluce was n't bettered until the twilight stage of a long day . |
| 30 | Gin , ice and tonic water dull the pain of a long day . |