Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one who was in your womb for nine months and a day , remember ? |
| 2 | It did however have a Part III home for elderly mentally infirm clients and a day centre operated by a voluntary organisation ; there was also a growing private residential sector . |
| 3 | Abandoning art after 1914 , she established a number of clinics and a day nursery in east London during the war . |
| 4 | It was two weeks and a day , since he had brought her back , since their episode on the green-and-blue bed . |
| 5 | Indeed if the three years and a day expire on a Saturday or a Sunday or a bank holiday , when one can not issue a writ , the limitation period is extended until the next day on which one can ( Pritam Kaur v S Russell & Sons Ltd [ 1973 ] QB 336 ) . |
| 6 | The following day the Squadron was told that it was to transfer to pinpoint daylight bombing , and so began an intensive training period of low level flying and combing , although night ops and a day anti-shipping role continued . |
| 7 | It was interesting to receive several comments that a day long visit to one or other of the sites might have been preferred . |
| 8 | On my solo bike trip I spent two nights and a day in the Reykjahliđ3 campsite thunderbox after a visit here . |
| 9 | The journey of almost a thousand miles took more than two nights and a day by steam train , along track of narrower gauge than is usual elsewhere , and therefore with slower speeds . |
| 10 | Ignoring their thirst and the ache of hunger after two nights and a day in the enemy 's hills , they pushed on , fearing his tanks might encircle them . |
| 11 | The journey took only two nights and a day ; previously it had always taken three days , since the train stopped for the night at Dire Dawa and the Awash Station . |