Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | No sight of the climbers as a day passed that was like night . |
| 2 | You would n't ten shillings for a day . |
| 3 | Or it would be approximately ten shillings for a day because we had to work Saturday morning , although it was at Newark and got to travel twenty |
| 4 | How many times during a day do we actually get through to the person we need to speak to ? |
| 5 | The target groups for a day hospital for dementing patients would be the 3 lowest categories — C , D and E. All category E patients would be included as well as a proportion of those in group D and a smaller proportion of group C. Although inevitably factors such as level of agreement to use day hospital facilities and the frequency of attendance of patients influence the final figure , 7–9 day places is not an unrealistic figure , though this exceeds current nationally derived guidelines . |
| 6 | The teachers will observe and , hopefully , participate in language lessons in local schools during a day or half-day each week . |
| 7 | And now , Isabel had spoken the first words for a day or more , only to make them aggrieved , angry words , and incomprehensible too . |
| 8 | He waited months for a day centre place ; when he got one it was unsuitable and he refused to go . |
| 9 | Toil , weather , human character and the quirks of animals are all graphically rendered , as well as the way in which newly-lifted potatoes glow ‘ like children 's shoulders after a day in the sun ’ , or in which the voice of a once-active young man now crippled by an accident becomes ‘ far-away , like a priest 's voice at the altar ’ . |
| 10 | Find it , and you may have a crime to write about that will let you bring to vivid life the social customs and curiosities of a day before yesterday . |
| 11 | On good soil he could probably plough two or three acres in a day , but on the more difficult land that had until recently been forest he would be lucky to manage half of this . |
| 12 | Michael Roberts rode six winners in a day in Britain for the first time on Saturday . |
| 13 | That 's why the Daily Mirror has teamed up with Thorpe Park to offer great savings on a day 's super safari into fun . |
| 14 | The Liverpool Motorists ' Annual Outing for Handicapped Children took youngsters from 10 Liverpool special schools on a day trip to Southport . |
| 15 | They staff a unit which can take six inpatients and functions as a day unit . |
| 16 | ‘ Not the best shoes for a day out , ’ remarked Brown Owl as she opened her first aid kit . |
| 17 | It was true what they had said ; he ought to get to bed and rest ; ought to take a break from his duties for a day or so and let Li Yuan take up his burden as Regent . |
| 18 | About eight men and a foreman had to get 300 quarters of barley off the wagons for a day 's work . |
| 19 | It can only do that , however , if more people come forward to share their lives for a day or two each month . ’ |
| 20 | On this plate was depicted a map of the heavens , and holes along the line of the ecliptic made it possible for a representation of the sun to be moved at intervals of a day or two in imitation of its annual motion . |
| 21 | He now plans a series of other hands-on visits including a day with the town 's police officers and bin men . |
| 22 | Italy were , however , the only casualties on a day otherwise marked by a five-hour rain delay and cold , blustery conditions . |
| 23 | There were no major casualties on a day in which only four men broke par . |
| 24 | Motion three two three is quite right to criticize the blatantly political proposal to remove the May Day holiday which would leave the U K as one of the few civilized countries without a day to acknowledge the labour movement . |
| 25 | Buckingham Palace discounted fears for her health , insisting there was ‘ absolutely no cause for alarm ’ , but her last minute decision surprised race-goers on a day which saw an unusually small turn-out from the Royal Family . |
| 26 | PRINCESS Diana picked up some unusual souvenirs on a day at the seaside … two pairs of kippers . |
| 27 | Applications for a day rate will considered . |
| 28 | Most colleges welcome potential students as observers for a day or two . |
| 29 | I fear the general public will find they can get along quite well without universities for a day . ’ |
| 30 | We invited our critics to trade places for a day . |