Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You never know , Mother ; I may one day move up into society . |
| 2 | ‘ He has just told me that if I continue in my present path , remain the fine , upstanding , clean-living boy I so evidently am , I may one day hope — wait for it — to be elected to — Gracious heavens ! — the Cullbridge Athenaeum ! ’ |
| 3 | Still , however , I cherished the fantasy that I might one day have a son who would fulfil that dream , and always he had Leslie 's eyes , dark , with soft expressive light . |
| 4 | I made no notes of these visits to Out Patients , for at the time I had no idea that I might one day feel my experience with cancer sufficiently interesting to write about . |
| 5 | It never crossed my mind that I might one day have to fight . |
| 6 | They say I had the vanity to suppose that he and I might one day share the authorship of some literary work . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , and I might one day be Queen of England ! |
| 8 | I finished up in Rome , home to so many of the works I lectured on , and on my last night there I took a walk down to Bernini 's Trevi fountain in order to throw in the coin that would ensure that somehow I would one day return . |
| 9 | I was secretly hoping I would one day find a way of escaping and returning to my own country . |
| 10 | On Raglan Road on an autumn day I saw her first , and knew That her dark hair would weave a snare that I would one day rue I saw the danger , then I walked along the enchanted way And I said let grief be a falling leaf At the dawning of the day … |
| 11 | At this rate , I shall one day be able to put together a complete Pictures and Requiem … |
| 12 | Whether my knowledge that I shall some day die , that a nuclear war is likely sooner or later , that alcohol will kill me , that another person is suffering , does move me in one direction or another , depends on the extent of my disposition to take these things into account in choices , on awareness which may spontaneously vary from one moment to the next and be sustainable only by an effort of will . |
| 13 | ‘ Perhaps I will one day . |
| 14 | But I will one day . |
| 15 | The wife and child that Tod and I will one day have . |
| 16 | And the happier you are , the higher the price you may one day have to pay . |
| 17 | And you may one day be the future leader . " |
| 18 | I think as early as 1947 you said you must one day make music on film . |
| 19 | But if by some extraordinary chance you should one day wander into a forest and catch a glimpse of a Minpin , then hold your breath and thank your lucky stars because up to now , so far as I know , no one excepting Little Billy has ever seen one . |
| 20 | This was all a nightmare from which she must one day awake . |
| 21 | The second reason was that , even were she to have a successful pregnancy and birth , she was terrified that she might one day be carrying her child in her arms when she fainted and might then drop or hurt the child in some way . |
| 22 | She thought that although she might one day be able to accept this stupid time hiccup , she would never ever come to terms with these brief glimpses into another world ; as though a door had opened and closed and that , for a moment , she had stood with one foot on either side of the threshold . |
| 23 | It 's something a girl dreams she 'll one day do with the man she loves . |
| 24 | Eleanor used to say that she inherited her father 's nose and she would one day sue him for damages . |
| 25 | It had been a way of escaping from the poverty into which her family had sunk , and she knew that by working hard for long , tiring hours and helping Fred turn the mediocre business into one that was thriving and profitable she would one day be able to help her parents and her brother too . |
| 26 | But his lack of affection for her did n't lessen her love for him , nor did she give up hope that she would one day be able to make him feel genuinely fond of her . |
| 27 | ‘ When you 've lived as long as me , ’ said Lydia , speaking like the crone she would one day doubtless turn into , ‘ you 'll know just how stupid people can be . ’ |
| 28 | They generously hoped she would one day be happy with Angel again , and were afraid for her , knowing that Alec d'Urberville was constantly tempting her . |
| 29 | Birds also make a wonderful focus of ambition — everyone has a special bird he or she would one day love to see . |
| 30 | Mike said : ‘ She breathed for three minutes , giving us hope she would one day be able to breathe for herself . |