Example sentences of "[adv] for a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought and worked and grieved only for a day at a time . |
| 2 | In a sense , a very basic one , the riots were political : " a groping desire to settle accounts with the rich , if only for a day and to achieve some rough kind of social justice " . |
| 3 | but , it 's only for a day , so you do n't really know |
| 4 | She had been inside for a day . |
| 5 | I picture you on a trip up to London , perhaps for a day 's work experience at the offices of some conglomerate . |
| 6 | After a preliminary strategic session in London , fields were divided into four cognate groups and each was visited separately for a day on the basis of a volume of field proposals and a critical review . |
| 7 | Sometimes she would stay away for a day or two . |
| 8 | She told him in fact that Dinah had gone away for a day or two , but shortly a letter came . |
| 9 | For once the preciseness of the words did not irritate Aggie , and she answered gently , ‘ I 'm sorry , love , but … but she 's had to go away for a day or two . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been away for a day or two ; I lost me father . ’ |
| 11 | It might be possible to book them just for a day . |
| 12 | well I , apprehensive is the word really , but he , I think he came down the other , this week just for a day and spent back here and saw one or two people and I think he 's happier now |
| 13 | ‘ And I suppose you 've come home for a day or two 's holiday ? |
| 14 | To avoid seeing Mr Boldwood , Bathsheba herself arranged to visit Liddy at her sister 's home for a day or two . |
| 15 | Bloody cheek , do him the world of good to go without for a day or two . |
| 16 | Brief because Patten — worried voters might spot him and rip him limb from limb — was only here for a day before flying back to the homes , yachts , Daimlers , helicopters , butlers and £152,000 tax-free salary Major gave him when making him Hong Kong Governor as reward for losing his seat . |
| 17 | ‘ There must have been a reason to come here for a day . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps I could stay here for a day or two , ’ she said . |
| 19 | ‘ Fortunately , the nail had only gone into his chest wall and did not enter his lungs , we shall keep him here for a day or two under observation . ’ |
| 20 | Getting away for the weekend , or even for a day of walking , is the ideal cure for those post-summer-oh-my-God-how-can-I-afford-Christmas blues . |
| 21 | I avoided him instead , sometimes even for a day and most of an evening , until I was in the mood , strong enough , weak enough , who-knows-what-enough to take a sip of Francis . |
| 22 | The police would n't press too hard for a day or two . |
| 23 | Then for a day or so , I would be the cow man 's mate . |
| 24 | Middlesbrough v Leeds With Sheffield United off duty until tomorrow Leeds can go top , at least for a day , but have Sterland ( bruised ribs ) and Haddock ( calf ) taking tests this morning . |
| 25 | Yeah yes the we went to we used to go down there for a day to Skeggie . |
| 26 | The followers are there for a day out in the countryside , the opportunity to ride or to walk freely over private property with the consent of the landowner . |
| 27 | And I could put myself down as in case I get there for a day or two . |
| 28 | ‘ I was privileged to be there for a day and the whole thing was handled magnificently . ’ |
| 29 | office place and give him a bag of plaster and tell him to plaster there for a day either that or send him up |