Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | In effect , I 'd lost a day and I wondered if there had been something I 'd planned to do that Monday , like work , for instance . |
| 2 | For them Friday the 13th had come a day early . |
| 3 | Nine of the team selected against Italy , including new captain Richard Bramley ( Wakefield ) , had represented England U21 's in the hard fought 21–21 draw in May against the French Armed Forces ; two more plus three bench reserves had played a day later in the sweeping 48–12 win against the Netherlands . |
| 4 | Some of the money raised would provide a Christmas party and disco for the children ; Anne remembered when it had provided a day out at Redcar . |
| 5 | Meanwhile Bathsheba had spent a day and a night as a willing prisoner in a small bedroom in her house . |
| 6 | Mr Ashton told yesterday 's hearing that neither man had served a day of his sentence as both had been out of the jurisdiction . |
| 7 | Although he preferred to train dancers from the age of nine , by the time the pantomime season came he had so many to cast he had to accept adults and teach them after they had finished a day 's work . |
| 8 | I had taken a day off from my work , and I was doing a little gentle fishing in a river near Leithen 's house . |
| 9 | The paper had taken a day to produce . |
| 10 | I had planned a day by the river with Dorothy Wordsworth but was curious to find out what Sugden was up to . |
| 11 | She had chosen a day when only Paige was at home , the staff having taken their regular day off . |