Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the way they 've run up Ben Nevis and Snowdonia … swum across Loch Lomond and Derwent Water and cycled the rest of the way … they 're hoping to raise thousands for charity and after 1200 miles have earned a few days off … |
| 2 | The state of emergency was lifted a few days later after pollution levels had fallen . |
| 3 | They had enjoyed a happy day and it seemed to Carrie that Seb had noticed her , really noticed her , as a young woman for the very first time . |
| 4 | As the sun went down over the trees , everyone in the squadron had enjoyed a hard day 's military training and , after a good dinner and some well-deserved beers , they were very happy and were looking forward to the challenges of the next day . |
| 5 | The strike was averted a few days before the scheduled date , after Confindustria , yielding to pressure from the government as well as from the unions , agreed to resume pay negotiations in the sectors concerned , and from June 1 , 1991 , to enter into negotiations on a new wage bargaining and indexation system . |
| 6 | Andrew Fowler was caught a few days later when police discovered the caravan at the girl 's former home . |
| 7 | That farewell to the coaches was going to be ‘ Hello ’ until a few minutes ago when the British Olympic Association suddenly cancelled a meet-the-press day . |
| 8 | These concerns were forgotten a few days later when Diana rose at dawn and travelled to the Lambourn home of Nick Gaselee , Charles 's trainer , to watch him ride his horse , Allibar . |
| 9 | I 've already took a half day off flexy leave to have my driving test last week |
| 10 | Beryl Smith has organised a follow-up day for all those interested in teaching the mentally handicapped . |
| 11 | They had only met a few days ago . |
| 12 | They had met a few days after Mina had stood up at the end of a recital in the Usher Hall at Edinburgh to announce that she would very much like to stay here in England ( a tiny mistake the Scots reporters had kindly ignored ) rather than return to East Germany . |
| 13 | British Gas personnel recently attended a two day course in London . |
| 14 | It was very hard work but you felt , well I 've done a good day 's work when you 'd finished . |
| 15 | His hands felt smooth , like those of a woman or someone who 's never done a hard day 's work in their life . |
| 16 | What you wan na do is I 've just done a seven day report on the er on hazard spotting etcetera etcetera etcetera and all the different surveys we 've had on the site over the past month . |
| 17 | I mean cos we have n't really sort of really done a proper day of action have we ? |
| 18 | ‘ It is chilling to go among strangers , ’ he had written a few days earlier , ‘ & I leave a lovely country . ’ |
| 19 | On the death of his wife Lambarde feared he might lose the right to stay at Halling and petitioned a request to Lord Burghley through his friend Lord Cobham , to ask for custody of Maximilian and a lease to the Palace , which was granted a few days later . |
| 20 | The day was proclaimed a National Day of Struggle against World Arrogance , and at the Jamaran mosque , Tehran , theology students from Baneh " together with various strata of the people " were addressed by Ahmad Khomeini ( son of the late Ayatollah Khomeini ) . |
| 21 | I have n't seen a perfect day like that over in Blackpool yet . |
| 22 | It was a New England trawler , the Valhalla , based on Gloucester , Massachusetts , from which it had sailed a few days earlier . |
| 23 | After these reconnaissances during October , a final reconnaissance was made a few days before the invasion , by the teams going inshore one night so that each navigator could show the paddlers their canoes ' positions as navigational marks guiding in the assault waves on D-day . |
| 24 | To preserve her anonymity they had agreed on the pseudonym Vesta , and if at first he had thought a few days in the East End might dampen her enthusiasm he had been proved wrong . |
| 25 | ‘ No , we ca n't , we 've only got a cheap day return , have n't we ? ’ he said . |
| 26 | Got a good day then ? |
| 27 | He said , ‘ I expect you 've got a busy day tomorrow , ( as a hint to the guest that he should go to bed ) . |
| 28 | ‘ I really must hurry along , I 've got a busy day in front of me . ’ |
| 29 | Got a busy day tomorrow . ’ |
| 30 | When they 've got a bad day , I find they want love . ’ |