Example sentences of "[v-ing] for a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | So she 's going for a day there . |
| 2 | really worked for families if you 're going for a day or maybe two days . |
| 3 | Or if they were going for a day then I might go down and |
| 4 | I 'm just waiting for a day of action on . |
| 5 | I try to picture us arriving , a little harbour perhaps … roads … inhabitants to point the way … horses on the road … riding for a day or a fortnight and then a palace and the English king … |
| 6 | When costs are so profitable why would they need full-time employees , they can just have us stood at the door any d any g at the gate any week they want , begging for a day 's work . |
| 7 | ‘ She used to say she was coming for a day and stay a week , ’ Rosemary said . |
| 8 | Well I told you what she said about her and Sandra you know and I wrote and said when they you know if they felt like coming for a day that 'll be alright I said but do n't be having anything to eat I 'll bring in sandwiches , I mean I , I know I 've said it 's very kind of Sandra to say , but you ca n't , they , way your relatives are coming and bringing sandwiches can ya ? |
| 9 | That sufferers from alcoholism can not stop drinking for a day , a week , a month , a year or more . |
| 10 | Auguste Renoir OARSMEN AT CHATOU ( 1879 ) A view of the Seine on a bright summer day , with the fashionable set embarking for a day 's outing . |
| 11 | It was at this salon at the age of fifteen and a half , working for a day 's wages of £1 plus tips , that she came in contact with Justin de Villeneuve , the man who suggested she should pose for some photographs and who later was to become her mentor . |