Example sentences of "[prep] a full day ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You ca n't possibly do more than an hour , not after a full day 's rehearsal . |
| 2 | Unfortunately Dunbar was nothing like a full day 's ride from Dalwolsey , barely twenty miles , and by fair roads ; and Fraser , a grizzled veteran , was scarcely the man to try to involve in an unnecessary overnight stop in the interests of romance , however chivalric . |
| 3 | Sometimes the driver comes and takes one group out for half a day , then he 'll take another group out for half a day , or he 'll take them out for a full day 's picnic . |
| 4 | Donleavy , accompanied this time by another agent , arrived there early next morning , the 15th , for a full day 's debriefing , and that night Coleman headed south for Alabama to rejoin Mary-Claude at the Lake Martin cottage . |
| 5 | The children 's mothers are tea pluckers and earn as little as £1 for a full day 's work . |
| 6 | For those attached to the London course these fees show an increase on the fees paid in 1981 , but teachers are asked to realise that £3.00 or £2.50 for a full day 's training is amazing value . |
| 7 | It is better described as a full day 's expedition , and those who undertake it need to be well-provisioned and should allow ample time to see the many natural attractions along the way . |
| 8 | By 1920 , 7 million workers had gained an average six and a half hour reduction in the working week — the equivalent , almost , of what we now see as a full day 's work . |
| 9 | I was thinking about becoming a doctor beforehand , but I still was not sure — I did n't know about the hours of work , the jobs done , the environment , and the stamina needed to last through a full day 's work — but this experience has made up my mind . |
| 10 | The tour starts with a full day 's sightseeing taking in East Berlin , Cecilienhof and Potsdam . |
| 11 | Most Specials mix their part-time police duties with a full day 's work . |
| 12 | Most of them mix their part time police duties with a full day 's work . |
| 13 | Courses vary a great deal in both their length and the number of people who attend them , and it would clearly be unjustified to assume that a single course on one topic was outweighed by , say , five courses on another if the single course involved fifty teachers in a full day 's attendance each week for a term , while each of the five other courses lasted only a couple of hours and catered for half a dozen teachers . |
| 14 | Suitably briefed , you awake to a full day 's escape to Colditz with your luxury coach taking in Leipzig , Colditz village and the famous castle itself . |
| 15 | On arrival at Birmingham the Storm Force members were treated to a full day 's programme of displays , competitions and demonstrations — with an Inshore lifeboat carrying out ‘ rescues ’ on the lake at the Exhibition Centre . |
| 16 | Now half a crown in those days was a lot of money , you had to a full day 's work for half a crown , make no mistake on that . |