Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [verb] a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since we may acquit the Scots of choosing a day of such apparent ill-omen because of their foreboding that Mary represented a new disaster , we have here a good example of their ability to recover self-confidence , and consign catastrophe to the past . |
| 2 | Four to five hours of swimming a day ; he 's swum parts of the channel before with a relay team but never alone . |
| 3 | Similarly , one of our members who had some experience with social services is in the process of opening a Day Care Centre for the housebound . |
| 4 | Those who knew him in the early 1970s in Florida remember a young man who beat balls at night after working a day job . |
| 5 | Yet he would have no similar difficulty in describing a day in the life of , say , a doctor or school teacher . ’ |
| 6 | A pilot scheme was undertaken during 1991/92 whereby 200 pupils , 50 from each Inn , were involved in a programme of continuing professional development and attended courses in Accountancy , EC and HR Law and Advocacy in addition to attending a day 's course entitled Advice to Counsel . |
| 7 | In 1655 he responded to news of the persecution of the Waldenses by arranging a day of fasting in the Channel fleet and a collection for the victims . |
| 8 | Why does not the Minister condemn the appointments of spouses of Tory Members and of Members of the House of Lords who pick up more than £5,000 a year for doing a day 's work ? |
| 9 | AFTER 17 years of delivering pints without missing a day through illness , Jim McConnell has proved the cream rises to the top — by winning the Northern Ireland Milkman of the Year award . |
| 10 | The tsar was well aware that the legislation left much to be desired and delayed publishing it until 5 March , the first day of Lent : " alarmed by the prospect of riot , " wrote an admittedly hostile contemporary , " he hesitated a long time before choosing a day for promulgating the sham freedom and eventually chose the day when it was least of all expected " . |