Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] day ['s] " in BNC.

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1 The ability to climb , to sprint , to ride a time trial , to lead the bunch at 40 kilometres per hour through a day 's racing .
2 She 's tried so hard to refuse payment from her aunties for the day 's outing , but has succeeded only in deflecting each one 's departing offer of a clandestine , crumpled tip .
3 The kind of wealth which would be displayed in the garments of the Khans and Noyons during the day 's ceremonies was usually a product of oppression of the poor , but on Tarvaras there was no one whom Alexei would have cared to class as under-privileged .
4 The demand for a little something to take the mind off the day 's troubles is now much more fulfilled by a soap opera or a half-hour crime story on the telly .
5 Expect to pay around £20 for a day 's activities .
6 Probably this aggression had determined his choice of aircraft for the day 's flying — P-51B model 42–106929 .
7 Men who had been unsuccessful in the search for a day 's work drifted into the dining rooms to pass the time away and many sat there on the bench seats , grateful for the warmth and a friendly chat .
8 She recently turned down £1,500 for a day 's work because she did not want to miss school .
9 The longhouses were a welcome break after a day 's trek and were a great experience .
10 Commitment and concentration were better if the bulk of the day 's work was past .
11 However , much demolition is done on a piece work or per day basis , and you might simply be talking about the loss of a day 's work or a day or two 's profit .
12 The system works in conjunction with Central 's newsroom computer system and will provide a word-for-word transcript of the day 's news stories as they are presented on-screen .
13 By then , Aitken 's pulse rate had decelerated enough for him to give a rational appraisal of the day 's events .
14 The General knew that the town had to be taken and the momentum of the day 's advance kept swift , and so he would lead a rag-taggle charge against the Prussian infantrymen who lined the crude barricade .
15 The back light from the day 's end made them even more dramatic and the sea was on fire .
16 Rhinos were also considered a great trophy from a day 's hunting .
17 If you 're the one who 's stayed at home all day , tackling the house and looking after the kids , you 'll want to celebrate the homecoming of everyone else and the chance the talk over the day 's happenings .
18 Then Kubelík took ill and Nelson himself made his Met début on a day 's notice conducting the score .
19 That 's why the Daily Mirror has teamed up with Thorpe Park to offer great savings on a day 's super safari into fun .
20 All this has a snowball effect on the day 's turnover and on the individual dealers ' commissions .
21 Apart from the large numbers of tennis fans expected on day one of the 1991 Federation Cup , millions more around the country will be witness to the day 's proceedings , courtesy of the BBC 's Radio I Roadshow .
22 Then it 's group shots and off to a hired room for buffet lunch , more lager , TV interviews and an assessment of the day 's events .
23 Inside the first , they came across Bob Merryfield , chief ghillie , sorting out part of the day 's bag .
24 Going to the toilet is an important part of the day 's activities , and is likely to be the first thing the patient does .
25 People began moving in the direction of the recreation ground where the final part of the day 's proceedings were to take place .
26 The delays between connecting trains often being considerable , it is needless to remark that the position was one of intolerable discomfort , though it was accepted by both passengers and railway staff as part of the day 's work .
27 Still , it was part of the day 's detritus , to be swept into a tidy heap when he had time .
28 I had no food with me and , exhausted by the day 's walking and my mismanagement of the day 's end ( no sundowners that night ) , I went to bed early , in the room to the left , planning a stupendous breakfast the next morning in the first hotel en route for Fort William .
29 A successful team may have to go through a number of fights during the course of a day 's competition so it is not at all unusual to see teams short-handed through injury in the final stages .
30 As you wander round with your camcorder , you may well encounter significant changes in the character of the light during the course of a day 's shoot .
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