Example sentences of "[noun] for a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barton was keeping the info for a rainy day and he would ring his secretary in the morning and ask her to look in the paper 's library for any cuttings on Amaranth Wilikins . |
| 2 | Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here . |
| 3 | We realized that each of us would be a big story for a few days , but that would pass and then we 'd be able to get on with the real work of getting to know our families and friends again . |
| 4 | and there 'll be talk of another Grand National in Gloucestershire on Sunday when David Nicholson opens up his new stables at Jackdaws Castle for the very first time … they 'll be off and running there at half past ten … and its a sure winner for a good day out |
| 5 | We went to Weston-super-Mare for a few days . |
| 6 | She wanted to get all of the washing out , then cross her fingers for a dry day with a bit of sunshine and a drying wind . |
| 7 | Although the females ' ranges are smaller than those of individual males they overlap those of several of them and may therefore turn up in more than one male community ; females in oestrus range widely , consorting with a male for a few days . |
| 8 | On Monday she 's going back to mum for a few days . |
| 9 | When King George died in 1952. and Queen Mary died in 1961 , Edward returned to Windsor for a few days . |
| 10 | I went off to school camp for a few days when I was ten , and Mum suggested I took some sanitary towels with me in case my period started , but I dismissed this as silly and unnecessary . |
| 11 | These would be my iron rations for a hard day 's cruising the streets in Armstrong . |
| 12 | So , after luxuriating in its hair shirt for a few days , the City would have sold sterling anyway . |
| 13 | The King 's Men had to have a new play for a special day like that . |
| 14 | Ken was sponsored to raise money for a local day centre for the mentally ill . |
| 15 | Every few days each officer can expect to take his turn on the office duty rota which will keep him away from the field for a complete day . |
| 16 | it 's always a bit a it came home to me with great a vigour and enthusiasm when I was walking round the kitting station at R A F Innsworth with a supermarket trolley getting it filled with kit and when I got to the end they handed me my dog tags and my gun , I thought what have I let myself in for because I 'd never worn dog tags before and I 'd never had a gun with live ammunition in it that got strapped to my hip and you suddenly realise , I 'm going into a real war it was quite a nerve racking experience for a few days |
| 17 | Starting with three 1½ × ¼in strips of ash for each I intended to steam the strips , clamp to the forms for a few days , and then glue and reclamp . |
| 18 | On Wednesday County Coun. Colin Grant , who represents the Catterick area , said he had been alerting the Army , parish councils and schools to the apparent threat of about 140 additional lorry movements one every four minutes for a ten-hour day through the garrison . |
| 19 | In some cases , this needs to be relieved by placing a drain ( catheter ) in the bladder for a few days . |
| 20 | Ill just go out of the house without a word , and stay at my club for a few days . |
| 21 | A couple of years ago I was staying in Malham for a few days and decided to set out one morning for Attermire by the old pack lane from Settle to Malham . |
| 22 | The idea had been in the back of her mind for a few days now and this evening had decided it for sure . |
| 23 | Hazel Lynes is offering her services as a chauffeuse with a luxurious limousine for a full day to the person who places the highest bid in the auction . |
| 24 | It 's a full-time job ; in fact I 've just spent my leave there simply to give them a break for a few days . ’ |
| 25 | When the greetings and exclamations were over , they told me that they had been staying on Mull for a few days , and had just arrived on Moila , and were putting up at the post office with Mrs McDougall . |
| 26 | I knew I was going to Stafford for a few days , but I do n't think , I 'll be there a fortnight . |
| 27 | We had in addition to this party , — a doctor coming to visit his mother , who lived in Coll ; a young Englishman with a fishing-rod , who had left a medical practice for a few days , to whip the burns of Coll and breathe the fine air ; a minister 's wife ; a retired minister and his wife , both in delicate health ; the fiscal of Tobermory , who had a farm in Tiree ; the Chief Constable and Sheriff Clerk from Mull , who came to investigate a case of suspected cattle poisoning ; and a young Glasgow teacher , who came to be guest of the Fiscal aforementioned . |
| 28 | The children 's mothers are tea pluckers and earn as little as £1 for a full day 's work . |
| 29 | Jim Weir , Arthur Breen and Ann Dickson also attended Kidderminster College for a six day course on ‘ Training for Productivity and The Contribution of the Supervisor . ’ |
| 30 | She forced the Girls through their paces for a complete day , at the end of which they fell exhausted in a line on a bench . |