Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since December , the strip has not known a day of quiet : the clashes between the Israeli army and Palestinian demonstrators are fought in towns and villages as well as in the eight refugee camps . |
| 2 | This has now become a day when children are given sweets , titbits and fruit . |
| 3 | The baker who has n't lost a day 's work in seventy five years . |
| 4 | And like all great stars , he has n't aged a day in all those years . |
| 5 | She has n't had a day 's illness in her life . ’ |
| 6 | A baker who has n't had a day off sick in three quarters of a century is still slaving over a hot stove at the age of ( 87 ) eighty-seven . |
| 7 | Yet is that not exactly what the hon. Member for Dunfermline , East ( Mr. Brown ) and his hon. Friends are advocating , through the establishment of a national investment bank and a host of other measures — despite the fact that the hon. Gentleman has never done a day 's work in industry in his life ? |
| 8 | She 'd never had a day 's illness in her life , but Timothy 's future was beginning to prey on her mind . |
| 9 | Having recently spent a day at the Whitechapel Open I would strongly urge that some consideration for selection should be introduced . |
| 10 | Hours lost , days lost , weeks , months … it 's a pity that we did not have a day together to mull & muse … however , 't was lovely to see you , to see you , lovely . |
| 11 | He had to be fifty , but he did not look a day over thirty-five , an illusion helped by his lopsided boyish grin that was so very full of charm . |
| 12 | I did n't look a day older . |
| 13 | You do n't miss a day off school just because you 're going to France for a day |
| 14 | Er well weatherwise it certainly has you do n't go a day without seeing the sun shine , there 's hardly any rain . |
| 15 | We 've been together now for 18 years and it do n't seem a day too long , but I can see there does come a time when it 's good for mother and child to view one another from a distance . |
| 16 | THEY 'VE been together now for 25 years … and it do n't seem a day too much . |
| 17 | The star 's penchant for nymphet flesh is a matter of record yet the actresses chosen to portray these girls are all individuals who do n't look a day under 25 . |
| 18 | ‘ I can honestly say you do n't look a day over twenty-five . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ My dear , ’ he said , ‘ you do n't look a day under eight . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You do n't look a day older than the last time I worked with you . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm a Sunderland supporter who lives down here , I 've only had a day 's notice . |
| 22 | So like , you 've only got a day and a half have n't you ? |
| 23 | And he goes on to reveal in the letter that he had just taken a day off ‘ work ’ to watch a Tennessee high school football game with Ginger Alden , the 20-year-old Tennessee beauty queen who bore a startling resemblance to his mother and whom he called ‘ little Gladys ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ Look , I 've not planned a day ashore this time . |
| 25 | Harriet , who had hardly had a day 's illness in her life — unless she counted a bad attack of shingles some years previously — had at first been inclined to ignore her husband 's remarks . |
| 26 | At Howard she had hardly known a day 's illness . |
| 27 | It 's two years since my … er … incident and you 've hardly had a day off ever since — you 've fussed around me like a mother hen . |
| 28 | But he does n't have a day , only minutes 10 minutes here , 15 minutes there . ’ |
| 29 | The former south London schoolgirl does n't look a day older than when she was spotted by a talent scout in an airport lounge at the age of 14 . |
| 30 | I 've never missed a day 's work through illness in my life and I 'm still rushing around the country appearing in theatres and clubs . |