Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [art] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firms would invite favoured clients or business associates down for a day at Sandwich , either as a reward for past favours rendered or in the hope that the goodwill created would lubricate some future deal . |
| 2 | ‘ The residents are all going to oppose this , and a lot of them are planning to go along on the day of the appeal , ’ she said . |
| 3 | Maurice was deserted , Maurice having been invited , as he quite often was , to go down for the day to Brighton . |
| 4 | I lived only for the day when I would come into my own . |
| 5 | Giant Tortoise … a visit to the beautiful island of La Digue can be booked locally as a day excursion by ferry from Praslin … |
| 6 | Many legends are told of Barbarossa ; it is said that he is not dead , that no true Emperor has ruled since his reign , and that he lives on until the Day of Judgement . |
| 7 | If they want to come along on the day and enjoy themselves , that 's fine ; we 're even providing a bouncy castle , so children can bounce for the rainforests at the Banbury walk . |
| 8 | All right then well thank you Simon that 's a broad thank you and and thank you very much for your money as well a hundred and fifty quid he gave that 's loads of dosh er to come in for the day as well and I 'm going to take you out for a a nice lunch in a bit when he can wonder around have a poke around everywhere this afternoon too so should be all right should n't it that ? |
| 9 | Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath . |
| 10 | Now , as they left the shuttle lounge at Heathrow , mixed in with the commuters and shoppers who had come down for the day , Adam saw the tail . |
| 11 | ‘ We are trapped together for the day . ’ |
| 12 | Some of the immediate , pressing problems were resolved only on the day of his appointment . |
| 13 | The little boy 's absorption had enabled her to work longer during the days , which meant she had finished the commissions in hand and so could take a weekend off without worrying about them . |
| 14 | ‘ And I suppose you 've come home for a day or two 's holiday ? |
| 15 | In the commonplace crush of damp and steaming humanity returning home after a day 's work in the city , worries over Nadirpur and Clarion Call seemed grossly exaggerated . |
| 16 | In 1987 Mr Keyse was disabled in a road accident while returning home from a day 's work at Llanfair Caereinion station . |
| 17 | Then it was a half-hour 's drive from our base to Christophe and Hedwige 's house , and from there Mike would set off on an hour 's run with Christophe through the forest , still in darkness , to ensure they reached the chimpanzees ' nest site before the occupants moved off for the day . |
| 18 | I tried staying in town overnight and then driving home during the day to spend time with Maisie . |
| 19 | Fire crackers are let off during the day . |
| 20 | I am beginning to get mixed up with the days of the month . |
| 21 | They toasted Keith and me ( Keith had come up for the day to join in ) and bought us a slow cooker for our new home . |
| 22 | The youngest visitor , aged about six and dressed ready for bed in pyjamas , helped his father to decipher the jottings in his field notebook and then reported earnestly on the day 's tally . |
| 23 | A bout of exercise of any kind is a wonderful outlet for the frustrations that build up during the day and it helps to release tension and enable us to relax . |
| 24 | Iraq categorically denied such reports , but they persisted in the West and one US news agency reported later in the day that Iraqi troops had actually crossed into the Kuwaiti-Saudi Neutral Zone . |
| 25 | Mr Dunn was discharged later in the day , but was ‘ very lucky ’ , according to the Tyne Tees coastguard . |
| 26 | Most spreadsheets were designed back in the days when 640KBytes was the maximum amount of memory that was available . |
| 27 | I think I think what you 're trying say is that the moon has come out during the day . |
| 28 | By Sunday evening , though , I was getting back to myself and expected to be let out in a day or two but they kept me in for the week , giving me tests , including an electrocardiogram . ’ |
| 29 | The presenting problem should be recognised , for example , ‘ Your niece wondered if you would like us to arrange for you to come out for the day once a week ? ’ |
| 30 | Each workshop will include demonstrations and a full day 's tuition from tutor , a FREE package of materials worth up to £70 , morning coffee , buffet lunch , afternoon tea , and a critique of the work carried out during the day . |