Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , throughout the year the particular day of the week on which Innocents ' Day had fallen the previous year was also regarded as a black-letter day , and was also called Innocents ' Day . |
| 2 | A real mountain bastu is one of those experiences not to be missed , and all you could want after a hard day 's toil , a wonderful relaxant . |
| 3 | The mood on Kinnock 's ‘ Red Rose ’ jet was subdued after a tiring day , most of his entourage and press contingent longing for bed . |
| 4 | There was a scent of wild flowers and grass cooling after a hot day . |
| 5 | I can only stress that when we return to our dingy little squats after a hard day baiting rock gods and ignoring letters from readers , there 's nothing we like better than a long listen to Pink Floyd 's ‘ Animals ’ or Mr Oldfield 's ‘ Ommadawn ’ while soaking our horny feet in a scalding bowl of mushroom chow mein . |
| 6 | Monday 8.55am — I arrive at the office for what looks like a quiet day catching up on necessary office work and telephoning some of our low-dependency clients to see how they are . |
| 7 | The tour starts with a full day 's sightseeing taking in East Berlin , Cecilienhof and Potsdam . |
| 8 | The proclamation will have summoned the Parliament to meet on a specified day and it is up to the victors to turn up on that day at the time prescribed . |
| 9 | ‘ Who 's talking of dying on a fine day like this ? ’ |
| 10 | But I have also come to realise that standing as still as you must while waiting for your chance to come on a frosty day is not exactly the height of pleasure . |
| 11 | They are not free-running — they are stabilized to a 24-hour day . |
| 12 | Both were winter occupations and helped keep you warm on a cold day . |
| 13 | Once the messenger reached his destination he delivered the mandate to the judges who then proceeded to summon the parties to appear on a stated day at a stated place . |
| 14 | Ray Shepherd looked up at them as coolly as if he had just driven in to work on a routine day . |
| 15 | There is nothing more annoying than a computer system that works beautifully , say , in a library , and then one goes in at nine thirty in the morning and you ca n't get books out because the power has gone off , and if we are sure to go on having a society with industrial disputes , we want a system that is not capable of being completely ruined by one small section of workers deciding not to work on a particular day , and so I think while we 're putting them in , while we want to put them in in a way which that is compatible , we also need to think of having a kind of fail-safe system , particularly in the sort of more serious applications such as medicine and transport and so on , whereby we ca n't be held to ransom by very a small group of people , or indeed by just some technical fault , such as a power failure or something of this kind . |
| 16 | A 71 year old asymptomatic woma attended for a routine day case screening duodenoscopy using a side viewing video endoscope ( Olympus EVIS JFV10 ) . |
| 17 | SAVING for a rainy day and paying off debts is now a top priority for families . |
| 18 | This was achieved firstly by avoiding unusual ( e.g. low-frequency ) words , and secondly by adhering to commonly used contexts or patterns of usage ( e.g. ’ … saving for a rainy day … ’ and ’ … free to open , easy to run … ’ ) . |
| 19 | No matter how volatile the economy you seem to have divine protection , whether this is because you have saved for a rainy day or you are just downright lucky . |
| 20 | Mummy was there it did n't feel like a long day did it ? |
| 21 | Edith Whalley , looking like a modern day punk , who auditioned in strict mourning . |
| 22 | After What seemed like a shattering day , I sat on the bus but this time the journey was much more jovial as relief sunk in . |
| 23 | ‘ I say , I say ’ — quotes from a momentous day in Parliament |
| 24 | HERE comes summer … and whether it was boating in Sefton Park , inset , or chasing a running prize , it all added to a warm day in the sunshine yesterday . |
| 25 | In his Introduction to the Paston Letters J. Gairdner pointed out that letters were often dated as being written on a particular day of the week , say Monday or Wednesday , before or after such a celebration . |
| 26 | My first acquaintance with Manzoku came on a bitter day during a New Year visit . |
| 27 | Erm and so it was sort of going to the corner shop and buying what they could , er when they had the money , and sometimes they would borrow money from somebody whose benefit came on a different day . |
| 28 | Welcome to a new day . |
| 29 | Set in the scenic splendour of Flagstaff Gardens , the Welsh Mountain Zoo is one of Britain 's finest Zoos , offering all the facilities needed for a complete day 's family outing . |
| 30 | The surprise for well-fed French bureaucrats heading for a busy day paper shuffling at the European Commission was lightened only by the inclusion of croissants as a side course . |