Example sentences of "[verb] for the day [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it was n't the Russians , it was the British who wanted to interfere ; so I said , I am going away to wait for the day when once again an Austrian can decide when an Austrian may conduct music in his own country . |
| 2 | From the time it is first offered to you , it makes sense to plan for the day when your job may end . |
| 3 | He had very red hair and a pale complexion with masses of freckles all over his face , he was very popular with everyone and lived for the day when he could join the Army , particularly the Camerons . |
| 4 | His Principal looked at him suspiciously when he asked for the day off , and he stuttered , ‘ She brought me up , you know . ’ |
| 5 | I have never heard of anybody , apart from people who may hope to get good jobs in these bogus new regional authorities , who , thrilled by a weird kind of socialist local patriotism , longs for the day when the flag of the East Midland Region is raised over the Great Roundabout of Retford , or the parliament of the West Midland Region holds its inaugural meeting at Telford New Town . |
| 6 | But New Zealand farmers could not be better placed for the day when ( if ) other rich countries lower barriers to food imports and abolish farm subsidies . |
| 7 | Robyn rose early to skies that promised a truly blissful day of warm summer sunshine , showered and dressed and then drove off in her dilapidated jeep which was packed to the gunwales with everything she might possibly need for the day ahead . |
| 8 | I long for the day when those in authority will be united in a common quest to win the lost without worrying about the style of Anglican worship ; when they will see that a prime means to evangelise our nation will be to plant churches and encourage it without worrying about parochial boundaries . |
| 9 | He adds : ‘ If you long for the day when Britain can claim to be the first mainly Afro-Asian part of Europe , vote Conservative or Europe . ’ |
| 10 | Nor can Colm Henry wait for the day when the whole ‘ chemistry ’ part of photography is done away with . |
| 11 | We can continue debating their demise , while we wait for the day when European taxpayers rather than farmers finally call the day on the common agricultural policy . |
| 12 | Well if Vicky 's in hospital she said they 're going for the day there . |
| 13 | I was always waiting for the day when I would be beaten up , but it never came . |
| 14 | Her family and acquaintance would have been greatly astonished to learn that Camille considered herself prematurely grown-up , and she herself was waiting for the day when she could tame her anger into cold bitterness and frame it into phrases as cutting as tempered steel . |
| 15 | Barbara Adams , a US-born resident of Katmandu , said : " I am waiting for the day when owning a Tibetan carpet incurs the same disapproval as wearing a leopard skin coat . " |
| 16 | Preferring to carry only a light rifle , such as a .22 , and ammunition , but unburdened by other supplies , even water , they chase goats from about 7 am until noon , when they have to quit for the day Sometimes they will put down their guns and stalk a goat , leaping on it to deliver the final coup de grace with a knife . |
| 17 | Men like Jeremiah and Ezekiel looked for the day when God would forge a new covenant , or agreement , with men . |
| 18 | Jeremiah longed for the day when God would , so to speak , underwrite both sides of the covenant . |
| 19 | The union 's national executive is calling for a ‘ yes ’ vote and is likely to ask Nottinghamshire businesses to close for the day when a strike is called . |
| 20 | The decision to go ahead with the press conference two days later was finalised ; Pons edited a note alerting his staff to this effect , called Jones on the phone to reconfirm the joint submission for Friday the 24th but , according to Jones , said nothing about the press conference planned for the day before nor of the 11 March submission by Pons to the Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry . |
| 21 | I can begin to be a real father to my girls and prepare for the day when I 'll be a grandfather to their children . |
| 22 | From their secure bases — at least , in Cathay 's case , until China takes over Hong Kong in 1997 — they are expanding aggressively , to prepare for the day when they will have to compete . |