Example sentences of "[verb] a [adv] [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It appears she 'd been unlucky to choose a particularly busy day . |
| 3 | After that I might do some washing — I 'd rather do a little each day than a large amount at once . |
| 4 | I 'll leave it at the moment , I know you 've now got a very busy day ahead of you lectures to attend and such things like that but er has anybody got a question or two they 'd like to ask me concerning anything ? |
| 5 | Well , Moses , we 've had a most glorious day . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , my boy , ’ he said , ‘ your father 's had a most successful day . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've had a most interesting day , ’ he said , ‘ I 've been to the Balcombe Street siege . ’ |
| 8 | In , his reading aloud had proved to be successful except for a couple of occasions when he had had a particularly stressful day and had found it exceedingly difficult to relax . |
| 9 | Sometimes if I 've had a particularly bad day and I go out there thinking I 'm going to have a particularly bad gig I 'll have a really great one . |
| 10 | I at once thought that the poor fellow had had a pretty rough day and had gone to sleep as he had n't made a sound . |
| 11 | ‘ Now , if you 'll excuse me , I 've had a very tiring day and I want to go back to my room and have a shower . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ He does n't usually throw tantrums , ’ Ashley said ruefully , as Vitor came round from the boot , ‘ but he has had a very long day . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 've had a very good day , ’ he replied with a smile . |
| 14 | You 've had a very good day have n't you ? |
| 15 | So er , he has n't had a very good day at work , a bit fed up . |
| 16 | The artist had had a very quiet day , mainly lying in bed . |
| 17 | Much of the training was carried out in colleges and the 8-hour course , plus travel , could make a particularly long day for those attending . |
| 18 | Yeah , Jock , got a really exciting day tomorrow . |
| 19 | Sometimes we get a particularly heavy day though er I apologize for that that in advance but er do n't lose your concentration you 'll certainly miss something . |
| 20 | I consented , and spent a most agreeable day . |
| 21 | He spent a pretty exciting day himself yesterday , taking lessons in ‘ rave ’ culture as he visited 400 unemployed youngsters who are on an eight-day break at a Norfolk holiday camp organised by the Prince 's Trust . |
| 22 | ‘ I think it was a bit sad that this kind of thing happened — for the Indian Board , the players and the cricket lovers — because it spoilt a very good day for India , ’ he added . |
| 23 | You 're having a right lazy day ? |
| 24 | It felt a very special day . |
| 25 | If Diana thinks she can just try to have a normal Christmas without the boys she is going to have a very miserable day . ’ |
| 26 | The other day when we had a very hot day , it was quite a hot day and over mid day I went out to do something in the garden there and her milk was still on the step and it was in the sun . |
| 27 | But I had a very busy day . |
| 28 | Drill I had a very busy day . |
| 29 | Oh I had a really good day today . |
| 30 | RAF Swinderby was ‘ contractorised ’ as far back as the 1960s because the ending of National Service led to a shortage of cooks and stewards and now ther are probably about a score of units which work a mainly 9–5 day , or where the numbers are fairly small , that may be most suitable for ‘ contractorising ’ . |