Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] a day [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | That women 's seventy and a day and she 's got the body of a young girl ! |
2 | Always bear in mind that when they flower outdoors at their natural time the temperature is unlikely to reach 60°F ( 15°C ) for more than a day or two . |
3 | As a rough guide , if a fever persists more than a day or two in a child under 2 years then consider seeking advice . |
4 | Severe sore throats persisting more than a day or two in a young child without signs of improvement . |
5 | Other remedies will be needed if Aconite does not suffice and the condition lingers or continues on for more than a day or so . |
6 | Nigel had been very healthy all his life and , apart from a slipped disc and the odd bout of ‘ flu , had never been incapacitated for more than a day or so . |
7 | Trainee dealers put on debt collecting for more than a day or two at a stretch would often walk out of Harvard from sheer boredom and frustration . |
8 | This is a scandal not merely because police stations are not equipped to hold prisoners for more than a day or two — everyone from Lord Justice Woolf to the Inspectorate Constabulary has condemned the present arrangement — but because police cells are now being used as a convenience to enable the Prison Department and the Home Secretary to claim that overcrowding in prisons is diminished . |
9 | There was no reason , of course , why a strong-bodied man like Rourke Deveraugh should be out of work for more than a day or so . |
10 | The dawn raids happened less than a day after a Detective Sergeant was shot with a machine gun in Kent . |
11 | It can last for less than a day or up to three days , varying with individuals , breed , age , degree of contact with a male and geographical location . |