Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can we reasonably maintain that a woman must continue with a pregnancy in the full knowledge that she will give birth to a baby which will be either stillborn , or live a few days , even hours ? |
| 2 | Er and I said , Give or take a few days , and she said , Yeah . |
| 3 | They will be able to give you a practical demonstration and support with an after sales service that offers a same day or out of hours call . |
| 4 | He accepted that it might well be difficult for practitioners to give instant answers to queries on old files , but pointed out that allowing a seven day delay for answers to be prepared would increase the number of days required for each visit ; this would both increase disruption to practitioners and put up costs , possibly even doubling them . |
| 5 | Even now a fast ion may be shooting through you that escaped a few days ago from the Jovian magnetosphere . |
| 6 | What about the last we did yesterday actually designers and training , it 's quite a , it 's quite a struggle that had a long day , been sitting here for a couple of hours I du n no it seems longer and there you are and you 're actually struggling |
| 7 | ‘ Scroungers ’ expect something for nothing from the Welfare State , rather than offering a fair day 's work for a fair day 's pay . |
| 8 | Well there 's another lad he 's been ill in health he 's worked more now than he ever has cos he used to work a few days and lose a few days and he was n't . |
| 9 | So achieving Marchbanks was a gradual and thoughtful affair — I remember being taken aside by the director and given a whole day after we had been rehearsing for two weeks and simply talking together about the play and about ourselves which was the real making of the part over the next weeks of final rehearsal . |
| 10 | Jackson had been in Singapore since Saturday , giving two concerts and enjoying a final day of relaxation that included a visit to the zoo and a meeting in his hotel with six orang-utans . |
| 11 | And send a whole day with , and it never hurt them . |
| 12 | You spent some time describing how the linesiders were disappointed but nothing about the sterling work done by the loco department at Loughborough to put matters right and ensure a full days running on the Sunday . |
| 13 | ABDELATIF AREBEYAT walks slowly on to the podium , utters a Koranic greeting and opens a new day of business in the Jordanian parliament . |
| 14 | Upon receipt of the requisite documents the proper officer enters the originating application in the court records and fixes a return day , prepares a notice to each respondent of the return day and delivers a plaint note ( N206 ) to the applicant ( Ord 3 , r 4(4) ) . |
| 15 | At the time we saw her , Jean was living in a hostel in North London and attending a psychiatric day centre . |
| 16 | MacMillan has made this last song a welcome to the future as the three protagonists quietly and slowly come forwards , their hands linked , gradually raising their heads as if greeting a new day . |
| 17 | It is definitely worth flying to Prague and taking a few days to look around before you travel across the country to Slovakia . |
| 18 | Work the mixture into the cracks using the edge of a builder 's trowel , brushing away the surplus , and choosing a dry day to do the work , so that the surface of the slabs is not smeared with cement . |
| 19 | When the Bohemian king , Wenceslas IV , heard of the revolt , he was seized by an epileptic fit and died a few days later . |
| 20 | In June 1183 , the Young King fell victim to a sudden attack of dysentery and died a few days later . |
| 21 | The stranger fell ill and died a few days later . |
| 22 | She seized any weapon she could : ‘ You 're terrified of change , because you might just have to get off your backside and do a decent day 's work . ’ |
| 23 | During that time I held honorary NHS senior registrar status and , to maintain my clinical skills , was on call once a week as a resident registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology and did a full day 's operating list once every two weeks . |
| 24 | The longest , and easiest , is La Demande , which climbs the whole 500 metres of the face and gives a unique day 's adventure . |
| 25 | ‘ So we decided to get married — and had a wonderful day with the reception at our house and a marquee on the lawn . |
| 26 | And have a nice day . ’ |
| 27 | Thank you and Have a Nice Day ! ’ |
| 28 | Be as active as possible and have a good day ! |
| 29 | Follow the clear RSPB signs — and have a wonderful day ! |
| 30 | I did n't mean to become so intense about it — I had realised my mistake the previous time — but I needed to keep from pining and working a sixteen-hour day seemed to be the only way I could manage it . |