Example sentences of "[noun pl] of a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take out of a typical day the classes you must attend , the time spent travelling , the hours you sleep , the eating , shopping , meeting friends , relaxing , watching television , listening to music and all the other activities of a busy day , and there is not much time left for study . |
| 2 | Such moments happened mostly during the ungodly first hours of a new day , those breathless hours when a soul sighs away from a dying body . |
| 3 | CLOWNS , games and children — 400 of them — were the main ingredients of a special day for LASMO employees in Jakarta . |
| 4 | Perhaps Isabelle had simply visited the château once as a guest , in the old days , before the Baron became ill , and had kept the postcard and label as souvenirs of a happy day . |
| 5 | Relaxing after dinner with a cup of any of the new Kenco rich-tasting coffees is a great way of unwinding after the stresses and strains of a long day . |
| 6 | The strains of a hard day . ’ |
| 7 | In the confusion of battle an accident might decide the issue one way or another and the fortunes of a single day might undo the patient work of months or years . |
| 8 | On my way home I reflect on the pleasures of a good day 's fishing . |
| 9 | You wake refreshed and revitalised , ready for the challenges of a new day . |
| 10 | For humans , as we have discussed in Chapter 1 , the body has been ‘ waking us up ’ since about 5 o'clock in the morning so that , by the time we normally wake , we are prepared for the rigours of a new day ; in the evening our body begins to ‘ tone us down ’ to prepare us for getting to sleep . |
| 11 | Thus our falling plasma adrenalin and body temperature in the evening prepare us for sleep by toning us down , just as rising values from 5 o'clock in the morning onwards prepare us for the rigours of a new day . |
| 12 | When I visit the veterans , they have such a wealth of experience to tell of the old days , some I may add , from before I was born , and it does seem such a shame they never get an invite to look behind the scenes of a present day JS branch . |
| 13 | The prince 's young bride lay a short distance away beside her sisters-in-law , all of them huddled together for warmth and sleeping fast , exhausted by the trials and tribulations of a distressing day . |
| 14 | An unbeaten fourth wicket stand of 133 between captain and wicket keeper Giles Reynolds ( not out 81 ) and Alan Willows ( not out 58 ) ruined Wales ' chances of a good day . |
| 15 | ‘ The three are married together , ’ he said , and then tried to prove it by citing the events of a previous day . |
| 16 | I 'm sorry to say all hopes of a tranquil day are totally out of the question . |