Example sentences of "[noun pl] for a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted to get all of the washing out , then cross her fingers for a dry day with a bit of sunshine and a drying wind . |
| 2 | These would be my iron rations for a hard day 's cruising the streets in Armstrong . |
| 3 | On Wednesday County Coun. Colin Grant , who represents the Catterick area , said he had been alerting the Army , parish councils and schools to the apparent threat of about 140 additional lorry movements one every four minutes for a ten-hour day through the garrison . |
| 4 | She forced the Girls through their paces for a complete day , at the end of which they fell exhausted in a line on a bench . |
| 5 | Here in North Ribblesdale , given fine weather , are all the ingredients for a splendid day of mild adventure . |
| 6 | The interest in local on-farm training was due no doubt to the difficulty that many found in getting away from their farms for a whole day . |
| 7 | Some idea of its business , ranging from the apparently trivial to the significant , can be seen in the contents of its registers for a single day , 21 December 1595 . |
| 8 | Sixty-three legionnaires had held off a Mexican force of 2,000 soldiers for a whole day , at the end of which five legionnaires had been left alive ; these five , thirsty , hungry and out of ammunition , had bayonet charged the Mexicans . |
| 9 | And with ‘ perfumed strips ’ now impregnated into the pages of so many magazines , it 's possible to try new scents for a single day without venturing further than your friendly newsagent . |