Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barton was keeping the info for a rainy day and he would ring his secretary in the morning and ask her to look in the paper 's library for any cuttings on Amaranth Wilikins . |
| 2 | and there 'll be talk of another Grand National in Gloucestershire on Sunday when David Nicholson opens up his new stables at Jackdaws Castle for the very first time … they 'll be off and running there at half past ten … and its a sure winner for a good day out |
| 3 | The King 's Men had to have a new play for a special day like that . |
| 4 | Ken was sponsored to raise money for a local day centre for the mentally ill . |
| 5 | Every few days each officer can expect to take his turn on the office duty rota which will keep him away from the field for a complete day . |
| 6 | Lovers of good beer — well deserved of course after a hard day 's exercise — wo n't have to go far for a fine pint . |
| 7 | One night — I think it was the night before Christmas Eve — we had just returned to the cottage after a hard day next door doing some of the ‘ few finishing-off jobs ’ Nigel had earlier specified . |
| 8 | He needed their support after a hard day 's work in often uncomfortable conditions . |
| 9 | Hazel Lynes is offering her services as a chauffeuse with a luxurious limousine for a full day to the person who places the highest bid in the auction . |
| 10 | The lessons are proving very popular , especially with business men and women who say it 's the ideal way to relieve tension after a hard day in the office . |
| 11 | ‘ I like a nightcap after a busy day . ’ |
| 12 | Some admit they like it because the noise of hundreds of machines helps numb the mind after a hard day at work . |
| 13 | I liked the rhythm of a structured day . |
| 14 | 4–3 The new tenant at the farms of Brahunisary and Tyndrum , Roderick Brown , was the recipient of a complimentary day 's ploughing by 18 teams . |
| 15 | Only three or four times , in the whole of the past three years , had they actually had the luxury of a whole day together . |
| 16 | He does n't actually use the words but his philosophy is clearly that the New Zealand sojourn may have been the darkest hour but that the darkest hours comes before the dawning of a new day . |
| 17 | ‘ So , ’ he said to change the subject , ‘ how do you feel about yesterday in the light of a new day ? ’ |
| 18 | Ninety-two coins spun consecutively have come down heads ninety-two consecutive times … and for the last three minutes on the wind of a windless day I have heard the sound of drums and flute … |
| 19 | It is customary to assemble the final roof in a single day . |
| 20 | The extended histories of Victorian fiction are replaced in Ulysses ( 1922 ) and Mrs Dalloway ( 1925 ) by concentration within a single day of consciousness : random memories incorporate the past , rarely chronologically . |
| 21 | Which made it all the harder to understand why Wilkinson had not begun with Cantona in the side on a summery day that seemed ideally suited to his ball-playing skills . |
| 22 | Well it 's like getting out of a car on a hot day and putting your putting your hand on the door , I think . |
| 23 | ‘ Ah , go on , Mam , you 'd need tea on a bad day like this , ’ Patsy said encouragingly . |
| 24 | A new light on a new day . |
| 25 | Gerbier , for instance , says on window design that they ‘ must be as high again as wyde … ’ and that their mouldings needed ‘ the broad brim of a good hat to a travaileur on a rainy day ’ . |
| 26 | It looked like the Oxford Mail on a bad day . |
| 27 | And as their noise surged , discordant as the first squall of wind on a calm day , Rain Morgan sensed a figure in the row behind her . |
| 28 | And tidying up after removal and spring cleaning homes that have n't been touched for years are all part of a normal day 's work . |
| 29 | TO the thousands of kids and their families who flock to Britain 's two top safari parks , the cheeky monkeys who clamber over their cars are part of a delightful day out . |
| 30 | If you leave it in the aircraft in the hope of a fine day , make sure it is fully charged . |