Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a long day " in BNC.
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1 | She was n't in the mood for a long day 's screwing . |
2 | The secret of a long day of battle was fitting the components together : the state of caution ; the state of preparedness ; the state of uncaring action ; the state of elation ; the state of waiting ; so that each stage matched the others in sureness and strength , with every thread of body and mind strung to its finest pitch ready to sing to the touch , from one night 's sleep until the next , or until death itself . |
3 | Usually it is at the end of a long day 's racing , with a number of stressful periods all adding to the pilot 's fatigue . |
4 | This is one of the effects of lack of oxygen , but also of dehydration at the end of a long day 's excitement . |
5 | A comfortable sleeping bag provides the means to re-charge your batteries at the end of a long day so it 's important to ensure you have the right one for the job . |
6 | In Meswick hunters can find lodging in the Mushroom Cap Motel and tip back a few beers at the Mushroom Bar at the end of a long day 's tramp . |
7 | These buildings were invariably well heated and conducive to ‘ nodding off at the end of a long day . |
8 | The end of a long day … |
9 | ‘ The interview came at the end of a long day . |
10 | Right now it 's the end of a long day in London and the 48-year-old Young prowls the room with a stooped , rangy gait , the traces of a roguish grin on his well-worn face . |
11 | It was easy to imagine what relief the miners must have felt at the end of a long day 's work in those conditions when they saw the mouth of the tunnel framing the daylight before them . |
12 | There are , of course , great temptations for an interviewer to classify respondents into categories where they are most needed rather than where they really belong , especially when the job is nearly complete and respondents from particular categories seem rare or , perhaps understandably , at the end of a long day in the rain and the cold . |
13 | But trail rides also mean facing long climbs , often dismounting and walking , aching limbs at the end of a long day , and in the case of Argyllshire sufficient jumping ability to take your horse over the occasional stone wall . |
14 | Gin , ice and tonic water dull the pain of a long day . |
15 | Best of the Irish was Robert Hutton , 68 on the Valley , and Milltown 's Jody Dunluce was n't bettered until the twilight stage of a long day . |