Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] day ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once a patrician villa , a small terrace in the gardens provides a lush , flower-bedecked retreat after a hectic day 's sightseeing and , within , marble pillars , frescoes and high , painted ceilings remain from former times in the public rooms . |
| 2 | ‘ We were benighted after a long day 's ride to Rannoch , ordering floor timber for the mill . ’ |
| 3 | And after a long day 's walking , what better way to end it than with a glass of cider in one of St Ives ' treasures — The Three Ferrets . |
| 4 | Food never tastes so good as it does after a long day 's hike . |
| 5 | After a long day 's hearing , such as obviously took place here , that might be the sensible thing to do so that the court is not producing these important findings and reasons under pressure . |
| 6 | We have just arrived in Peking after a long day 's travel . |
| 7 | After a good day 's fishing he persuaded me to spend the night at Fullcircle . |
| 8 | But , after a glorious day 's exploring , by the time we turned for home the weather had become very wild , and as we approached the first barrier , waves were breaking fiercely over the road . |
| 9 | Despite his injuries , he burned the candle furiously at both ends ; often , after a heavy day 's fighting , he would roar up to Paris , 150 miles away , in his huge open sports car , then return after a night of carousal and heavy drinking to fly a dawn patrol . |
| 10 | After a few days ' dialling he knew it by heart . |
| 11 | His compatriot , Alexandra Ledermann 's Punition , who beat Navet in the Paris World Cup round but who had a difficult flight to Del Mar , looked much more at ease at the official horse inspection here , after a few days ' rest . |
| 12 | James , Earl of Douglas , raided Northumberland , laying siege to Newcastle , and after a few days ' inconclusive skirmishing , the Scots army retreated into the Cheviot Hills . |
| 13 | Sometimes , of course , it can work the other way round ; I recall a woman , going through a difficult time with her husband , returning after a few days ' holiday to find that he had swept and cleaned the house from top to bottom . |
| 14 | Only after a few days ' exposure to New York sunlight did they readjust to local time . |
| 15 | After a few days ' rain the course was just right for the spectators anyway , plenty of mud . |
| 16 | A real mountain bastu is one of those experiences not to be missed , and all you could want after a hard day 's toil , a wonderful relaxant . |
| 17 | Well , to embrace both decency and pop in this context , to be a socialist by day and a hip hopper by night after a hard day 's campaigning , are quite feasible options , but only in a rotten , free-market society such as our own . |
| 18 | In the evening , after a superb meal in the à la carte restaurant , we were treated to a Sunwing show followed by dancing to the latest sounds — only for those who were n't too tired after a hard day 's sunbathing ! |
| 19 | Perhaps they could use some of their undoubted energy in joining a night shotgun vigil after a hard day 's work ? |
| 20 | After a hard day 's labour in the interests of broadcasting in general , and the community in particular , I felt that dinner was a feast . |
| 21 | The place where rivermen dockers and farmworkers could relax after a hard day 's work . |
| 22 | Be sensible in your plans , though ; there is no point in forcing yourself to do something after a hard day 's work , for example . |
| 23 | Otherwise , after a hard day 's work in the middle of winter , you will find that you can not be bothered to make the effort to go along and you will have wasted the fees . |
| 24 | Try early evening walks to de-stress after a hard day 's work . |
| 25 | He needed their support after a hard day 's work in often uncomfortable conditions . |
| 26 | AFTER a hard day 's spinning and weaving , what could be nicer than to slip out of one 's sandals and dip a foot in a beautiful fountain of gleaming plastic ? |
| 27 | After a hard day 's politicking , they ended up back at Neil 's terraced cottage in South Wales . |
| 28 | The complex also has a variety of restaurants , and a disco bar where those of us with any energy left after a hard day 's sport were able to relax the night away ! |
| 29 | Perhaps the most enjoyable trip is the final schuss into the village centre after a hard day 's skiing and an essential stop-off for a limb-loosening rum chocolate at Cafe Oberland . |
| 30 | There 's also a private sauna room where you can relax after a hard day 's skiing or walking . |