Example sentences of "[prep] a day [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do they know about me ? ’ asked Leonora , after a day of sheeting rain . |
| 2 | After a day of trial and error , |
| 3 | But after a day of deliberation , the jury reached a unanimous Guilty verdict . |
| 4 | However , after a day of gale force winds and driving rain the jacket was soaking inside , mu fleece was damp and my thermal was dry . |
| 5 | It 's a ten-lane expressway , on a warm mid-summer evening , with the sky clearing after a day of rain . |
| 6 | After a day of rain , towards the evening |
| 7 | Anyone who has done this will know the feeling of being cramped in with other tired people , strap-hanging , sweating after a day at work . |
| 8 | On arriving back in your room after a day at college , you should immediately ( do n't leave it until later ) transfer the day 's pages of notes to the individual Shelfolds that have been allocated one to each course or subject . |
| 9 | Mr and Mrs Smith should make pleasant sexual contact at night with each other after a day without argument . |
| 10 | The bookies always end up smiling do n't they … but at point to point everyone it seems enjoys the crack of a day of country racing |
| 11 | After morning service , we would walk back to our bus stop through the Chater Gardens and enjoy the sight of hundreds of Chinese families relaxing together , eating picnics , taking photographs with fountains in the background , or watching goldfish in the pond ; and the happiness of the very many Filipinos making the most of a day of leisure . |
| 12 | The idea of a day of creation being ‘ flashed upon the screen ’ by Genesis , as the report said , was incongruous . |
| 13 | She sounded empty , drained by her anger at the end of a day of travelling and love-making . |
| 14 | The almost unanimous passage of the decree , by 364 votes to 6 , came at the end of a day of turmoil at the Supreme Soviet sitting in the Kremlin . |
| 15 | that 's , that 's the other thing when there 's only two of you involved and you , we were opening for that first sort of eighteen months five , six days a week just keeping on top of a day to day business does n't allow you to sit back |
| 16 | It would be a bit like choosing to go and spend all Sunday afternoon discussing skin diseases with your 75-year-old deaf aunty in Coatbridge , instead of taking up your boyfriend 's offer of a day in bed at an expensive country house hotel , drinking champagne while he gives you a bit of a seeing to . |
| 17 | It comes about that the merchant has to go to the fair at Bruges on his business , and while he spends part of a day before departure in his counting-house reviewing his affairs the monk meets and converses with the wife . |
| 18 | When the Lord made Sunday he meant it for a day of rest , a day of peace and quiet after the turmoil of the working week . |
| 19 | Getting away for the weekend , or even for a day of walking , is the ideal cure for those post-summer-oh-my-God-how-can-I-afford-Christmas blues . |
| 20 | Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath . |
| 21 | parliament called for a day of prayer and fasting and requested Dr.Calamy , Dr.Gauden and Richard Baxter to preach and to pray with them . |
| 22 | The appeal for a day of prayer for peace came as the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina grows worse and threatens to spread into other areas of the Balkans and beyond . |
| 23 | The call for a day of action to protest against the government 's security policies in the wake of the murder of the Revd Robert Bradford , MP for South Belfast , in 1981 , is an example . |
| 24 | I 'm just waiting for a day of action on . |
| 25 | It 's given us its full backing , and it 's going to call for a day of action in support of us which will include strike action throughout the Media Industry . |
| 26 | And er then er these two erm er Then when we used to when we was the young you used to be able to go down to Skeggie for a day on train for two and six . |
| 27 | In 1717 he began buying land in Kent and the city of London , which eventually placed the family among the largest landowners in the county ; it was said to be possible to walk for a day in north-west Kent without leaving Page property . |
| 28 | Interestingly there is inevitably more coherence in the primary child 's day because one or two adults experience the same things — indeed they are the conductors of the total experience which is planned for a day in detail within the week and the year . |
| 29 | There are advantages in having it on your child 's birthday rather than the nearest weekend , in that it is a special day and it is fitting to have it as a day of celebration . |
| 30 | Increased leisure opportunities have meant that people can take their leisure during the week and leave Sunday as a day of rest . |