Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 31 | A unilateral ceasefire announced by the Muslim government to coincide with the lifting of the aid boycott appeared to have reduced shelling around Sarajevo for a third day yesterday . |
| 32 | Milton , the provost believed , should write to the collector of customs to have him tell the threatened tide waiter that he was in no danger , and at the same time secure an order for Main to cross to West Lothian for a few days , around the time of the burgh elections , in order to get him out of the way , for the election of the deacon of the wrights would turn on this single vote . |
| 33 | Meg laughed , ‘ Bless you , no , chick , we 'll be off to Somerset in a few days . |
| 34 | He is expected to leave hospital to return to Jordan in a few days , and wo n't need any further treatment , the royal doctor added . |
| 35 | It was a movement in a way as dextrous as John Millington on a good day , speaking of razor-sharp reactions , more like an athlete than an actor . |
| 36 | ft informed us that he was leaving Salamanca for England on his motor bike , via Cherbourg , and that we could expect him in Bath on a certain day . |
| 37 | Play Gorleston on a fine day and you 'll find no more delightful holiday course offering such midweek green fee value . |
| 38 | I thought , ‘ This wo n't last when we 're in Soho on a wet day , ’ so I said , ‘ I think you 'd better wait . |
| 39 | The time of The Smiths ' appearance had not been fully publicised yet , as the strain of Prokoviev 's ‘ Romeo and Juliet ’ filled the hall , the atmosphere in G-Mex became as intense as Old Trafford on a rare day of victory . |
| 40 | As many fishkeepers , and probably all cichlidophiles , know the Lake Malawi Mbuna are fish of rocky habitats , with behavioural habits sometimes reminiscent on occasions , to Ghenghis Khan on a bad day . |
| 41 | About half of the emigrants and all of the heavy cargo went by sea and by then numerous clippers were prepared to beat regularly from New York to San Francisco in a hundred days . |
| 42 | When I went to Germany within a few days of the end of the war , it was rather remarkable to go to a Luftwaffe air field with many aircraft , all intact and fully serviceable , but with their tanks — dry not a drop of oil was to be found on those bases . |
| 43 | Oag has just returned from Tokyo , and will set off for a climbing exhibition in Grenoble in a few days . |
| 44 | How do you feel about going to Czechoslovakia in a few days . |
| 45 | The American cruised the Solent for a few days while Mark was tying up the loose ends , and returned to the States without paying another visit to his office . |
| 46 | ‘ Well , exactly — ’ she hrumphed some more — ‘ I said she was still going to be in Maidstone for a few days though we were thinking of moving her to a private hospital . |
| 47 | She did not see Joe for a few days and then one Friday as she walked past she saw him in the teashop and went in to join him . |
| 48 | Athelstan said his prayers , the Dies Requiem for Springall , Brampton , his own brother and others , made the sign of the cross on himself and thanked God for a wholesome day . |
| 49 | ‘ I want you to let me have Hannah for a few days . |
| 50 | It 's a mysterious , diablo-enhanced thing and fits snugly into an album that takes in pre-pop escapades like ‘ Hey Boots ’ and ‘ Eau Water ’ and then flits to the lilting balladry of ‘ Love In A Hollow Tree ’ which is capable of passing for Julian Cope on a clear day . |
| 51 | It 's a mysterious , diablo-enhanced thing and fits snugly into an album that takes in pre-pop escapades like ‘ Hey Boots ’ and ‘ Eau Water ’ and then flits to the lilting balladry of ‘ Love In A Hollow Tree ’ which is capable of passing for Julian Cope on a clear day . |
| 52 | The Arsenal manager Bertie Mee watched Marinello on a good day . |
| 53 | Scottish ; The Exiles are on high , but Kingsholm on a big day can be a killer . |
| 54 | ‘ Two members of staff were invited by personal acquaintances in the Republican Party to visit the US for a few days to talk about the British general election . |
| 55 | Paddy Mayne 's veteran A Squadron returned from the Great Sand Sea to Kufra for a few days in mid-November , having successfully raided airfields around Gazala , familiar territory from the past . |
| 56 | He was superb in Anne of a Thousand Days , Becket , Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf , The Spy Who Came in From The Cold , Where Eagles Dare — they 've been innumerable . |
| 57 | She 'd get to California in a few days . |
| 58 | Helen leaves for Chile at the end of September 1994 to help local projects in the country including an orphanage and other community projects and will not return to Britain until a few days before Christmas . |
| 59 | You know , the one where you sit there and lie through your teeth about spending every waking hour flossing and probing and massaging and never go out of an evening without your single-headed brush , and the Aussie hygienist who looks like Brooke Shields on a good day takes one prod at your gum and it spouts blood like Moby Dick on a bad day and the game 's up there and then . |
| 60 | The first team squad were then told to get out of Glasgow for a few days , prompting a rush for the airport . |