Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a scent of wild flowers and grass cooling after a hot day . |
| 2 | ‘ Who 's talking of dying on a fine day like this ? ’ |
| 3 | SAVING for a rainy day and paying off debts is now a top priority for families . |
| 4 | This was achieved firstly by avoiding unusual ( e.g. low-frequency ) words , and secondly by adhering to commonly used contexts or patterns of usage ( e.g. ’ … saving for a rainy day … ’ and ’ … free to open , easy to run … ’ ) . |
| 5 | Edith Whalley , looking like a modern day punk , who auditioned in strict mourning . |
| 6 | The surprise for well-fed French bureaucrats heading for a busy day paper shuffling at the European Commission was lightened only by the inclusion of croissants as a side course . |
| 7 | Rots can not flourish if the moisture content of the wood is below 18 per cent although the spores can remain alive in quite dry timber , waiting for a rainy day . |
| 8 | In a workshop session which the BA might consider restaging as a full day seminar , Peter Mouncey of the AA , Leslie Henry of Book Marketing Ltd and Sue Morris of W H Smith tackled ‘ Targeting the book market — the role of research ’ from three different though complementary angles . |
| 9 | They set off together in the small car , Rose 's girlish smiles and waves only accentuating the picture of the happy couple going on a whole day 's outing alone together . |
| 10 | Only in the case of engagements lasting for a single day or less , and involving people with whom the organisation does not expect to have further contact in the near future , might payment be made without any deductions . |
| 11 | There was no question that he could have gone into some major productions and worked with some of the more notable directors ; he refused point blank , especially after seeing On a Clear Day . |
| 12 | While every effort is made in our processes , we can not guarantee that every line will be manufacturing on a particular day . |
| 13 | ‘ Sailing on a sunny day , with a fresh breeze blowing , with maybe somebody you really care for is the nearest thing to Heaven I will get on this earth , ’ she wrote . |
| 14 | Rex Reed , a writer for the New York Times saw Nicholson when he had just finished making On A Clear Day and thought that Jack was starting to make establishment noises , cleaning up his image , shaving his stubble and ditching the sandals and hippie clothes . |
| 15 | At 91 years of age , has just taken up painting water colours and choir singing at a local day centre in his home town of Hull . |
| 16 | We 're hoping for a good day tomorrow |
| 17 | Fifty miles south-west of the railway line bomb , 13 Platoon of 6 UDR reported in for duty at 0600 ; they had been hoping for a quiet day , in order to catch up on some training . |
| 18 | for example , an Individual with difficulty in adjusting to a 24-hour day should make every attempt to strengthen the rhythmic influence of social factors and meal times by adhering as rigidly as possible to a regular routine . |
| 19 | They seem to have treated the lifters as brainlessly as they did a student with a night job in Bournemouth when he could n't give a sample despite an hour of trying on a roasting day in London . |
| 20 | But er if they were just working for a single day , it was long day up till ten o'clock at night in a harvest you know . |
| 21 | He sighed tiredly , as though he had been working for a full day with stone and timber , and tried to listen to James Menzies , who was well away , drinking whisky with Allan and simmering with the news from the west , where the lists had been torn down from the church doors at Fortingall and Kenmore , and from Blair Atholl : the Duke 's factor had had to meet a crowd of more than a thousand and the Duke had signed a paper swearing not to impose the Act . |
| 22 | With a few words a woman can give meaning to a whole day 's struggle , and a man will be very grateful . |
| 23 | This phenomenon can be used to increase the number of animals mating on a particular day . |