Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hearing , expected to last a full day , was originally scheduled for the end of the month but had to be brought forward because of Mr McTear 's worsening condition . |
| 2 | You could read very little into Went to see A Hard Day 's Night — Fab or Went swimming at CC . |
| 3 | Men , on the other hand , it was suggested , preferred to work a normal day and were not very fond of shift work . |
| 4 | There was no proper funeral , as there had been no proper wedding ceremony ; they simply hauled the waterlogged body onto a bonfire of driftwood , and even though the sea wind at dawn had made the fire hot enough to break the stones of the beach , it was six hours before the body was gone , and then they had to wait a whole day before they could rake the ashes for his bones and send them to her . |
| 5 | Had to get a blinking day off did n't he , that bloke ? |
| 6 | Luce awoke to discover a new day had dawned and was throwing streamers of sunlight , like bright yellow ribbons , across the dark polished floorboards . |