Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [verb] a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | This chapter describes a day in the life of the Royal Hampshire Regiment , in this strife-torn corner of the United Kingdom . |
| 2 | I had supposed that Aunt Louise would be in bed , but she met me at the door ; opened it , in fact , and held it ready for me to come in , because there was something she was bursting to tell me : ‘ I 'm not staying in this cold place a day longer . ’ |
| 3 | MacGregor maintains his interest in conjuring , only this month spending a day off buying up the collection of another conjuror , mainly books . |
| 4 | Yet this inflexibility spoiled a day that should have been special for Dr Schofield . |
| 5 | " The representatives should as soon as possible furnish themselves with a licence , and they can go to any magistrate at hand without any formality requiring a day 's delay " ( Cook v. Gray ( 1891 ) 29 S.L.R. 249 per Lord President Robertson ) . |
| 6 | A 1901 flycatcher invented by Louise Nicola could also be arranged as a calendar in such a manner that each sheet represents a day of the week so that the person using the flycatcher , after having torn off the sheets for a week , is compelled to read the advertisements printed therein . |