Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [verb] a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since December , the strip has not known a day of quiet : the clashes between the Israeli army and Palestinian demonstrators are fought in towns and villages as well as in the eight refugee camps . |
| 2 | This has now become a day when children are given sweets , titbits and fruit . |
| 3 | The baker who has n't lost a day 's work in seventy five years . |
| 4 | And like all great stars , he has n't aged a day in all those years . |
| 5 | She has n't had a day 's illness in her life . ’ |
| 6 | A baker who has n't had a day off sick in three quarters of a century is still slaving over a hot stove at the age of ( 87 ) eighty-seven . |
| 7 | Yet is that not exactly what the hon. Member for Dunfermline , East ( Mr. Brown ) and his hon. Friends are advocating , through the establishment of a national investment bank and a host of other measures — despite the fact that the hon. Gentleman has never done a day 's work in industry in his life ? |
| 8 | But he does n't have a day , only minutes 10 minutes here , 15 minutes there . ’ |
| 9 | The former south London schoolgirl does n't look a day older than when she was spotted by a talent scout in an airport lounge at the age of 14 . |
| 10 | Och i do n't know why they 're moving it down there , it 's already got a day unit on fifteen . |