Example sentences of "of a [adj] [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has won our launch prize of a fabulous three day trip to the San Marino Grand Prix in addition to a £1,000 Gold Award . |
| 2 | Having just finished a talk to a class of candidates for the ministry in a major denomination I was ‘ verbally assaulted ’ by the principal of the theological college concerned who picked up on a brief reference I made to Creation and Evolution and proceeded to state in the strongest possible terms that many true Christians believe in the theory of evolution and reject the biblical account of a literal six day creation as recorded in Genesis . |
| 3 | At the close of a topsy-turvy third day England were 287 runs ahead at 210 for five in their second innings . |
| 4 | She still found it hard to assimilate the way her life had changed so drastically in the course of a mere few days . |
| 5 | Samson had clouted her for burning it — the beginning of a long bad day . |
| 6 | Eventually , at the end of a long hard day on Loch Stack , he was persuaded to hang up his oars by two old friends . |
| 7 | He stayed till the last ball before lunch of a gripping third day , when Benjamin yorked him off stump ; his 163 was a remarkable effort after previously recording only four first-class centuries . |
| 8 | Glass solar tubes , 6ft-long , installed on the roof boost free energy collection and , unlike conventional solar panels , work well on the diffused light of a grey English day . |
| 9 | By the close of a wearying second day , England were 19 for nought at the start of their quest for a draw . |
| 10 | And then she knew it was true as , under the hot Mediterranean sun , their love was sealed for eternity in that final last desperate burst of flame and fire that heralded not the end of a wonderful Majorcan day but the beginning of their life and love together . |