Example sentences of "day [prep] a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The master manufacturers of Manchester wish that prices might always be high enough to enforce a general industry ; to keep the hands employed six days for a week 's work ; as they find that even one idle day , in the chance of it being a drunken one , damages all the other five , or rather the work of them . |
| 2 | In my days as a Justice 's Clerk I saw enough corpses to know that death can grossly disfigure even the comeliest of faces . ’ |
| 3 | However , if we neglect to make use of these first three days of a foal 's life in this way , we are likely to find that the foal becomes suspicious of us . |
| 4 | Marrakech is worth not two days of a tourist 's time but at least seven . |
| 5 | However , in the early days of a band 's existence it operates more often as a partnership . |
| 6 | A key issues review should take approximately 1-3 days of a manager 's time and 1 day of a partner 's time depending on the size of the transaction . |
| 7 | Although he sailed over with King George , as some twenty-five years previously he had accompanied the Prince of Orange on his voyage to claim the crown , he received only an annuity of £400 from the new monarch , was soon deep in debt again , and ended his days in a debtor 's prison . |
| 8 | Like father , like daughter , she guessed — but then had she not herself devoted her days to a father 's needs ? |
| 9 | All that knew McMurdo agreed that he 'd end his days on a hangman 's rope . |
| 10 | 30 June 1989 found most of the battalion not on guard in bearskins and tunics , but enjoying the last day of a fortnight 's shooting on the ranges at Salisbury Plain , on ISAAC . |
| 11 | Finally , the opening day of a Queen 's Speech debate is one of our most agreeable parliamentary occasions . |
| 12 | A MUSLIM woman who has not seen her bridegroom since the day of a registrar 's office wedding had her marriage annulled yesterday by a Scottish judge . |
| 13 | A key issues review should take approximately 1-3 days of a manager 's time and 1 day of a partner 's time depending on the size of the transaction . |
| 14 | A day trip to buy 1½in ash , and half a day in a neighbour 's workshop machining left me with a large number of very small sections , and another project underway . |
| 15 | Parents ' nutritionist Caroline Bunker spent a day at a reader 's home to find out what her fears and concerns were |