Example sentences of "for [art] [adj] day [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , from any of these you can ‘ have a go ’ at windsurfing for the odd day or two while enjoying the good food and good company of the Houseparty . |
| 2 | The visiting party , including an HMI in attendance , was horrified , dropped their agenda for the second day and went through the problems as they had perceived them with the management group and the Academic Board : |
| 3 | Another problem is that the tests show practice effects ; that is , for the first day or so of testing , subjects ' performances improve greatly ( and so mask any daily rhythms ) as they are getting used to the tests and are developing their personal ways of tackling them . |
| 4 | For the first day or so after the flight you might find it helps to retire to bed one or two hours earlier than your normal time — but no earlier than that ! |
| 5 | A ‘ lie-in ’ of one to two hours but no more is permissible for the first day or so . |
| 6 | But only for the first day or so ; after a week I ca n't wait to return to Koraloona . ’ |
| 7 | It 's probably best not to feed your fish for the first day or so as they settle in ( though some fish will feed within a few minutes of being stocked ) . |
| 8 | And from a bonding point of view , breastfeeding — even for the first day or so — is very valuable . ’ |
| 9 | Then , abruptly , for the following day and a half there was neither sand nor palm trees , just a thirty-mile climb up a canyon of broken slate and rock . |
| 10 | It was granted for the following day and a deputation was formed consisting of Dr. Paisley , leader of the DUP ; Rev. William Beattie , deputy leader of the same party ; Cecil Harvey , Vanguard Unionist Assembly member from the Saintfield area ; and the present writer . |
| 11 | On a voyage to Kuwait , perhaps to Ahmadi or Khafji , the drill was to pass the Strait of Hormuz in darkness , travelling straight across to Dubai , anchor for the following day and then set off in the evening to take up position off Das Island . |
| 12 | She 'd been neglecting her work for the past day and a half . |
| 13 | For the whole day and all the previous evening , he had the hood up and tinkered with the engine . |
| 14 | Inexplicably , two compulsory first-year lectures had been scheduled for the same day and time , and the error had only just been noticed . |
| 15 | By the time she found it , booked a ride for the next day and searched — without success — for tennis courts , and pushed the bike up the steep hill which led to the cottage , it was mid-afternoon . |
| 16 | On the evening of 6 February Ministry of Information landrovers toured Ajdabiya announcing the ward committee elections for the next day and that Ajdabiyans were to elect the popular committees on the day after . |
| 17 | For the next day and a half , the scenery was spectacular , especially when viewed from high ground . |
| 18 | Now the depot office the they in those days controlled what a man 's duties were for the next day and a man did n't know what he was on until about twelve o'clock one day what he was on the next day . |
| 19 | for the next day and a half . |
| 20 | If the projected examination schedules are retained in the computer , printouts can be obtained of the examinations scheduled for the next day or week , so rendering unnecessary the use of a manual diary for the control of test schedules . |
| 21 | Maxie went on : ‘ Y ’ see , everyone who was at the tea will keep reading the social pages for the next day or two to see that their names are in the report of it ; and , with luck , inside that time , on the same pages there 'll be a report about your Morals Committee — then they 'll know why you had the books , and old Miss Angus will be put in her place . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , ’ said Ratagan , ‘ for the next day or two it seems hardly likely that I will be wetting my throat at all , so perhaps it is just as well I indulged in a draught or three last night . ’ |
| 23 | The jibes of the kids at his scattered schools , which he attended sometimes for a token day or two to throw a sop to the government , struck him as neither here nor there . |
| 24 | The glaze will stay shiny for a few days but after a week will begin to lose its gloss , so do n't decorate the cake too early . |
| 25 | Patients have a sore throat for a few days but no other side effects . |
| 26 | The England midfielder added : ‘ I 've only been with Leeds for a few days but that 's long enough to know I 've made the right decision coming here . ’ |
| 27 | He 's expected to be off work for a few days but will be recalled for important Commons votes , including the Maastricht Treaty social chapter next Thursday . |
| 28 | a combine , which only works for a few days or weeks in the year is far too costly for a smallholder , who must either rely on a contractor or work with simpler equipment . |
| 29 | Many widows like to stay in the home of a family member for a few days or weeks afterwards , but if she is going to return to her own home at some time , this should not be delayed for too long . |
| 30 | So , too , are the increasing number of so-called closing down sales which often take place for a few days or weeks at the end of a shop lease . |