Example sentences of "they [verb] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they met a few days later in Benghazi they quarrelled and the Zliten boy knifed the Zuwayi in the arm . |
| 2 | They make a fucking day out of it if they hear of a prang as nasty as this . ’ |
| 3 | It can not be simply the distortions of hindsight that cast Alison Kraemer in the role of spoiler , for the effect was to throw us all into a foul temper , heightening the existing tensions until they exploded a few days later with devastating results . |
| 4 | When the results were first announced at 7.45am , they heralded a busy day for chairman David Sainsbury . |
| 5 | They spent a whole day placing the furniture . |
| 6 | Laws are needed to protect women 's rates of pay and ensure they get a fair day 's pay for a fair day 's work . |
| 7 | and Jenny was saying she went to Debenhams yesterday they had a twelve day spectacular at eight thirty to eight thirty at night there was clothes they were half price plus you got a third of ten per cent off . |
| 8 | They forced themselves to eat the porridge , the eggs fresh from the nest , for they had a long day before them . |
| 9 | They had a bad day in the office . |
| 10 | The news was relayed to the restive citizens that they had a few days ' respite . |
| 11 | ‘ They have a lovely day for it , ’ Lucy remarked while staring through the kitchen window . |