Example sentences of "n't [verb] [prep] a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the book I found a Spanish proverb that runs , No se ganó Zamora en una hora — ‘ Zamora is n't reached in an hour ’ , which is the equivalent of our ‘ Rome was n't built in a day ’ . |
| 2 | But they 've got to realise that Rome was n't built in a day ! |
| 3 | Rome , he well knows , was n't built in a day . |
| 4 | Er , I think as the other previous document was usefu useless , this is useful , and I mean , I think it 's er something we ca n't take in a day and night , to spend , to spent some more time over this , because , yo you know , it does reflect very well on , on er , particularly that er , information that we needed earlier , in terms and and er . |
| 5 | Lastly , whenever you make any search , whether against registered or unregistered land , make a note of the date and nature of every search on your instructions sheet , then you need be in no doubt later , if the reply to a search does n't arrive in a day or so , as to whether and when you made your search . |