Example sentences of "all day [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She ran from the room and up to her bedroom where the windows were kept open all day to destroy the germs . |
| 2 | The flat was sweltering although curtains had been drawn all day to keep the sun out . |
| 3 | What did it matter if Gran took all day to bind the cloths round her aching knees so she could walk ? |
| 4 | It took us all day to get the months ' accumulation of gooey duck muck and seagull poo off the airframe , and despite getting soaked lying in cold puddles of grimy water under the floats we never did remove all the khaki slime from their bottoms . |
| 5 | It took them all day to build the bridge — felling two of the tallest pines , stripping them bare , easing them with ropes down the steep slope to the river . |
| 6 | It took all day to cross the Nullarbor . |