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Example sentences of "i [verb] [adj] day " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Marie told me she 'd teach me to swim one day .
2	I kept a notebook of what I made each day .
3	‘ T was why I fainted that day .
4	So I mean that day we had to tell a lot of lies , you know , like that .
5	I mean one day , I mean I was in a customer care meeting for three hours on Monday , so obviously I lost some there , but you know , that particular day I was on a , just on the phone personally on my B M S for just over three hours , and just looking at the other things that I had to deal with .
6	I mean first day
7	I think that 's true what Yona says you know it it is Cos you know I the sort of the political people of the town tend to be councillors who are er men mainly and set in their ways and think that because they 've got the label councillor behind you know b front of their name that they 're they are for life you know it 's And they 're sort of respectable inverted commas members of the community and you know and I mean I hope that out of out of all this I mean it 's it 's a shame it has to happen in such a desperate situation you know because I mean none of us can really feel glad that Because to be on strike is I mean each day is is hard I 'm sure for well I mean I can only say because to be close to people on strike it 's quite a unique thing really for me and i you become so involved and close to people and you realize how hard it is for them .
8	‘ I got all day . ’
9	I found this day the most enjoyable because I 'm used to dealing with people .
10	As I say one day it might be quiet , and the next day , something might happen .
11	That was not all I learnt that day .
12	All I ate that day was a piece of bread , which I begged from a farmer eating his supper .
13	Such an attitude required fresh springs of energy , and the effect — I was delighted to sense it as I woke each day — was to make me more bouncy and mettlesome than I had been for weeks .
14	It suddenly seemed all rather a grand adventure , something I 'd one day soon be telling everyone about .
15	I came one day on a folder full of tinted engravings .
16	What have I done all day ?
17	I hope one day some research may be done on the subject .
18	‘ I do n't think I could stand being a nurse because I would get too involved , so I hope one day to join the fire brigade , ’ she said .
19	‘ The campus looks neat , and I am proud of the new buildings , but as one looks down Richmond Road , the image is of derelict mills — I hope one day that the University will own all the derelict land and that we will expand our campus on to it . ’
20	Dey are militant an I like dem I hope one day we 'll meet
21	I hope one day you 'll forgive me , Juliet .
22	I have kept a journal , which I hope one day to publish .
23	He 's a superb Secretary for Trade and Industry , and I shall be here answering questions every Tuesday and Thursday , and I hope one day he may know how to ask a good one .
24	I enjoyed this day , felt I had done something worthwhile and was grateful for the generosity of my sponsors who contributed to such worthy cause .
25	We had every other Sunday off , you see , but otherwise we worked and did n't get any extra for it but of course the girls like myself well erm we could n't lift these huge urns of tea so they had two men keep them on , you see , and er , and we were er perhaps I know one day we did n't finish until five o'clock in the morning
26	Do n't let's go there again though , cos I spent all day making coffee .
27	‘ I remember that day well . ’
28	I was in the kitchen when he played it back on the TV — I remember that day so well — and he called me into the living room to take a look .
29	I remember one day she slapped me across the jaw .
30	I remember one day on the 8th there was a little dinghy turned over on the lake and he hooked his tee-shot , hit the boat and came out on the fairway — the shape of things to come !