Example sentences of "a long [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been a long hot day on the farm where I help my father with his large dairy herd . |
| 2 | It was the last day of shooting and they did n't need us till nine o'clock that morning , so Keenan [ Wynn ] and me went over to the bar and had a couple there and I said , ‘ You know , Keenan , it 's gon na be a long hot day so we 'd better stop off at the drug store and buy a jug . ’ |
| 3 | Approaching Valletta at dusk , she 'd been below decks , in the act of unclipping her bikini-top , about to change clothes after a long lazy day sunbathing with Penny , Devlin at the helm . |
| 4 | Samson had clouted her for burning it — the beginning of a long bad day . |
| 5 | It 's not hard to kill or damage any one it 'll be a long old day today I reckon , dragging already . |
| 6 | Eventually , at the end of a long hard day on Loch Stack , he was persuaded to hang up his oars by two old friends . |
| 7 | One of the big disadvantages of crewing a cutter is that much of our revenue work has to be done after a long hard day 's passage between ports when often one only feels like flopping down on one 's bunk . |
| 8 | the finish is at Drumlanrig castle … they 've been running … slipping … sliding over the mounatins for seven hours … they 've climbed into the clouds … they 've crossed the streams … they 've run through the glens for mile after mile … the Oxfordshire team of Bunn and Thetford were up to second place but have finished fourth … its been a long hard day … |
| 9 | Claire asked her father one evening when they were back at Riverstown , after a long wet day and a huge hunting tea . |
| 10 | We had had a long wet day on the moors but in the late afternoon the weather cleared . |