Example sentences of "a [adj] day [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A normal day you might eat two , three and a half thousand calories so within one short period of eating you would take in maybe double that . |
| 2 | It was the eternal noise at that bend in the river , but on a normal day it could n't be heard here . |
| 3 | If it 's a wet day you 're mucking about . |
| 4 | Walkers will enjoy the Brown and Clee hills , 11 miles away — where on a clear day one can see eleven counties ; and 20 miles away , the Stretton Hills . |
| 5 | From my home in Sandwich bay , on a clear day I can look across the English channel and see the coast of France . |
| 6 | On a clear day it is possible to see both the English and Bristol Channels ; the distant Quantocks and Mendips frame the Somerset Levels , with Glastonbury Tor rising mysteriously out of the mists . |
| 7 | Indeed , if you are lucky , on a clear day you might just be able to see the spring bubbling up at the bottom of the pond . |
| 8 | On a clear day you can see no less than 7 lakes . |
| 9 | Vincente Minnelli , a director of the old school and greatly renowned and respected for such classics as The Band Wagon and An American in Paris , was looking for a touch of modernism to attract a young audience to a rather old-fashioned film called On a Clear Day You Can See Forever . |
| 10 | On a clear day you can see the Cathedral . ’ |
| 11 | On a clear day you can even see the Isle of Man . |
| 12 | On a clear day you can see as far as Dublin from the Great Car of Donard ( or so they say ) , but mist or heat haze have always foreshortened the view for me . |
| 13 | On a clear day you can see them from 20 miles away at Port Isaac . |
| 14 | The same effect is used wonderfully in the opening credits of Minnelli 's most underrated musical , On a Clear Day You Can See Forever ( 1970 ) . |
| 15 | They reckon on a clear day you can see the ruins from O'Connell Street . ’ |
| 16 | They say that on a clear day you can see the Isle of Harris . |
| 17 | Warwickshire , Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire … anbd on a clear day you see about 10 or 11 miles . |
| 18 | On a clear day there are magnificent views from all along this road as well as from the summit , and you can look down on all sides of the island , even to Porto Santo . |
| 19 | On a calm day there will be no waves breaking over Bogha nan Ramfhear to indicate its presence . |
| 20 | How do you sp y how do you you know erm a typical day you know each day , how do you spe I mean , what time to get up normally in the morning ? |
| 21 | It had been a gloomy day which suddenly burst into splendour in the evening , the clouds rising behind the fields in the setting sun like mountains ( if only they had been ! ) and above , a darkening amethyst sky with — the finishing touch — a rose pink filigree disc of a moon foreshadowing the peace and perfection of a moonlit night . |
| 22 | 3rd March 1962 was a sad day which was not helped by the depressing weather prevailing at that time . |
| 23 | Cos I thought it would , it was such a warm day I thought it would be quite nice for him to have a walk see if he was alright . |
| 24 | We carefully skirt the small island of Kayholm where I know there are a couple of otter holts , and if is a lucky day we might find one out fishing . |
| 25 | Ninety-two coins spun consecutively have come down heads ninety-two consecutive times … and for the last three minutes on the wind of a windless day I have heard the sound of drums and flute … |
| 26 | After a hard day it was n't unusual to gather for coffee with a bunch of registrars of both sexes , and sometimes I was late home . ’ |
| 27 | On a cold day you can keep your whole body warm with far less clothing than you may think . |
| 28 | And what a great day it was for 82-year-old George Mitchell of the Belmont Club . |
| 29 | It was a long day you know . |
| 30 | After such a long day I thought of my wife and son with ‘ What have I done ? ’ running through my head as I dropped off to sleep . |