Example sentences of "day i [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Extract 1 : The ghost One day me met a witch Jamaica [ inaudible ] me ( gor ra ) mother — me saw her dere , me sit down an she tell me all the story alrigh% ? |
| 2 | And " Here also the Bridge under which on many a Sabbath day I witnessed the Baptists performing the Sacred rite of dipping in the river . " |
| 3 | And " Here also the Bridge under which on many a Sabbath day I witnessed the Baptists performing the Sacred rite of dipping in the river . " |
| 4 | On my last day I had a boatman take me round the island . |
| 5 | Now I remember all that because it was the day I had a tooth knocked oui by a cricket ball . " |
| 6 | One particular day I had a skinful of them . |
| 7 | The other day I had a visit from the ‘ music man ’ who told me that I needed a licence to play music in my shop . |
| 8 | One day I had a mind-blowing experience ; I was sent on relief to Sainsbury 's Finchley Road shop . |
| 9 | Chris Christmas day I had a real chest erm and mouth and everything . |
| 10 | One day I had an argument with the forelady . |
| 11 | At the end of the day I had the satisfaction of presiding in the Lords debate on the Bill and noting the very last words in Barbara Castle 's account of the affair : ‘ Now , unexpectedly , I have received a letter of ‘ appreciation ’ from Harold for the ‘ hard work and long hours ’ I have put in over the consultants ' ‘ package ’ . |
| 12 | One day I saw a man pulling a small cart . |
| 13 | ‘ At first I thought art was simply a matter of reproducing what I saw ; but one day I saw a reproduction of Piero della Francesca 's Pietà , and I suddenly realised that there was a huge spiritual element in painting . |
| 14 | All in all it was with a feeling of indescribable joy that on the sixth day I saw a familiar figure coming towards me among the prompt arrivals . |
| 15 | Today , I was going to Corfu — I had never really wanted to go there , but one day I saw an advertisement in the newspaper . |
| 16 | Enlightenment was urged on me the day I saw the old Jew float to the surface of the deep latrine , how he splashed and struggled into life , and was hoisted out by the jubilant guards , his clothes cleansed by the mire . |
| 17 | He recalled , ‘ I was under the pressure of being a family man with a daughter , and one day I accepted a job to act in a movie in the day-time and was writing another movie at night . |
| 18 | Before she went to Navron she told Harry she felt like the well fed birds that could only fly about in their cage , but ‘ one day I set a linnet free which flew straight out of my hand towards the sun . ’ |
| 19 | It 's not every day I survive a plane crash ! ’ |
| 20 | NEEDING to unwind the key in my back for 10 minutes the other day I passed a church near Everton 's ground declaring ; ‘ It 's never too late to talk to God . ’ |
| 21 | Every day I passed the weathered statue of Henry VI in the middle of School Yard . |
| 22 | That day I made a vow to myself that I would return to Athens and run better . |
| 23 | He said ’ I believe at the end of the day I made the wrong decision ’ . |
| 24 | On the first day I pass the acid Fitzgerald test . |
| 25 | On the spur of the moment the other day I asked a seminar group of sixteen PGCE students ( a third of whom were over the age of thirty ) after a three-week preliminary block of school experience , whether they thought that schools were ( a ) fine as they were ; ( b ) in need of some modifications ; ( c ) failing a sizeable proportion of young people ; ( d ) seriously failing all young people . |
| 26 | The following day I asked the young women of an all-girls ' school I was visiting if they had seen her , and what they thought . |
| 27 | One day I asked the teacher if it would n't be more patriotic to knit some items in red , white and blue . |
| 28 | The following day I hired a van , loaded up my possessions and then handed over my keys to the landlord . |
| 29 | On the day I went the team comprised two practising barristers , a QC who is a Recorder of the Crown Court and a Circuit judge . |
| 30 | The next day I took the first bus back to New York . |