Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sleep for days . |
| 2 | Certain bush-bucks which , like spirits , sleep by day and move by night are similarly regarded as spirit-animals , so their flesh is forbidden to women . |
| 3 | ‘ Kind sirs , ’ Babushka said , ‘ why do you travel by night and sleep by day ? |
| 4 | All of these hunt by day , and at certain times of the year they may take large numbers of small mammal prey . |
| 5 | Owls as a group hunt by night , although some species hunt by day as well , particularly in the early morning and late evening . |
| 6 | pp. 177–83 Nocturnal birds of prey , though some species also hunt by day , with long rounded wings , short tail and feathered legs and feet . |
| 7 | The vast majority of chromosomally unbalanced mouse fetuses die between day 6 and IS ( 8 ) and mitotic activity often decreases several hours or even days prior to the event . |
| 8 | A third of all fledglings die within days or even hours . |
| 9 | And I was saying but I 'm not cos I mean like day weeks he goes yeah but you 're just as bad as all the rest of them , you would be and he would n't say anything , you know , he would n't even tell me that . |
| 10 | Flight supplements vary between days of the week , departure and arrival times . |
| 11 | As my hon. Friend makes clear , there is no comparable commitment from the Opposition , whose polices on defence vary from day to day . |
| 12 | We meet from day to day . |
| 13 | Both shrines flourish to day and co-operate eceumenically . |
| 14 | At 7.10 a.m. we were instructed to go home , change into day uniform and parade at Sefton park at 8.45 a.m. , which left no time for any breakfast . |
| 15 | They dig for days to get them out of the ground , and hide them jealously from other Yahoos . ’ |
| 16 | They disappear for days , until their prey is peacefully relaxed , and then they leap , a killing frenzy of teeth : ‘ Why have n't you done this , where is that , why are you drinking coffee when you should be working , when will the design be ready , where are the back-up calculations ? ’ |
| 17 | Frail souls and stronger can be dashed to the ground by gale force winds that blow for days on end . |
| 18 | PARTICIPATION AND CONTROL IN DAY CENTRES FOR YOUNG DISABLED PEOPLE AGED 16 TO 30 YEARS |
| 19 | I was in the central Cubs and we used to go up there to lime pits and round Lingley Woods you know on days out tracking and all that sort of thing . |
| 20 | Erm well coal er is quite a dirty fuel when it 's burnt erm D Didcot power station er this is the sort of pollution you get from Didcot power station , it does n't give the time on there er you might be surprised to , to realize that 's actually er per day erm that 's the amount of pollution you get per day from a large coalfired power station . |
| 21 | Most children who suffer from day wetting have primary enuresis , that is they have never been dry by day . |
| 22 | but because our fluid levels change from day to day according to what we eat or drink , they sometimes give a misleading reading . |
| 23 | I said if you said to me , Geoff , I want all the overtime I can get I can get the overtime I 'll go round and I 'll try and or if you say to me well I do n't want the overtime , I 'm quite happy with a flat week then I 'll know what I am but I said you change from day to day , one day you wann it , another day you do n't ! |
| 24 | Still be paid monthly in arrears , yes , but they qualify from day one , not , you know , four or thirteen weeks later , or whatever it may be . |
| 25 | I suppose from day to day Constanza always did pretty well what she pleased , but Anna was always there . |
| 26 | They rely on day length to trigger the shedding because the process is a complex one . |
| 27 | Philip Unwin recalled : ‘ The clatter of these milk churns was inseparable from railway stations , suggestive of cheerful bustle by day but strangely mournful in the small hours of a night journey . |
| 28 | Turn round day is a bit hectic for us , so we suggest you pack your bags in the morning , leave them in our safekeeping , and disappear to explore for the day ! |
| 29 | Stay in day . |
| 30 | Stay in day ? |