Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [prep] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ill just go out of the house without a word , and stay at my club for a few days . |
| 2 | ‘ Stay in my flat for a few days and enjoy what you can of the Carnival . |
| 3 | I do n't remember what the occasion was — maybe it was my first day at school , or maybe I was staying with my aunt for a few days … ’ |
| 4 | Then , although I did not believe them for a moment , I stored them away in my memory against a rainy day . |
| 5 | He needed their support after a hard day 's work in often uncomfortable conditions . |
| 6 | She wanted to get all of the washing out , then cross her fingers for a dry day with a bit of sunshine and a drying wind . |
| 7 | The idea had been in the back of her mind for a few days now and this evening had decided it for sure . |
| 8 | She forced the Girls through their paces for a complete day , at the end of which they fell exhausted in a line on a bench . |
| 9 | Apparently fearing that an increasingly angry president might try to disband the legislature , deputies also voted to continue their session into a fourth day today , ‘ to watch attentively that the executive observes the constitution ’ , in the words of the parliamentary chairman , Ruslan Khasbulatov . |
| 10 | The first Leopold heard of it was when his son coolly informed him that he was accompanying Aloysia and her father for a few days to visit the Princess of Orange at Kircheim-Bolanden , where Aloysia was to sing several arias that Wolfgang had written for her . |
| 11 | Overnight , as passengers slept soundly in their cabins after a long day ashore , or the more hardy danced and gave in to the temptations of the midnight buffet , the Ocean Empress had weighed anchor and begun to move south again , until , shortly after dawn , the silence of the engines pronounced her arrival in Tenerife off the west coast of Africa . |
| 12 | HUSBANDS who complain to their wives after a hard day at work are helping to save their marriage . |
| 13 | In particular new potatoes should be bought in small amounts as they lose their freshness within a few days ; they should have a skin which feels damp to the touch and is easily removed by rubbing . |
| 14 | The interest in local on-farm training was due no doubt to the difficulty that many found in getting away from their farms for a whole day . |
| 15 | Some idea of its business , ranging from the apparently trivial to the significant , can be seen in the contents of its registers for a single day , 21 December 1595 . |
| 16 | Even if the Queen ca n't go , she can surely spare at least one member of her family for a few days there . |
| 17 | He was aching to tell his friends about the Gooseneck episode , but since it was of human rather than police significance he did n't feel entitled to waste their time during a busy day . |
| 18 | Elsewhere another crew struggled against the current , pulling hard on their oars on a windless day . |
| 19 | What the game really needs is a career woman — or , at least , one whose idea of a good day 's work is n't in the ballroom with Colonel Mustard and a candlestick . |
| 20 | His words of a few days ago came unbidden into her mind . |
| 21 | Dorcas vaguely recalled an elderly nome who had once decided that he was a teapot , but he 'd changed his mind after a few days . |
| 22 | This is Rupert , a 5 month old Barn Owl who was deserted by his parents at a few days old , but found in time to be saved and hand reared . |
| 23 | I went over to his home for a few days to sort out helmet and leather contracts . |
| 24 | If she missed his letters for a few days , she would probably stop taking him for granted . |
| 25 | David Puttnam will be going round with a quiet smile on his face for a few days . |
| 26 | They 're trying to make our course into a three day a week . |
| 27 | You might be 37 or 42 when you suddenly see your reflection on a bad day and are shocked to discover you 're not the 32 you feel inside . |
| 28 | ‘ We thought we would only be away from our village for a few days , ’ she said . |
| 29 | Q When you look at your diary after a few days , and your tally of tantrums , are they part of a more general pattern ? |
| 30 | Thus the years at Halton fell away like the beech leaves from the trees around the camp some golden , some dark brown , but only one black that covered the parade grounds and even got into our billets on a windy day in the autumn . |