Example sentences of "[be] one [prep] [adj] day [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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1 | It had been one of those days when everything had gone wrong : the stake-out at the Saudi Embassy had produced exactly nothing ; a false alarm , and after six , agonisingly boring hours , Cowley had called through the most welcome of messages : Go home lads . |
2 | It was one of those days where she stood staring at corridors of soup cans , dithering between chicken korma and coconut or sweetcorn and satay . |
3 | ‘ It was one of those days when it seemed like I had to climb a mountain . |
4 | It was one of those days when snow fell all day without sticking and the cold seemed to penetrate right to the bone . |
5 | After she had roared off , it was one of those days when I had the house to myself . |
6 | It was one of those days when police academy cadets were controlling the traffic and miles of brightly coloured taxi-cabs slithered very slowly up the avenue of graceful skyscrapers like banded snakes between jungle trees . |