Example sentences of "[be] one [prep] [adj] day when " 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 when it seemed like I had to climb a mountain .
3 It was one of those days when snow fell all day without sticking and the cold seemed to penetrate right to the bone .
4 After she had roared off , it was one of those days when I had the house to myself .
5 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 .
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