Example sentences of "on a wet day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often when talking with the girls she had noticed that whenever Moran entered the room silence and deadness would fall on them ; and if he was eating alone or working in the room setting the teeth of a saw , putting a handle in a broken spade on a wet day , taking apart the lighting plant that never seemed to run properly for long — they always tried to slip away . |
| 2 | On a wet day , eyeing the lanes of traffic before crossing to the hospital , I caught my toe in a paving-stone and fell fiat . |
| 3 | On a wet day , it was dark and uninviting , the door and window frames painted green , contrasting with the dirty grey stone facade . |
| 4 | Such air is called saturated and thus the ‘ relative humidity ’ on a wet day is around 100 per cent . |
| 5 | I thought , ‘ This wo n't last when we 're in Soho on a wet day , ’ so I said , ‘ I think you 'd better wait . |
| 6 | Food for thought on a wet day for both the developmental and evolutionary biologist . |
| 7 | ** OK ( ON A WET DAY ) |
| 8 | ( c ) As a substitute subject : To stay in bed on a wet day is pleasant becomes It is pleasant to stay in bed on a wet day . |
| 9 | ( c ) As a substitute subject : To stay in bed on a wet day is pleasant becomes It is pleasant to stay in bed on a wet day . |
| 10 | The Boulting obsession with the silver screen began on a wet day in 1921 when the eight year old twins went with nanny for their first trip to the cinema |