Example sentences of "[conj] a day [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe it had some reality in sales transactions of other times , when buyers took goods away then and there or a day later . |
| 2 | as a follow up to the statement that was made on the evening , on the Sunday evening when you gave your explanation when made the point about the visit for a weekend away , or a day away , and to involve the parishioners . |
| 3 | It was interesting to receive several comments that a day long visit to one or other of the sites might have been preferred . |
| 4 | But sportsmen must retire ; their bones insist upon it , and most try to do so if not at the height of their powers — that is too much to ask , no matter how determined the vows of youth — at any rate a day before they are asked to go rather than a day after . |
| 5 | A year and a day ago he set light to number eight hangar at RAF Hullavington in Wiltshire . |
| 6 | More damning evidence came from Polly , who said she had seen her mother in Cardiff about a year previously with three children , and a day later had seen her without any . |
| 7 | The operators calmly assured everyone that there was no escape of radioactivity , and a day later normal service was resumed . |
| 8 | " It 's over a night and a day now and I 'm dropping . " |
| 9 | There were times at the Oval when both sides had thoughts of winning ; at one point the bookmakers quoted 100 to 1 against a West Indies victory , but a day later they were 5 to 4 when England 's Pythonesque second innings was at its nadir . |