Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't even manage the children — friends took them for odd days . |
| 2 | They ‘ trapline ’ , moving directly from one food site to the next , apparently remembering them from previous days , and are fast fliers , visiting plants producing ( few ) flowers over long periods . |
| 3 | He led a march of several hundred miners and their supporters through Barnsley in South Yorkshire , and urged other trade unionists to join them on other days of action to defend coal , as well as jobs in other industries . |
| 4 | He also , Busacher observed , seemed to be playing a curious double game with both Ingrid and the little Hoflin — being charming to both of them and he was seen lunching with them on alternate days . |
| 5 | The dawn ride alone with Jacques Devraux through the breathtaking natural beauty of the tropical forest had first heightened the pleasurable feeling of pent-up excitement that had been growing within her in recent days , then eventually left her feeling tense and on edge . |
| 6 | Sien came in to see him on visiting days , and she was keeping an eye on the studio . |
| 7 | They enjoy water and do not hesitate to enter it on warm days . |
| 8 | It still left me feeling sickened by the whole human race , until some devoted parent , husband , wife , or adult child of an elderly parent put things right for me by spending days and nights at a bedside . |