Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adj] day " in BNC.

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1 Did they just pack up one day and go back to Germany ?
2 Without water we would survive about four days , so in order of priority for life it 's number two after oxygen .
3 They would hang around all day , bored stiff , while the menfolk sported , would provide the statutory feminine presence in the evenings — be brought on , as it were , as the dancing girls — and as a reward would be permitted to waste money on the sheepskin rugs , the ( fairly ) local pottery and all the other objects of tourism that Mrs Molesworth purveyed .
4 I CA N'T HANG AROUND ALL DAY .
5 Staff let us know how many days they have worked for the month .
6 Women who have shorter length cycles , 22 days and under , should count forward seven days to begin testing while those with longer length cycles of 33 days or more , should count forward 17 days and begin testing .
7 For example , if you start your period every 23 to 32 days , you should count forward 11 days and begin testing on that day .
8 Women who have shorter length cycles , 22 days and under , should count forward seven days to begin testing while those with longer length cycles of 33 days or more , should count forward 17 days and begin testing .
9 He would start before breakfast and would carry on all day . ’
10 Consuelo ca n't carry on all day , when she 's stayed there all night .
11 Perhaps he would do so one day .
12 But it should do more these days about practical matters — like the tax system and keeping yourself together while you 're out of work and waiting for the next job , for that is fifty percent of what you 'll be doing .
13 ‘ But do n't forget , she 'll grow up one day too and then yer 'll be sorry . ’
14 ‘ She 'll grow up one day . ’
15 and you 're not commissioned communicating professionally or particularly politely if you do n't ring up that day or the next day anybody understands if you have a puncture a road accident a client crashes but there 's nothing to actually stop you ringing up the next day and saying so sorry you could n't make it
16 This partly explains why the review took the time it did , since the computer can spend nearly four days running a full set of figures .
17 ‘ We will go and spend as many days and nights on the road as are necessary in order to reach them , ’ he said , adding that the UNHCR might cut off its aid to Serbs in eastern Bosnia if the convoys were stopped at Serb road blocks .
18 A person can spend about five days there , just in the dark .
19 And what I would quite like to do is to see you as you come to the end of the starter pack and I think the starter pack is Oh I ca n't remember how many days treatment is in it .
20 The shelves are full of wonderful food at this time of year and I thought of how I could binge and throw up all day long .
21 The Party chairman would decide later that day on what course of action to take pertaining to the Young Conservatives : the morning 's debate would continue as planned .
22 " We can sleep here all day , " said Hazel .
23 We felt we could Anchor there all day and drink and sing Britannia until the Turks went mad .
24 ‘ Wake up , you young vagabond ! ’ said the man a little impatiently ; ‘ I suppose you 'd lay there all day , if I had n't called you . ’
25 We will meet again one day through the fog that we will clear .
26 ‘ Good-bye , ’ he said , ‘ and I hope we shall meet again one day in happier circumstances . ’
27 They part , but it is arranged that they can meet again any day in White Friars , near Chester 's Inn , at seven in the morning .
28 Her kindness made poor Boldwood dream of their future marriage , and suddenly , unable to stop himself , he said , ‘ Mrs Troy , will you marry again some day ? ’
29 In fact the other day I just could n't face yet another day of taunts , kicks and bag-snatching so I skived off school .
30 I could stay out all day .
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