Example sentences of "be [adv prt] [adj] day and " in BNC.

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1 Sarella had been back two days and her feet had scarcely touched the ground .
2 Trudging back one evening , having been out all day and having had no luck , Charles spotted a large heap of rocks on the hillside above them , and asked what it was .
3 I had been out all day and I had eaten nothing since breakfast .
4 I 'd been out all day and was ravenous , but the strange woman made me nervous of settling down to eat .
5 If a wife is going to be out all day and her husband refuses to help in the home , she may have to consider arranging or paying for help if she can afford to — in order to do what she wants to do .
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