Example sentences of "for a [adj] day ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was n't in the mood for a long day 's screwing . |
| 2 | Set in the scenic splendour of Flagstaff Gardens , the Welsh Mountain Zoo is one of Britain 's finest Zoos , offering all the facilities needed for a complete day 's family outing . |
| 3 | But let's look first at the visible problems , realising the need for fun , not for a fruitless day 's digging or waiting around for ferrets that are none too likely to return to the surface once allowed underground . |
| 4 | There was Donald from the smithy , joking with young McLaggan from Grandtully and two of his own daughters — they had brought parcels of food and bottles of drink and looked ready for a good day 's outing . |
| 5 | At weekends it makes for a good day 's outing to take the family for a picnic , after which they can gather as many strawberries as they want at the various fruit farms dotted around . |
| 6 | ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’ |
| 7 | Miraculously , when invited for the Hunt Ball , he had asked if he might bring an old school friend who was staying with him , hiring horses for a few days ' hunting . |
| 8 | Six supermodels feature in the new spring/summer Littlewoods home shopping catalogue , and though they all charge up to £10,000 for a single day 's work the clothes they model for Littlewoods are all within easy reach of every woman . |
| 9 | But it was an American company , United Artists , which put together the talents of Richard Lester , a London-based American who had acquired fast-cutting wizardry on live TV shows , and a phenomenon far bigger than Cliff , the Beatles , for A Hard Day 's Night ( 1964 ) . |
| 10 | He was so fed up that he put another penny to the one earned for a whole day 's labour and went to the pub where he drowned his sorrows in a pint . |
| 11 | The job needs ‘ someone determined to have a fair day 's work for a fair day 's pay , whether in wages or welfare . |
| 12 | ‘ Scroungers ’ expect something for nothing from the Welfare State , rather than offering a fair day 's work for a fair day 's pay . |
| 13 | Laws are needed to protect women 's rates of pay and ensure they get a fair day 's pay for a fair day 's work . |
| 14 | The demand is a fair day 's pay for a fair day 's work . |
| 15 | ‘ A fair day 's work for a fair day 's pay ’ was their motto and , if they expected the pay to satisfy them , they also confidently expected the work to satisfy everybody , including themselves . |
| 16 | Sometimes the driver comes and takes one group out for half a day , then he 'll take another group out for half a day , or he 'll take them out for a full day 's picnic . |
| 17 | Donleavy , accompanied this time by another agent , arrived there early next morning , the 15th , for a full day 's debriefing , and that night Coleman headed south for Alabama to rejoin Mary-Claude at the Lake Martin cottage . |
| 18 | The children 's mothers are tea pluckers and earn as little as £1 for a full day 's work . |
| 19 | For those attached to the London course these fees show an increase on the fees paid in 1981 , but teachers are asked to realise that £3.00 or £2.50 for a full day 's training is amazing value . |