Example sentences of "and [adv] [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | He eventually managed to assemble about 170 of his foot , all that had survived , and some 450 horsemen , and led them southwards towards Coldstream , by what was long remembered as Johnny Cope 's road' , and thence next day to Berwick . |
| 2 | She had looked deep into his black eyes ; for six weeks she had enjoyed , in the brief times they had spent together , the happiest and most carefree days of her life , surreptitiously stolen , with the help of a willing friend , from her guarded life , the life of a rich heiress . |
| 3 | Welcome back to Central South , on the final and most important day of the Cheltenham Racing Festival . |
| 4 | Games of 10 minutes each way will be played between 10am-noon and 1.30pm-3.30pm each day with the competitions , which are sponsored by Puma , switching to the back field on Sunday . |
| 5 | There are coach excursions to the great classical site at Epheseus ( a long and rather expensive day by Turkish standards ) , and visits to carpet making villages where you 'll have a fascinating glimpse of Turkish country life . |
| 6 | There 's a very good example of that some years ago er in one of these groups I had erm a student had a severe stutter problem and he said that he had hypnosis and for two years he was fine , he had no stutter and suddenly one day under stress it came back an and ever since erm then he was having some other kind of treatment I think , but er but that 's typical . |
| 7 | Fróthi ( perhaps fearing for his subjects ' security ) would never let them rest — and so one day they ground out an army to kill Fróthi and take his gold . |
| 8 | Although she was in pain , there was no evidence that the arm was broken and so two days later she went skiing to Switzerland . |
| 9 | I have always liked to read the Golden Age detective stories , if you like , the country house murder mysteries , but I would have to admit that reading those is to some extent desire for stasis , a desire erm for a particularly safe kind of world , where everything works out in the end , because that 's usually what happens , and so these days I tend only to take very small doses of that particular medicine . |
| 10 | He spun , toiled and grimaced , and perhaps one day his reward . |
| 11 | As a result I work harder , I 'm a better friend , a better father and perhaps one day I 'll make a better husband . |
| 12 | I had passed my A-levels very nicely , thank you , and perhaps one day . |
| 13 | The law would be taking its stately course and perhaps one day she would have to sign documents , but as yet there had been no word from France — even Marguerite had not written — and Jenna felt very much alone . |
| 14 | But it was not a great deceit , after all , and perhaps one day she might be able to explain it to them , and apologise , but for the present matters could not have arranged themselves much better . |
| 15 | The Society 's naturalists immediately began work on the identification of the unusual collection , and only six days later , at the next regular scientific meeting , they were able to announce a number of exciting discoveries . |
| 16 | The survey was conducted against a backdrop of spreading racial violence in the reunited Germany , including attacks on Jewish Holocaust memorials , and only three days before the 54th anniversary of the notorious ‘ Kristallnacht ’ Nazi pogrom against Jews . |
| 17 | Well now , it 's not that any of us are exactly against egalitarianism , democracy and ecological responsibility , any more than Americans are supposed to be ( or were , at least in pre-feminist and less health-conscious days ) against motherhood and apple pie . |
| 18 | Crown cars are used less and less these days , other than in very rural areas . |
| 19 | We set off for the ‘ shoot ’ on what turned out to be a dull , damp and extremely grey day , to Ickworth House and gardens — a National Trust property — near Bury St. Edmunds . |
| 20 | On abnormally hot days , and abnormally cold days , the jointing block can change size sufficiently to spoil the join . |
| 21 | On returning , Herla found all had changed , for in truth three-hundred years had passed and not three days . |
| 22 | He talked me into staying two more days , and thus three days passed before I discovered that Masquerade was missing . |
| 23 | Patients with cancer are seen sooner in most pain clinics ( median 25 days in clinics in teaching hospitals and just 10 days in clinics in district general hospitals ) , but these patients make up less than 3% of new referrals to pain clinics ( patients with cancer are usually treated outwith outpatient clinics ) . |
| 24 | This time , and just four days before shooting , his cameraman , Ernie Vincze , was refused entry to the republic on the grounds he was an ‘ undesirable alien ’ . |
| 25 | Three days before the concert , and just one day before his hospital admission , Johnny Marr 's favourite music journalist , Nick Kent , received a phone call from Rough Trade press officer Pat Bellis ( née Jo Novark ) . |
| 26 | August 1945 , and just two days later , the Russians declared war on Japan . |
| 27 | It is so nice and easy these days to give an injection , knowing that the beast will be sound in a day or two . |
| 28 | ‘ And then I 'm going to make love to you … now … and through the night … and possibly all day tomorrow too . |
| 29 | It 's just that I have more and more good days . |
| 30 | The most positive view comes from the United States : ‘ The fact that much is being done , and that there are few areas of stagnation , makes one believe that better and more fruitful days are ahead ’ . |