Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mother , who had spent longer with him in the garden than usual that day , led him into the sitting room when they returned to the house . |
| 2 | he made a fifty that day , lifted his bat above his head and had a heart attack . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ No , ’ she laughed , ‘ it 's a bloody awful day ! |
| 4 | Why , cos I got stuck there that 's why , it was a bloody awful day if you ask |
| 5 | Bank overdraft Flexible borrowing up to a certain ceiling for people with bank accounts , usually without security , and paid off over a few months , but can be extended over several years ; interest , calculated each day on how much the account is overdrawn that day , fluctuates in line with bank base rates ( usually about two per cent higher ) . |
| 6 | Today 's stickers cover his wins in Germany and that historic day Silverstone saluted its very own British champion . |
| 7 | Or they would mention the role Bell 's XS–1 played on that historic day in October , 1947 when the ‘ sound barrier ’ was finally conquered . |
| 8 | I had thought that the ghastly images of that awful day had been burned forever in the minds of anyone who saw them . |
| 9 | Barnett 's account of the Cabinet meeting of 1 February shows that matters had improved little in the command and control post of the British system of government since that awful day at Chequers in November 1974 when gloom descended : |
| 10 | But Joan was harking back to that awful day . |
| 11 | What 's more , if our marriage were of public interest , I 'm sure that our friends would be falling over each other to tell appalling stories of our life together ( albeit anonymously ) : The arguments , the forgotten anniversaries , the time I threw a carafe of red wine across the room at him , that awful day when he mislaid the baby . |
| 12 | The appointment of a chaperone enabled four women teachers to accompany this early party which spent eight strenuous days completing walking climbs of twenty miles or so and evenings listening to lectures on Ruskin and places of interest . |
| 13 | ‘ He told me he had been very upset that day . |
| 14 | I did all I could for that plant , but while my White Poplar in the garden went from strength to strength , sprouting new branches and hundreds of suckers that came up like a forest over all the lawn , the fern bought on that memorable day when the second deluge had fallen just faded away before my eyes . |
| 15 | Three loose hounds were in there ; one , she was sure when she got a good look , was a bitch , Wrathful , who had impressed her that memorable day last February . |
| 16 | Well , if I knew that , Mr Barnes , I 'd know what it was that was n't right that day , would n't I ? ’ |
| 17 | What had not been right that day ? |
| 18 | On that sun-drenched day at Maubisson I kept my fingers well hidden , smiled politely and quietly prayed that these wolves in human flesh were seeking other quarry apart from us . |
| 19 | His signature on the title of his copy of Virgil , probably written there in his quieter days at Jesus College , Cambridge , surely brings us much closer to that momentous day still celebrated in November and commemorated by the ceremonial searching of the cellars of the House of Commons . |
| 20 | The costs of the return travel together with a proportionate amount of the total holiday cost for each complete day lost . |
| 21 | You can claim £20 for each complete day spent as an in-patient in a hospital outside the UK . |
| 22 | If the Claimant is an inpatient in a hospital ABROAD due to accidental bodily injury or illness sustained during the period of insurance and the hospital is licenced for surgery then benefit will be paid for each complete day of hospitalisation up to the limit of the policy . |
| 23 | I think he starts on the tenth , I think he starts that that day . |
| 24 | A beautiful crop by Stephen Way , a member of the prestigious 365 Day Hairdressing organisation . |
| 25 | Mourning was scarcely possible that day : practicalities supervened . |
| 26 | And much though I appreciate your relentless exhumation of the world 's injustices month by month , I find myself hankering after the wacky old days . |
| 27 | In an historic few days , Australian Rugby sanctions against South Africa were lifted , an invitation for the Wallabies to tour the Republic in August was issued and accepted and the heavyweight unions from Australia , New Zealand , South Africa and Argentina agreed to combine their collective muscle and form the Southern Hemisphere Rugby Alliance . |
| 28 | It 's been a very trying few days . |
| 29 | And spokesman Trevor East admitted : ‘ It 's been a trying few days for us and we are very disappointed to miss out again . |
| 30 | But that millennial day was still seen to be far off . |