Example sentences of "[adj] day [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even on very wet days Moran seldom hung about the house . |
| 2 | In the title story Sara Suleri suggests that , as on legally meatless days people thought constantly of meat , so deprived of her dead , she thinks constantly of them . |
| 3 | On calm days people dived to inspect the bottom contours . |
| 4 | My first stop was at the Halcyon Days stand where I found Mrs Benjamin with her husband ; she runs the wonderful Halcyon Days shop in Brook Street , which is such a godsend to so many of us for an attractive last-minute present . |
| 5 | In the old days Mum and Dad took the Daily Mirror , that was all . |
| 6 | Back in the good old days Turkey used to be part of what was know as ‘ Asia Minor ’ , or the ‘ Near East ’ , to distinguish its differences from Europe . |
| 7 | In the dark old days rugby tours never went further than the west country or Wales … but times are changing fast as the sport gets more professional … you have to think big time now to win matches and survive in the first division … that 's why Gloucester 's new full-time director Barrie Corless and coach Keith Richardson took the players off to Italy for a two match tour |
| 8 | In the old days Luxor and Aswan were favourite winter haunts of a wealthy and leisured class of Europeans . |
| 9 | In the old days visitors to St Antony 's were pulled up in a basket through a trap-door which overhung the entrance . |
| 10 | Part of the problem here is that , whereas in the old days Fender , Gibson , Gretsch , Guild and Rickenbacker ( and of course Höfner , Burns and Framus etc. ) used their own distinctive hardware , every other modern guitar has a black Floyd , the same black locking nut , black Gotoh machines and black , open-topped ‘ SeyMarzio ’ pickups . |
| 11 | Football coach , Bear Bryant , is also a farmhand and in the old days farmhands used to guide a team of animals in front of the plough , encouraging them and making sure they all pulled together . |
| 12 | She says in the old days women used to look out for each other 's children . |
| 13 | Yes but then you see , in the ol in the old days Gordon , I mean , you we you were very fortunate if you got three meals a day and i and whatever you got you were glad of and used to eat it all . |
| 14 | In the old days Margaret Thatcher , who was instinctively pro-Israeli , kept the Arabism of the Foreign Office under her thumb . |
| 15 | Child 2 : ‘ Mummy says that in the old days daddy would have worked down a coal mine to make power for people , |
| 16 | Just a mention about the Good Old Days Quiz Book , a B B C publication which is at your local B B C radio station , costs three pounds for one thousand questions , do n't be without it this Christmas , and it does make a lovely Christmas present as well . |
| 17 | Getting some nice letters about the Good Old Days Quiz Book , do n't miss it , you local B B C radio station , it 's also on sale at er bookshops throughout the East Midlands and at the Row Library in Nottingham they 've told me to say as well . |
| 18 | Three pounds , I 'm doing two signings , one is this Sunday at the Radio Lincolnshire Open Show , I 'll be there on Sunday from two till four signing the Good Old Days Quiz Book , two till four this Sunday at Radio Lincolnshire 's Open Day and on Wednesday December the eighth I 'll be at at Nottingham , and doing a signing there for the Good Old Days Quiz Book , B B C publication . |
| 19 | Three pounds , I 'm doing two signings , one is this Sunday at the Radio Lincolnshire Open Show , I 'll be there on Sunday from two till four signing the Good Old Days Quiz Book , two till four this Sunday at Radio Lincolnshire 's Open Day and on Wednesday December the eighth I 'll be at at Nottingham , and doing a signing there for the Good Old Days Quiz Book , B B C publication . |
| 20 | You can get it by post at three pounds fifty by post , send a cheque or postal order made payable to the B B C for three pounds fifty , we 'll sent it b , I 'll send it by post to you and send it to Afternoon Special , , Derby , Leicester , Lincoln or Nottingham if you want the Good Old Days Quiz Book by post . |
| 21 | In the old days people spoke of the development of character . |
| 22 | In the old days people used to put ashes on top , but I prefer to use a utensil and I take it out on to the pasture . |
| 23 | I think in the old days people were more tolerant towards each other . |
| 24 | In the old days manufacturers produced the goods and salesmen sold them with the help of advertising . |
| 25 | ‘ In the good old days David Owen would have asked me to join him ’ |
| 26 | In the old days Ivan could swallow a bottle of vodka and keep his legs . |
| 27 | In the old days factories used to have huge coal heaps outside in their yards . |
| 28 | In the old days princes were cold and bored . |
| 29 | Those who have viewed the Lombardy Plain from a distance will know that even on clear days Milan has its own atmosphere , the way that other cities do , although , in fairness , it is very much less than many others , despite its low-lying position . |
| 30 | Payment terms , for example , are generally much shorter than those of book publishers , usually only up to 30 days credit , and this needs to be taken on board as it affects cashflow , stock turn , and ultimately , profitability . |