Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] day " in BNC.

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1 It is now possible to stay overnight for one or two nights or for day people and campers to have meals if they wish .
2 ‘ I am fasting in the hope that others will take part , for an hour or for days , and that we will show our personal commitment to this country by limiting our material needs . ’
3 a Policy No policy statements were found to indicate the degree to which dementia sufferers and non-dementing people are expected to mix in day care , or in day hospitals .
4 However , much demolition is done on a piece work or per day basis , and you might simply be talking about the loss of a day 's work or a day or two 's profit .
5 Dealings take place at the price quoted plus or minus days ' accrued interest .
6 Pitts ( 1986 ) found that few black juveniles find their way to the IT schemes , or to day centres .
7 Payment was either on time plus 112½% and materials plus 25% or on day work plus 35% .
8 Where there is a change or delay of confirmed travel arrangements of more than six hours or cancellation of travel arrangements or change of hotel — notified to you within six weeks of departure , we will pay compensation of £10 per person — notified to you within two weeks of departure or on day of travel or arrival at hotel , we will pay compensation of £20 per person .
9 Is n't the phrase just meaningless , flung in for the rhythm , meaning no more than ‘ by pillar or by post ’ , ‘ by night or by day ’ , ‘ by hook or by crook ’ ?
10 erm lots of advertisements produced by Tampax , erm about worry and off days and this was because during that time menstruation was one of these taboo subjects that people did n't talk about .
11 He pledged that pensioners using the earmarked homes for short stays and for day care would be found alternative facilities .
12 Mr Kemp pledged that pensioners using the earmarked homes for short stays and for day care would be found alternative facilities once they had closed .
13 And for days and days , under the full moon of high expectation , Charlie laboured to wrench a fragment of beauty from his soul — in my view ( and to my relief ) , to no avail .
14 He was a small boy of six who lived just around the corner from her , and for days he had been going on about this great talking parrot his father had given him .
15 Activity-dependent synaptic potentiation occurs within milliseconds and can persist for many hours in the anaesthetised animal or in the in vitro hippocampal slice preparation , and for days when induced in the freely moving animal .
16 Below : An innovation from Garden Life , the portable Beach Burger barbecue is ideal for picnics , parties and for days out .
17 I learnt to sleep again , and for days I did not see anybody .
18 We were warned to keep him out of the bedrooms , and for days we resisted the howls and barks and pneumatic drill impersonations .
19 Luckily she had walked , or tottered , in the right direction , and after days which she could no longer recall , sleeping in barns and eating raw eggs when she could find them , she woke up in a Red Cross Hospital .
20 Wulfstan 's Sermon of the Wolf refers to English powerlessness against the enemy as shameful ; Ælfric to the heathen army holding them to scorn and of days when English kings had been strong and theirs the only fleet around .
21 He is charged with leading the team and with day to day liaison with the Lexicographer Group .
22 Its functioning , including leap years , is so familiar that it sometimes comes as a revelation to researchers into early English local history to learn that there were several calendars in use in the past , each somewhat different from the other , with quite distinct ways of referring to months and days , and with days whose hours varied in length according to the season of the year .
23 C. The flow of water , or discharge , in rivers varies from summer to winter , and from day to day .
24 If A Song to David , in which he attempted a new and regular form of the ode , was written on an upswing of creativity at the beginning of a psychotic episode , and the psalms translation made during convalescence afterwards , Jubilate Agno is particularly important because its internal dates strongly suggest it was composed during his confinement , and from day to day of his illness , during the period 27 July to 30 January 1763 , just before his release .
25 There was enough to crowd out all but the most persistent of memories , however , for rehearsals were absolute mayhem , and from day one until the opening she felt as if her feet scarcely touched the ground .
26 A 10th Anniversary article in the Observer referred to it as ‘ a small back-room in an alley off London 's Fleet Street , ’ and within days the office was getting letters addressed to ‘ Amnesty , Alley Off Fleet Street ’ .
27 Hewitt sent out a proposal to 80 carrier companies and within days , he was receiving back positive acknowledgements .
28 Q. I introduced a Moon Angel to my 6′ × 2′ × 18″ tank and within days my Queen Angel stopped feeding .
29 Joe had letters ready to post to Littlewood 's and the grain merchant 's as soon as his ship docked , and within days was called to Littlewood 's Pools for an interview .
30 Elphin lies close to the boundary between Sutherland and Ross-shire , and in days past there were frequent disputes between the two counties as to the exact position of the boundary line .
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