Example sentences of "for one day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Think of a pint of beer , or two glasses of wine , as the maximum for one day , rather than the minimum . |
| 2 | ‘ D' you know because so many people switch off their TVs by remote control instead of pulling out the plug , they go on using electricity , the same in one night that would power Leicester for one day . |
| 3 | That 's quite enough for one day at altitude , there and back . |
| 4 | Brokers at Nomura Research , the Japanese financial giant , said a halt of supplies for one day would be of ‘ minor consequence ’ . |
| 5 | Helen got away for one day and they spent nine hours together in the open air . |
| 6 | To Esau the reunion means they must now journey on together , but when he suggests it Jacob replies : ‘ My lord knows that the children are frail , and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me ; and if they are overdriven for one day , all the flocks will die . |
| 7 | As for Jacob 's animals , surely they will not die if they are driven too fast for one day . |
| 8 | Each tenant had to mow three days in autumn , and gather nuts for one day ; each gave a hen at Christmas and ten or twelve eggs at Easter to the warden of the forests between Oxford and Stamford Bridges , to make up his farm . |
| 9 | The level of incompetence , humiliation and overcrowding is remarkably low — at one point Hurt throws a wobbly about having to share a room for one day with one other person . |
| 10 | One of these documents had informed her that she was to be attached to a Mr Victor Wilcox , Managing Director of J. Pringle & Sons , for one day a week during the remainder of the winter term , and she had chosen Wednesdays for this undertaking since it was the day she normally kept free from teaching . |
| 11 | ‘ Tory looks as if she 's had enough of birds ' nests for one day . |
| 12 | ‘ Mr McKillop , I believe I 've had my fill of surprises for one day . ’ |
| 13 | Incidentally , you will be very pleased to hear that ( according to British nutritionist Celia Wright ) for one day a week you can and should feast . |
| 14 | Day rose , for one day only |
| 15 | At first the joys of freedom and release will seem more reliable and beneficial , but in ecstasy there is one of the great potentialities of the transcendent for one day we may reach a state of perpetual ecstasy . |
| 16 | He could evangelise us disguised as a doctor who wants us to rest our bodies , an environmentalist who wants us to slow down , or as a psychiatrist telling us we will be less neurotic if we put our feet up and listen to the bird song for one day a week . |
| 17 | Imagine trafficless roads for one day of the week ! |
| 18 | Shortly afterwards Nigger decided he had had enough heat for one day . |
| 19 | ‘ You 've had enough for one day . ’ |
| 20 | He enjoyed her body , though he would n't allow himself to dwell on the pleasure it gave him , and being away from her , even for one day , was a kind of purgatory . |
| 21 | As for Lydia , she was satisfied to have been the centre of attention for one day in her life . |
| 22 | For one day , it seems the country gave itself over to the pursuit of all things musical , in a wholehearted and thoroughly charitably-minded fashion . |
| 23 | Cost : The special price of £50 for one day or £95 for two days includes coffee , light lunch ( vegetarians can be catered for ) and all the materials you need . |
| 24 | Most of the courses last for one day . |
| 25 | For one day all this could be yours . |
| 26 | Anyway , I 've seen enough of that lot for one day . ’ |
| 27 | Fennel can be bought as tea bags and one of these can be used instead of half a teaspoon and the bag left hanging in the tank for one day after using it to make the remedy . |
| 28 | ‘ I think we 've had enough school for one day , do n't you ? |
| 29 | In a remark certain to earn him four more faults from horse lovers , he declared : ‘ It probably costs 10 or l2 million dollars to prepare the three-day event course for one day . |
| 30 | One man was lost in the Mexican desert for eight days , having had only enough water with him for one day . |