Example sentences of "[adj] day ' work " in BNC.
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1 | After his second retirement eight years later , he was again ‘ let down lightly ’ , by doing a few days ' work a month on market research . |
2 | For shifting material with a horse and cart James Bell was paid £1 : 12s. : 0d. for eight days ' work . |
3 | I knew all these ; had already played with them in my mind , from the most inconsequential ( Mickey Spillane 's ‘ another three days ' work never hurt anyone' ) to the most tragic : the story of Joseph de Jussieu and his search for the fever tree . |
4 | They were the citoyens who paid at least the equivalent of three days ' work in direct tax . |
5 | Thatcher gets £250,000 for three days ' work |
6 | The woman who let Britain slide into the worst depression since the 30s was paid £250,000 last week for just three days ' work on a lecture tour . |
7 | The outcome of perhaps three days ' work is often no more than ten points on a flip chart , and we would consider that a good rate of striking . |
8 | Not a bad three days ' work all in all . |
9 | So how much money will you get for the three days ' work you 've done ? |
10 | If their experience could be harnessed to define the receptionist 's task , it may suit potential volunteers who can not contribute two full days ' work but who nevertheless are committed to the CAB . |
11 | The cost of employing the consultant — up to £1000 for five days ' work — is split between the bank and the company . |
12 | Over 1,000,000 days ' work were lost due to strikes in the first quarter of 1991 , a figure exceeded in the second quarter under the combined impact of continuing miners ' strikes and protest strikes against price increases . |
13 | In 1966 , Peter Bogdanovich , by then an assistant director and part-time scriptwriter for Corman , was given his chance to direct a thriller called Targets in which Boris Karloff was cast because he still owed Corman two days ' work . |
14 | Feedback and evaluation of the two days ' work was made before the participants dispersed . |
15 | The two-year job as a member of South Glamorgan Health Authority is worth £5,000 a year , for two days ' work a month . |
16 | In contrast to Montgomerie , Gilford , who won in Agadir with a nine-under-par 279 to retain the title , and runner-up Spence , who finished on 280 with Stephen Ames of Trinidad and Tobago , flew home well satisfied with their four days ' work . |