Example sentences of "[prep] my [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shall always be grateful to Mr Rocke for his ready help and understanding during my early days at Thurnscoe . |
| 2 | Except for our differences over Barbara Castle 's proposals for trade union reform , he and I had worked closely together since 1964 , and during my early days as Chancellor of the Exchequer when sterling was under great strain he was a considerable strength and comfort . |
| 3 | In fact , during my first days under Mr Farraday , I was once or twice quite astounded by some of the things he would say to me . |
| 4 | ‘ I came in for a lot of adulation during my racing days — groupies . |
| 5 | It never crossed my mind that I would ever recover from the suffering I underwent during my last days there , and especially my last hours . |
| 6 | All through my wild days my mad existence I kept my promise do n't keep your distance bom bom bom . |
| 7 | We fixed our first session for the following week , and with a little planning there could be a further session before I went back to Bristol for my first day return since being a resident . |
| 8 | ‘ Ca n't be late for my last day with the Forestry . |
| 9 | After my four days Ken was to set off on his own curtailed family holiday . |
| 10 | After my first day I felt really tired when I got home , as that day was the longest day of my life . |
| 11 | This ranks among one of my greatest days . |
| 12 | Only three could read , and none could write , so at the end of my first day I felt quite depressed at the thought of the hard work ahead of me . |
| 13 | It 's amazing , even after a forty-year gap , that I feel I still have a rapport with most mineworkers because of my early days in the industry . |
| 14 | It does not escape me that a fair hand has already written some account of my early days ; but that account broke off too soon , for I returned from the realms of ice , to which solitudes my soul — if I may be presumed to have one — was attracted . |
| 15 | Andrew Carnegie , millionaire-to-be , believed his ‘ optimistic nature ’ and wit ‘ must have been inherited ’ from his ‘ delightful old masquerading grandfather ; ’ while the future feminist Hannah Mitchell could see her own dogged persistence in the extraordinary working energy of the octogenarian grandmother who was ‘ the delight and terror of my young days ’ |
| 16 | But I have n't bothered with dresses for so long — it brings back some happy memories of my young days . |
| 17 | The timing of that , like the timing of my whole day , depends solely on the state of the M25 motorway . |
| 18 | No record could be found of my previous day 's arrangements . |
| 19 | As I escorted Marinka to the Oasis Arena in the torrential rain , the scene of mimose reminded me of my halcyon days at . |
| 20 | It 's one of my silly days . |
| 21 | Here 's the story of my exciting day out . |
| 22 | I was glad to hear the accent , for it reminded me of my exciting days in Northern Ireland , recounted elsewhere . |
| 23 | Speeches finished in the late afternoon of my last day there and judgement was reserved to London . |
| 24 | It seemed like my last day had come . |
| 25 | And I think this is regrettable , and certainly at variance with my early days . |
| 26 | This possibly had something to do with my early days in Mespot , where the Wapiti had huge doughnut wheels and literally you could choose a very restricted area and get the aircraft down . |
| 27 | My quizzing about the intellectual world which I was about to enter with some trepidation left him with a wry smile , which puzzled me for some time after , as my naïvety about the world of further education lasted well into my early days in college . |
| 28 | From my earliest days , my interest in the Old Masters has frequently led me to consult Hofstede de Groot 's A Catalogue Raisonne of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century which includes the work of such household names as Rembrandt and Frans Hals , Johannes Vermeer and Jacob van Ruisdael among some 40 major Dutch artists . |
| 29 | From my earliest days my father had planned my future along rigid lines . |
| 30 | Although I knew most of these countries from my naval days , the perspective one gains visiting the coasts of a country as a sailor is very different from the view of the businessman . |