Example sentences of "[adv] of [det] day " in BNC.

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1 The pressure , not of this day alone but of all our nights of little sleep , overcame me .
2 First we would sit down and plan out our day ; second , we 'd decide what we expected to get out of each day , in terms of knowledge and experience ; third , we 'd go to work , and , finally , we 'd meet back at the house in the late afternoon .
3 I think glass , metal , reinforced concrete , fibre glass , brick are about it , ca n't think what else they make a building out of these days
4 It was very likely his best suit — today of all days he would surely wear his best suit — but it was a cheap off-the-peg affair .
5 She did n't want to quarrel with Maria , today of all days , when they had so little time left together .
6 Alas that today of all days , when there will be opportunity for further converse with him , I am laid low with this horrid malady ! ’
7 ‘ I hope he was n't delayed rameishing on with some customer today of all days , ’ Benny heard her mother say to Patsy .
8 Her mum Joan , 42 , said : ‘ Today of all days we want to put Ulster out of our minds .
9 Again , he might have been tempted to land and feed , but he felt an urging to fly on , to travel far , as if today of all days he would begin to feel freedom at last .
10 " Today of all days ?
11 " Mr Herriot , I 'm so sorry to bother you today of all days .
12 He 's only a so-so golfer , but today of all days he gets a hole in one !
13 Trust it to be late , today of all days ! ’
14 Instead of these days being taken together in the spring when the estimates were published , ‘ supply days ’ were scattered throughout the session so that the Opposition , which is allowed to choose the subjects , could always have some time available should it wish to raise some immediate aspect of government policy .
15 I already had two vital tools of the caddie 's trade in my pocket : notes on the measurements and characteristics of each hole , which I had checked and rechecked on the practice days ; and a chart , issued ahead of each day 's play by the PGA which told me where the hole would be cut on each green .
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