Example sentences of "[conj] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not a bloody American , you know — rushing to a shrink is not my idea of a hobby or a good day out . |
| 2 | We did say at the discussion , that we did a four and a half day or a five day construction site safety |
| 3 | Er good , from memory of the previous meeting , there , one of the items I recall at er I was left to do was contact the our Education Officer erm namely Keith er to see if er a one day seminar or a one day school or whatever you 'd like to call it , er could be held prior to the , the ballot . |
| 4 | Any budding Napoleon with a few hours to spare — or a few days , for some games — can choose from titles such as ‘ Butcher of Baghdad ’ , ‘ Gulf Strike ’ and ‘ Line in the Sand ’ . |
| 5 | Though it may be possible to get professional or voluntary back-up for a few hours a day or a few days a week , an old or very sick and disabled person needs constant nursing and supervision round the clock . |
| 6 | Whether you 're saving for something in particular or a rainy day , just put your money in and it will start working for your straightaway . |
| 7 | Well why should I have a pretty dress and a cake when it 's the love that 's there and not a piece of paper or a special day ! |
| 8 | A ‘ session ’ may be a half a day or a whole day . |
| 9 | or a co or a half day |
| 10 | That the dish is tasty and that another helping will upset the stomach are relevant facts because they do modify inclination ; that it is a rainy or a sunny day and that the wallpaper is yellow or white are irrelevant because they do not move the child in either direction . |
| 11 | ‘ Except a few days ago , he sent me a ticket to New York . |
| 12 | They can declare that a certain day shall be a national holiday , that a certain organization shall have legal personality , that a person shall be granted citizenship or shall be divorced or excommunicated , that certain land shall be dedicated to the public , or that some people shall have certain rights , and much else . |
| 13 | PCs Gaynor Brady , 23 , and PC Andrew Woodburn , 26 , appeared at York Crown Court yesterday where Aidan Marron , defending , told Judge Harry Bennett , QC , that a five day trial would take place . |
| 14 | You will all however be pleased to know that a new day has been arranged — 27th February 1982 at Quintin Kynaston School . |
| 15 | The occurrence of wet and dry days is thus not random — there is a persistence effect such that a wet day is more likely to be followed by another wet day than by a dry day , and vice-versa . |
| 16 | But I fancied feeling the long hard pressure of ocean waves against our hull and , though we were short-handed , I reckoned that a few days out of sight of land would shake us all down quickly . |
| 17 | Now it happened that a few days earlier Jones had called up Lee R. Phillips , an attorney associated with Brigham Young University , in order to file a patent arising from his muon-fusion work . |
| 18 | His son Carl later recalled that a few days before his father 's death there was already a terrible stench of decomposition , the advanced state of which apparently made an autopsy impossible . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's just that a few days ago I heard one of our members say something about Connie . |
| 20 | ( The first Yugoslav report of unrest in Shkodër had appeared on Dec. 19 , when a Serbian newspaper claimed that a few days earlier there had been an anti-government demonstration involving " a large number of people " . |
| 21 | It is understood that a few days before his death the young airman shot down a Dornier bomber . |
| 22 | It was from him that Rostov learned that under normal circumstances the whole camp would have moved about two hundred verst to the north during the late afternoon and through the night — probably all the way to Pesth — but that a full day 's rest had been ordered by the Khan . |
| 23 | If the two pairs of projectors are in line , the intention is not usually a multi-image effect In fact , it s likely that the two projectors nearer to the camera will not contain so much an image as an image-blocker , ie a mask or matte that blocks out part of the image behind it Since the two mattes will normally be complementary , and the combined image can be seen by inspection through the camera 's viewfinder , any faults , such as overlaps or gaps , should be observed at the time and , if possible , corrected on a second , third or fourth take This is more economical and satisfactory than getting the results of multiple passes back from the lab and discovering that a whole day 's work has to be redone . |
| 24 | Abu Salim decided that a third day was n't necessary so I had to grin and bear it . |
| 25 | As a result of the Pilot Study , it was decided to proceed with a seven day diary rather than a one day diary , but that a methodological component should be built into the Survey to monitor the quality of the data . |
| 26 | Other news now , and it 's more than a thousand days since Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza strip began the Intifada or uprising which has cost hundreds of Arab lives . |
| 27 | On his first day , Monday , 1 February , Terry arrived at the building — which was recently opened by Sir Ralph Robins , chairman of Rolls-Royce plc — to find there was more going on than a usual day 's work ; they were cleaning up in the aftermath of a fire . |
| 28 | Any report which demands more than a full day of your time , or of your subordinates ' , should have written terms of reference . |
| 29 | Although her brother , Bert , was now employed by a local fisherman , Arnold Spence , and could do no more than a few day 's work at Four Winds now and then , nevertheless her new arrangements left Harriet free to work outside herself and this regular exercise had a calming effect , releasing her from a great deal of inner tension . |
| 30 | If your symptoms persist for more than a few days , then contact your doctor for advice . |