Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 23-year-old is returning home to Bruhl in Germany for several days rest . |
| 2 | Crawford travelled to San Francisco for two days with director Richard Lester to see a screening of How I Won the War . |
| 3 | She said nothing about Miguel to Victoria for several days , and Victoria did n't broach the subject of finding both of them in Miguel 's bedroom . |
| 4 | Their first real taste of life on the road came in December when they stayed over after playing London and Brighton for four days . |
| 5 | CONCERN was growing today for a 13-year-old schoolgirl who has been missing from her home in Limerick for six days . |
| 6 | He visited North-East towns including Darlington , Barnard Castle , Durham and Middlesbrough for eight days for a study of regional manners commissioned by Northumbria Tourist Board . |
| 7 | President 's rule , in force in Goa for 43 days , was lifted on Jan. 25 , when the leader of a breakaway group of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party ( MGP ) , Ravi S. Naik , was sworn in as Chief Minister . |
| 8 | Thanks to the wonderful invention of fax machines , which enable my office to send me the proofs and layouts to read and check , I was able to slip away to Forest Mere Health Hydro for six days . |
| 9 | Late the following morning he had telephoned to inform her that he would be out of Taiwan for some days as a problem requiring his personal attention had arisen at the commercial recording studio he owned in Singapore . |
| 10 | He it was who inaugurated Continental excursions , for in 1925 he took a dozen boys to Bruges for eight days on an educational visit . |
| 11 | Stunned by the heat , they roamed the streets of Ajaccio for several days , visiting its churches and bars and trying to equip themselves with some understanding of their new surroundings . |
| 12 | William Hazlitt 's visit to Somerset , so eagerly anticipated since January , began in fine summer weather towards the end of May.24 Having made the journey from Shropshire more quickly than he expected , he lingered nervously at Bridgwater for two days . |
| 13 | Some 2,000 representatives of Ivoirian institutions , trade unions and lobby groups met President Félix Houphouet-Boigny for five days of discussions on the country 's economic , social and political problems on Sept. 21-26 , 1989 . |
| 14 | The agreement would allow 500 armed UN guards to be deployed in Mogadishu within 21 days with a brief to protect food distribution operations . |
| 15 | Samuel anoints David , and we read that ‘ the Spirit of the Lord came mightily ( literally ‘ leaped ’ ) upon David from that day forward' ( l Sam . |
| 16 | ‘ We had 23,000 people seeing our exhibition in Osaka in six days , and of course Wordsworth is taught at Japanese universities . ’ |
| 17 | CRACK batsman Brian Lara steered the West Indies to their second one-day win over Pakistan in three days in Port of Spain , Trinidad . |
| 18 | I was in I was n't in Llaneilian in those days then er it was far for me to go from Llaneilian you know . |
| 19 | I thought I was getting David and maybe a few personal possessions , but when he actually turned up , he was with a friend in a very large van , and this rather ethereal , thin , slightly spotty figure that was David in those days , dressed in extremely scruffy clothes , emerged from this van carrying a twelve string guitar , which it transpired was a present from Pete Townshend . |
| 20 | Mr Delors is expected to develop the theme when he gives a speech to the College of Europe in Bruges in 10 days . |
| 21 | On May 4 the FRY Presidency ordered its citizens ( i.e. of Serbia and Montenegro ) in the JNA to withdraw from Bosnia-Hercegovina within 15 days . |
| 22 | April 1 , 1989 Implementation of UN independence plan begins ; South African troops clash with SWAPO guerrillas crossing from Angola on first day of ceasefire [ see pp. 36576-77 ] . |
| 23 | WALLY WHYTON 's avian puppet stooge , this lovable owl disturbs Stuart Baillie to this day . |
| 24 | To mark the event , a special service is to be held at 7pm at Christ Church , St. Albans Road , North Watford on that day . |
| 25 | Where notification is given at the first stage , but not in accordance with the procedures laid down for the first stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP for that day for that reason only . |
| 26 | The visiting players have been in England for some days , and all four are becoming understandable twitchy as the time to make the first moves approaches . |
| 27 | She 's in April , she and Anthony had been to Florence for four days . |
| 28 | We stayed in Nairobi for ten days , working with a Kenyan street evangelist , doing dramas etc . |
| 29 | The WISE bus roadshow was at Groves High School , Wrexham for three days . |
| 30 | In fact , the snow was so heavy that the airport was closed for a time , briefly raising the hope that Professor Pollard would be stranded in Athens for several days ! |