Example sentences of "[vb past] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the centre of the clearing where they have stopped is a Red Indian wigwam , the one Odd-Knut erected a few days before . |
| 2 | It might just be the voice of support at a meeting or the follow-up on a personal problem mentioned a few days ago . |
| 3 | The only problem occurred a few days after launch , when one of the sun sensors produced occasional false readings and shut down the satellite . |
| 4 | A bottle of vintage champagne was cracked open , and a toast drunk to Virginia 's exam results received a few days earlier . |
| 5 | Unfortunate to be grouped with Essex , Lancashire in the first place , but what , pray , is the point of 8.30 finishes in matches afforded a reserve day ? |
| 6 | SOC Premier Hun Sen on Jan. 7 told a National Day rally ( marking the 12th anniversary of the overthrow of the Pol Pot regime ) in Prey Veng Province that , although hopes of a settlement " were founded , the solution remains remote " . |
| 7 | And you did that and then you had to wait until the the machine came round again and that was you again , you 'd a whole day at that . |
| 8 | ‘ They had a long and very happy life together , and when her husband finally died Lucia only lingered a few days before following him . ’ |
| 9 | Ian 's moment of glory came a few days later . |
| 10 | It can not be simply the distortions of hindsight that cast Alison Kraemer in the role of spoiler , for the effect was to throw us all into a foul temper , heightening the existing tensions until they exploded a few days later with devastating results . |
| 11 | happened a few days ago |
| 12 | When the results were first announced at 7.45am , they heralded a busy day for chairman David Sainsbury . |
| 13 | Trouble flared a few days before MacQuillan 's death , when it became apparent the inventor was in effect conducting an auction and the price of buying the securely patented new carton had shot alarmingly high . |
| 14 | When the head of the Commissioners , Sir Malcolm Trustram Eve , who was no man to be trifled with , arrived a few days after the Commissioners approved the expenditure , the butler Alexander showed him the restoration already complete . |
| 15 | The first shipment arrived a few days ago and the stallholder got his stock on Friday evening . |
| 16 | When they met a few days later in Benghazi they quarrelled and the Zliten boy knifed the Zuwayi in the arm . |
| 17 | JONATHAN Speelman endured a dismal day in the Pilkington Glass World Chess Championship semi-final at the Sadler 's Wells in central London yesterday , losing the second game of his match against Jan Timman . |
| 18 | It may be the song of the curlew that recalls childhood holidays on the moors and dales , the calls of oystercatchers that bring to mind the seaside , the smell of the salt , the sunshine and ice cream ; or the song of the thrush that brings back the memory of a walk , a place , a friend who shared a memorable day . |
| 19 | The reputation of Connect Four as a hard F8a was demolished as Glen Sutcliffe and Ian Vickers both made single day redpoints of the route within minutes of each other , while I made a one day ascent of Toadal Recall ( F8a ) . |
| 20 | M. Marc Laurent , principal of the French college , and M. Phillipe Vergote , information technology co-ordinator , made a three day visit Darlington to hold talks with Mr Peter Shuker , college principal and Mr Byrne . |
| 21 | Stuart Cameron made a single day ascent of Energy Vampire ( F8+ ) , flashing the English 7a ( ? ) crux move . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'ad a bad day , ’ he said . |
| 23 | The Saudi plant at Safaniya was closed as a precautionary measure on Feb. 8 , but reopened a few days later . |
| 24 | I just wasted a whole day to see someone who could n't be bothered to turn up . |
| 25 | The results , announced a few days later , made it clear that the proposition had been carried by a very large majority . |
| 26 | If the manager had wanted to take tough disciplinary action against Johnstone another opportunity arose a few days after the drunken sailor saga . |
| 27 | She wrote that she would prefer not to come home , but Tony and Maureen got a few days ' leave and travelled to Kent to see her . |
| 28 | ‘ Sure like to chew the fat with you , fella , but I got a busy day on . |
| 29 | and erm so that erm the shift that was on say Sunday , would erm erm be on again on the Saturday and so it erm , you know you got a different day |
| 30 | We got a same day driver picking me up at five fo , five thirty outside the hotel . |