Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as a post 's routine was established it would be attacked : Sergeant James and two sappers lay for two days watching a post before deciding that breakfast-time was the right moment for such an attack . |
| 2 | I lay for several days in a small wooden room , convinced for some reason that I was on an ocean-going ship . |
| 3 | It might mean that the same ten pupils were absent for the whole week ; or it might mean that overall , five pupils were absent for a whole week , plus two pupils absent for two days , plus 21 pupils absent for one day . |
| 4 | It might mean that the same ten pupils were absent for the whole week ; or it might mean that overall , five pupils were absent for a whole week , plus two pupils absent for two days , plus 21 pupils absent for one day . |
| 5 | An attendance rate of 90% , however , does not mean that 10% of pupils are absent : the missing 10% could come from a small minority of pupils with lengthy absences — the same ten pupils absent for the whole week — or from a higher percentage of pupils with brief absences — fifty pupils absent for one day over the course of the week . |
| 6 | ‘ My God , ’ he choked , ‘ how I long for that day ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You long for that day , ’ Father Poole repeated . |
| 8 | She said I ca n't cope no more , she said I just can not cope any longer and I said you must n't feel like that I said you 'll break all our hearts , I said it 's , life will never be the same again , I said come on home with me , forget about this day , I said tomorrow we 'll come and pick your birds up cos she 's got two beautiful parrots , she 's got a Mulican white with peach |
| 9 | Its tip can stay alive and grow for many days , thereby increasing its chances of meeting a host . |
| 10 | Wash , salt , and marinade for three days . |
| 11 | There 's a Danish proverb , you know , that states that fish and guests smell after three days and er we all know the visits which have begun so successfully from friends and relatives , it need n't be Christmas , it could be at any time of the year , which are often ruined by people lingering on well past their sell-by date . |
| 12 | Yes , there 's a er favourite proverb of mine , a Danish proverb , that says er fish and guests smell after three days , and I think |
| 13 | Would not a more reasonable decision have been to fix the subscription at the direct debit level but offer a discount of £5.00 for payment say within 14 days of the due date ? |
| 14 | so I said well it cost us just so many weeks though , I 've put it in again , I 've , I 'm sending it back today in the hope that they will come up with a decision in the next week , cos usually once they 've got the information they 'll write back say within ten days yes or no |
| 15 | One family involved in the disaster have been describing the agony they still endure to this day . |
| 16 | TAKE a piece of fish , cook for 20 minutes until it has a wood-like texture , marinate for two days in soy sauce and sesame oil , then serve . |
| 17 | we we we speak for two days at least in compiling a script . |
| 18 | Cost for two days , including lunch and book pack , is £95 ( £80 for GLAP members ) . |
| 19 | Wait for another day if you are not feeling absolutely on top line . |
| 20 | I better back off and wait for another day . ’ |
| 21 | Snug in their beds , insects wait for warmer days to come . |
| 22 | The people we worry about these days — the monsters , the ogres , the threats to society — are the ones who refuse to admit it . |
| 23 | For default summonses , " sufficient time " means sufficient time for the defendant to deliver a defence , admission or counterclaim within fourteen days after delivery of the summons , and sufficient time in the case of fixed date summonses for him to attend on the return day ( Ord 7 , r 18(3) ) . |
| 24 | Bills mature in ninety-one days from the date of issue ( and are therefore very liquid ) while bonds can mature at anything from five years from their date of issue to never . |
| 25 | They would sit outside wait in that days we had a seat out in the and even if was a seat for sitting outside they would sit on their own way or on a rock . |
| 26 | Mother knitted a white cotton quilt before she married , which I treasure to this day . |
| 27 | The first one is called geometrical isomerism in some books not that you ever read , will read any chemistry books but just in case you stumble over one day and fall flat on your face and there happens to be a chemistry text book open and you ha , just happen to read one or two of the words as you go unconscious and in Matthew 's case if you wake up ! |
| 28 | £60m paid off as we save for rainy day |
| 29 | I have one or two such places up my sleeve which I save for difficult days but I do n't spoil it by going to them too often . |
| 30 | Indeed , ask an IBMer what the letters CICS stand for these days and the answer , delivered with hardly a grin will be ‘ Certainly Is Client-Server ’ . |