Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's all he ever thinks about these days . ’ |
| 2 | Prime Minister Itzhak Shamir on Oct. 7 bitterly condemned the decision by the US Congress to delay US$10,000 million in loan guarantees for 120 days [ see p. 38452 ] saying the action struck at " the deepest foundations of Jewish and Zionist existence " . |
| 3 | More surprisingly , sometimes a trough develops at about the same position , 15 degrees upstream of the mountains : and this pattern also persists for many days or weeks . |
| 4 | The transition from rookie to fighter pilot starts with two days of selection tests at Cranwell where computer games , each testing some facet of an entrant 's abilities , quickly turn frustratingly impossible . |
| 5 | Possibly the most potent reason lies in present day , paradoxical attitudes to child rearing and to children , which are most marked in relation to infants . |
| 6 | This structured response is preferable to reactive or crisis management which is found where objectives are unclear , plans haphazard and where the organisation lives from one day to the next . |
| 7 | My parole finishes in nine days and then I start a nine months ' suspended sentence . |
| 8 | Hell , all this hirsute five-piece needs in these days of big-money grunge is a major record deal . |
| 9 | Result : no more internationals for the Sant' Elia and a frigidity on footballing relations between Ireland and the continent that lingers to this day . |
| 10 | My wife , Ann , and I have experienced the sense of the terror that these unfortunate people must have felt , because it still lingers to this day in some of the small corries and glens in the hills above Tummel and Rannoch . |
| 11 | The general astonishment lingers to this day . |
| 12 | Happily , I was able to acquire the latter 's autograph myself shortly afterwards , but the disillusionment still lingers to this day ! |
| 13 | Somewhere , deep down , his body lies to this day . |
| 14 | In 1921 he scored 212 not out for the Ridley College XI against Hamilton CC to establish a schoolboy batting record for Canadian cricket which stands to this day . |
| 15 | Some modern footgear and small sized chocks would have been better than acid drops on that day ! |
| 16 | According to Welsh legend Merlin still lives to this day on the mysterious Bardsey Island off the Lleyn Peninsula in North Wales . |
| 17 | Although Francis Berry 's involvement with the cellar came purely from his friendship with Lutyens , this must not be taken as favouritism Berry 's was one of the oldest wine merchants in the business ( the company started trading in 1699 ) , and their first royal warrant was given to them by Edward VII , an honour the firm holds to this day . |
| 18 | The record for late arrival of papers at present stands at eight days before the actual meeting ! |
| 19 | Martin Hebbert plans to take advantage of beautiful weather on Cloggy by deciding to fit two classic climbs into one day . |
| 20 | My purpose was to see if I could write a novel with only two characters , preserving the unities of time , place and action ( it all happens in one day in John 's London flat ) , without any cheating through long flashbacks or such devices . |
| 21 | So , toda what 's happens in these days now ? |
| 22 | Then on a Sunday night , the village , what they call wakes , they call them wakes in those days , not the village fair , it was the wakes . |
| 23 | It should also be noted that this section does not insure against any sickness which occurs within 21 days of the commencement of the policy or is the result of alcoholism . |
| 24 | If you want to know when the centre 's open , and what happens on each day , then just give us a ring and we 'll pass on the details . |
| 25 | I 'm gon na read from verse thirty five , just the paragraph there , the last paragraph in that chapter it says on that day when evening had come Jesus said to them let us go over to the other side and leaving the multitude they took him along with them just as he was in the boat and other boats were with them . |
| 26 | Mary refuses to this day to judge the veracity of Gary 's story , in view of his , by then , extensive record of crime and deceit . |
| 27 | The former White House counsel pled guilty and says to this day he feels guilty about that and his role in the Watergate scandal as a key Nixon defender . |
| 28 | The third week in August usually sees the start of what is known as the Munster Circuit , four Championship Shows in seven days . |
| 29 | This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day . |
| 30 | It is thanks to these men of ability and vision that the deaf communities in Britain became so well established and respected , and that the deaf communities were drawn together into a national movement which after a false start exists to this day in the British Deaf Association . |