Example sentences of "but [prep] a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after a frantic day of arm-twisting by Government whips , it became clear that potential rebels were shying away from voting the whole Budget down . |
| 2 | But after a two day trial magistrates found all the men not guilty . |
| 3 | The meeting broke up with mixed feelings , but after a few days it became clear that we were in business . |
| 4 | But after a few days of insipid campaigning there was grumbling back at base about the way the campaign was going . |
| 5 | But after a few days he saw the sparks of it begin to reappear and within a week Mould was chattering away as usual and ran about the school thinking of a new plan . |
| 6 | But after a few days Mcduff lost interest . |
| 7 | But after a few days , with no sign of the weather clearing , he began to feel like a prisoner . |
| 8 | Had the French attempted to move inland he would , it seems likely , have fought a defensive battle on ground of his own choosing , but after a few days , with not a shot fired on either side , the French re-embarked and de Tourville sailed home with his fleet intact . |
| 9 | But after a few days of Margery 's company ‘ the worshipful woman sped herself fast out of Akun with all her retinue ’ . |
| 10 | But after a few days Clare began to worry . |
| 11 | The initial police response was good but after a few days I could see they were getting swamped with other cases and I had to do something . |
| 12 | Another 250 words may not sound much in the great scheme of things , but after a heavy day at Pipeline and an end-of-contest thrash at the Turtle Bay Hilton , it felt like being asked to dash off another chapter of War and Peace . |
| 13 | At Hampton Ferry the Saturday match was cancelled but with a milder day the Sunday event was still going ahead Saturday night . |
| 14 | But in a few days she will leave England and follow me to Argentina . |
| 15 | But in a few days ’ time it might look a little different . ’ |
| 16 | Dr. Scambler had given up much hope for his life , but within a few days he was surprisingly recovered . |
| 17 | Sparrow Force landed at the island 's north-west port of Koebang to protect its airfield , but within a few days the Independent Company , with some Dutch troops , was sent east along the coast to occupy Dili in the Portuguese half of the island ( see map p. 77 ) where they landed on 17 December 1941 . |
| 18 | But within a few days , all her mother 's youth and vigour were gone and the energetic , independent woman whose health and dependability she had taken for granted for so long had turned into a helpless invalid , unable to hold down the thinnest gruel , unable to sleep more than a few minutes at a time , unable even to answer the calls of nature on her own , so that she had to be lifted like a child onto the pot and lifted back into the jumble of stinking bedclothes . |
| 19 | It was the eternal noise at that bend in the river , but on a normal day it could n't be heard here . |
| 20 | But on a good day it makes for an exhilarating walk taking in two of the most appealing summits in the Lake District — Bowfell and Crinkle Crags . |
| 21 | Today , thanks to overcrowding and overdevelopment , it is a bit of a nightmare in season , but on a bright day there is still no better place to eat chips with mayonnaise . |
| 22 | Yeah , but on a different day four of those could of gone in . |