Example sentences of "of a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | There he was , at the end of a solid day of meetings with French officials , looking exactly the way he had when they set out . |
| 2 | The alternative if the British public turns a blind eye , she believes , is the prospect of a dark day when , because of the colour of their skin , two young Middlesbrough-born and bred women may not be allowed to reach the safety of their home . |
| 3 | He was superb in Anne of a Thousand Days , Becket , Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf , The Spy Who Came in From The Cold , Where Eagles Dare — they 've been innumerable . |
| 4 | Bit of a , bit of a sad day though is n't it ? |
| 5 | The whole unit had to be dismantled to allow a new base to be fitted — a costly and time-consuming disaster , which taught me that 11pm on Saturday , at the end of a tiring day , is not the time to be doing d-i-y ! |
| 6 | The size and cost of a present day Olympic complex suggests to me that both the summer and winter games should now have permanent , internationally-funded homes . |
| 7 | When I visit the veterans , they have such a wealth of experience to tell of the old days , some I may add , from before I was born , and it does seem such a shame they never get an invite to look behind the scenes of a present day JS branch . |
| 8 | And in 1959 , Suffolk welcomed the end of a 57 day drought . |
| 9 | The eggshell-blue sky — the colour of the end of a perfect day . |
| 10 | For me , it was the peak of a perfect day . |
| 11 | It was wonderful skiing on this warm , sunny day amongst the crevasses and ice cliffs , then onto the classic Vallee Blanche run at the end of a perfect day . |
| 12 | The evening sun of a perfect day was painting the wall above the chest of drawers in such a pretty soft way . |
| 13 | 186 names for the museum of a hundred days |
| 14 | Friday 30 june was not untypical of a normal day at the PT School . |
| 15 | And tidying up after removal and spring cleaning homes that have n't been touched for years are all part of a normal day 's work . |
| 16 | Six healthy adult volunteers collected urine specimens throughout the course of a normal day , noting the time that food and drink were taken . |
| 17 | Time spent in taking stock is time well spent , even in the middle of a hectic day . |
| 18 | Yet even then Mr Averell thought that there was the dawn of a better day and that many more would hear and obey the Divine call . |
| 19 | In the end , Yorkshire could feel delighted at outplaying Somerset , who had refused skipper Martyn Moxon 's offer of a run chase at the start of a final day which began 75 minutes late because of a wet ground . |
| 20 | They wanted to present a collage of what they had discovered in the format of a modern day local radio programme . |
| 21 | Her most recent purchase — a transparent black coat over a long wrap skirt from Jigsaw , topped off with a dramatic black hat from La Beau Chapeau in Belfast — is destined for a wedding , and gives her the look of a modern day Mary Poppins in mourning . |
| 22 | At the end of a taxing day on Twistleton Scar in Yorkshire , I could not leave before crowning the day with an ascent of the notoriously polished Candle Crack — only to skid like a bemused Bambi on ice and slither to the rocky moorland beneath . |
| 23 | All the same , Minsmere in spring , the Gwenffrwd in summer , Titchwell in autumn , Elmly in winter are full of beautiful and exciting birds and you can be sure of a superb day out . |
| 24 | ‘ Sorry about this , it 's been a bit of a lousy day . |
| 25 | This was the start of a new day . |
| 26 | For humans , as we have discussed in Chapter 1 , the body has been ‘ waking us up ’ since about 5 o'clock in the morning so that , by the time we normally wake , we are prepared for the rigours of a new day ; in the evening our body begins to ‘ tone us down ’ to prepare us for getting to sleep . |
| 27 | Thus our falling plasma adrenalin and body temperature in the evening prepare us for sleep by toning us down , just as rising values from 5 o'clock in the morning onwards prepare us for the rigours of a new day . |
| 28 | Then it 's time to slide into bed for a few hours ' sleep , to be woken once again for a patrol that will signal the start of a new day . |
| 29 | Dorothea had always believed in the idea of a new day , a new start , and always looked forward to something pleasurable in it . |
| 30 | In the midst of a victory celebration in Ballymena , Mr Paisley said : ‘ This is the dawn of a new day for Ulster . |