Every morning he waited for the post to arrive or for a courier to arrive with the money so he wasted his whole day.

BBC: Junk mail scams 'using lawyers'

Not ten days after he recovered from that cough, he disappeared for almost the whole day, then rolled into the apartment and announced that he had scored himself a part-time job.

NEWYORKER: The Pura Principle

"If he could have one pitch back the whole day, it would be the pitch to Nix, " Tigers manager Jim Leyland said.

WSJ: Tigers shut down by Yankees' Sabathia in 7-0 loss

After coming to the crease late on Wednesday afternoon, he had batted throughout the whole of the third day to reach the close on 109.

BBC: Lancashire keep their nerve to see off Hampshire

"Vito Lopez should not spend another day in office, let alone a whole month, " he said.

WSJ: Assemblyman Vito Lopez Resigns

The next day her whole pelvic area was inflamed, but when she saw Neale he accused her of not taking antibiotics when she was in hospital.

BBC: Richard Neale

Or what if it happened before that, when he woke up in the morning and saw the day stretching out before him like a whole summer of blue afternoons?

NEWYORKER: Getting Closer

"It must have been incredibly hard work, I love the idea of doing a whole album in a day but the amount of takes they did was amazing, " he said.

BBC: Graham Coxon: Blur 'won't record music' this year

If he has a meeting at one of his more distant restaurants, a return trip by car can take up a whole day.

ECONOMIST: Business travel

"I pledge to work hard every single day throughout the whole of this mandate to continue to earn your trust and your support, " he told his supporters.

BBC: Jean Chretien: Veteran fighter