Example sentences of "[vb pp] the day " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But she fears bureaucracy may have delayed the day of judgement even further and it may not be June until judgement is given . |
| 2 | This had been arranged the day before . |
| 3 | Amongst the flag-waving crowd were children from St. John 's C.E. Primary School , who were given the day off . |
| 4 | Whether they were going for a new place , or staying , the hired hands were all given the day off to attend the Hirings . |
| 5 | Government employees were given the day off to swell the crowd , and Mr Hun Sen emphasised that only his party could guarantee that they would keep their jobs . |
| 6 | The Hibs players have been given the day off today and will train in Jersey tomorrow morning before flying back to Edinburgh . |
| 7 | The jury of seven men and five women have been given the day off tomorrow while both sides consider the evidence against Marsh and on Monday make their final submissions to the court . |
| 8 | It had been posted the day they left for Algeria . |
| 9 | One woman was sacked the day after her wedding to a rival firm 's employee . |
| 10 | The merchants were devout Muslims and their prayers in the patchy shade of the two courtyard trees , prefaced by elaborate washing , punctuated the day . |
| 11 | It had really wrecked the day . |
| 12 | ‘ I had heard the day , but not the hour , ’ he said . |
| 13 | The ice was broken the day after Natasha arrived in England . |
| 14 | Of his playing partners , Greg Norman was fined the same amount , but Ken Brown , who had been punished the day before , had to fork out £100 for a second offence . |
| 15 | A break during the middle of the day and a return to the stables — apart from the question of distance from the field where the work was being done — would have meant unyoking and yoking up a second time for another stint in the afternoon ; and this would have lengthened the day without appreciably lengthening the working time . |
| 16 | By limiting itself to cautious probing on the 21st ( all except for the disobedient von Zwehl who had registered the day 's only success ) , it had lost a valuable day . |
| 17 | In Britain , commercial realpolitik had won the day . |
| 18 | As this book goes to print , it seems that consumer pressure has finally won the day and forced a re-evaluation of corporate policy by the major US tuna canners . |
| 19 | Six weeks after battle was joined over the proposed ‘ rectification ’ of French spelling , the resistance fighters appear to have won the day . |
| 20 | By noon he had obtained Nate 's approval and had won the day . |
| 21 | Up until that news hit the Committee , Don had won the day with his UK Vehicle Division proposals . |
| 22 | If so , it will be that sour and embittered Question Time audience which has won the day . |
| 23 | General Robert E. Lee had almost won the day but had retreated to Virginia in spite of a final attack by the last of his reserves under General Hill . |
| 24 | The size of the combined opposition and abstentions indicated how far Lenin 's arguments had won the day , just before the Bolsheviks were to be put to the test of power . |
| 25 | By then , it was obvious that the Covenanters had won the day and many of the enemy , including Claverhouse , were in full flight from the field . |
| 26 | He lolled back in his chair to light a cigar , displaying the carefree indifference of a man who knows he has won the day . |
| 27 | The market has won the day . ’ |
| 28 | Celtic Prince had won the day before , and only Twist 'N' Scu ( eighth in a bumper ) failed to do the business |
| 29 | Only the courage of the human race , she said , had won the day . |
| 30 | But Sotheby 's eventually won the day , causing an annoyed Christie 's to tip off The New York Times before Sotheby 's could proudly announce their coup . |