Example sentences of "[adv prt] the day " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would go on the day she judged best . |
| 2 | The proposal would not prevent unofficial action taken on the day without any notice . |
| 3 | He 's in a photo of Mrs Nowak 's taken on the day her husband went back to Poland . |
| 4 | Also one of the new pope 's first actions , taken on the day after his consecration , was to extract an oath of obedience from the prefect of Rome . |
| 5 | A throat culture taken on the day of microbiological diagnosis was negative . |
| 6 | The Libyan Arab Airlines Boeing 727 came down the day after the fourth anniversary of the Lockerbie bomb — allegedly planted by two Libyans — which killed 270 . |
| 7 | Heavy thunderstorms had poured down the day before , but today the sun shone brightly and the air was warm and clear . |
| 8 | Anyway erm tt I went down the day before I went into hospital actually for my op , and er |
| 9 | ‘ Talk about being desperate to get back out on the road , but we were actually counting down the days between finishing the album and starting this tour , ’ quoth guitarist Andy Couzens . |
| 10 | Most are counting down the days . |
| 11 | He decided to fill in the day by making arrangements for his departure from the city . |
| 12 | So always fill in the day 's workings before you leave for home , taking special care that there are no holes or pitfalls you have created into which livestock can stray and suffer injury . |
| 13 | The typical interviewee profile of the ‘ recreational user ’ is that of ‘ dabbling ’ at weekends , usually sharing a ‘ bag ’ with a friend , then gradually filling in the days in between until they are all taken up by heroin use . |
| 14 | I am just filling in the days , she thought — until Edmund returns . |
| 15 | I might start off the day with lots of intentions and by the end of it I 'm so fagged out I just collapse . |
| 16 | We managed to get in two dramatic runs under the Aiguille Vert and a great run down the Italian Bowl before lunch , finishing off the day by skiing the famous and steep Pas de Chevre . |
| 17 | I like starting off the day with a ten mile run followed by |
| 18 | ‘ Let us meet outside the gates , ’ he said , ‘ and draw up the day 's work . ’ |
| 19 | The thunder broke not long after sunset , as Cameron and Menzies sat with a jug of wine , reckoning up the day 's gains and setbacks . |
| 20 | But I 'm not giving up the day job — yet . |
| 21 | It is better than tripods for a really wet crop since the crop may be put up the day it is cut even in rainy weather . |
| 22 | As we sat at the loch eating a cold lunch , deciding who could first pin the blame on the other for messing up the day , we heard voices from the cliffs surrounding the lochan . |
| 23 | Thus , as Neugebauer has succinctly remarked , our present way of dividing up the day into hours , minutes , and seconds ‘ is the result of a Hellenistic modification of an Egyptian practice combined with Babylonian numerical procedures ’ . |
| 24 | An official teachers ' guide may recommend project work and locally based enquiry , whereas the official timetable renders such initiatives impossible by dividing up the day into small fragments . |
| 25 | In summing up the day the Bishop emphasised the fact that there are weak as well as strong , failures as well as successes , amongst the people of God . |
| 26 | Steve gave up the day job last August and , with my razor sharp powers of journalistic observation , I think the day had some importance for him . |
| 27 | But the plot has more holes than an OAP 's hairnet , and the supercilious Ms Dash thoroughly deserves the pig-ignorant Mr Wayans , I strongly advise brother Marlon not to give up the day job and I sincerely hope I am indisposed should they decide to foist Mo' Money 2 on us . |
| 28 | In either case , a good meal helps to relax the body and spirit and wind up the day . |
| 29 | She 'll ring me up the day before . ’ |
| 30 | It goes with gossip , it livens up the day , it becomes a social event in itself . |