Example sentences of "was the day " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The day my husband left was the day I started Gerson in earnest . |
| 2 | It was the day 's only special stage before the drivers regrouped in San Remo for a midnight start to the fourth and final stage . |
| 3 | The last time I saw Alfred was the day the police shoot them three fellas , remember ? |
| 4 | It was the day she received the Freedom of the City of London , at the Guildhall in July 1987 — a terrifying ordeal by anyone 's standards . |
| 5 | Shastri was the day 's only wicket-taker . |
| 6 | Alphameric was the day 's major casualty with its shares plunging 32 per cent to 23p as hopes for its profit recovery faded . |
| 7 | Alphameric was the day 's major casualty with its shares plunging 32 per cent to 23p as hopes for its profit recovery faded . |
| 8 | This was the day when I decided that I 'd had enough . |
| 9 | Reply : It was the day my child was born . |
| 10 | Reply : It was the day I passed my exam . |
| 11 | It was the day following Ari 's first test and Leila , Ari and Roirbak had met in the canteen . |
| 12 | One of the high points in the life of Ellen Garwood , a wealthy Texas widow and author , was the day she sat with Reagan in the Oval Office ( ’ we had Sanka ’ ) and told him that he ought to get rid , first , of the Sandinistas , and second of the secretary of state . |
| 13 | Tremayne lent me his Volvo to go to the boatyard in the morning , reminding me before I set off that it was the day of the awards dinner at which he was to be honoured . |
| 14 | For this was the day in the week her son had died . |
| 15 | This was the day before they voted in favour of formally calling for the return of Charles II to the throne of England . |
| 16 | It was the day before the expedition to catch the Bookman . |
| 17 | One of these documents had informed her that she was to be attached to a Mr Victor Wilcox , Managing Director of J. Pringle & Sons , for one day a week during the remainder of the winter term , and she had chosen Wednesdays for this undertaking since it was the day she normally kept free from teaching . |
| 18 | It was the day after Ludens 's visit to Chelsea which had ended with his witnessing Franca 's tears . |
| 19 | Also there was the Day Return . |
| 20 | But the worst was the day she ambushed them as they rose . |
| 21 | Marot was the day 's biggest winner , with her $25,000 prize plus $7,000 more in bonuses for leading at two of the three ‘ prime ’ positions in the second half of the race . |
| 22 | I applied for membership , but the day approval finally arrived , four years later , was the day we left the valley . |
| 23 | This was the day he had waited for so long — the day of the fair . |
| 24 | The rector , as he had intended , found Dimity alone in the house , for he had observed Ella striding towards Lulling Woods , basket in hand , and had remembered that this was the day on which the eggs were collected . |
| 25 | That was the Day of the Biggest Wave Never Ridden . |
| 26 | That was the day Bradshaw caught the biggest wave of his life . |
| 27 | On Wednesday evening there was a sports programme on the BBC World Service , and Saturday was the day of the football results . |
| 28 | On the strength of that idea , Brenda 's mummy took her into Stowbridge on the day before her birthday — because it was the day the Stowbridge Brownies held their Pack Meeting — to see the Brownie Guider about her joining the Pack . |
| 29 | Good Friday was the day for a special trek to collect hot cross buns from favoured bakers and this custom has survived within the writer 's knowledge , with a trip from Saltash to collect the buns from Kelly Bray , ( but by car , not on foot as formerly ) . |
| 30 | It was the day of parcel issues and as lunch time approached I tried to forget the future in the pleasure of the present . |