Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [adj] day [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally a knight expected to serve for about forty days a year at his own expense ; the terms of his service might also be restricted — when and where he served , and for how long he would stay after the forty days if the king paid him . |
| 2 | Five target fish were nominated for the second day as the anglers struggled to overcome persistent torrential rain and buffeting winds . |
| 3 | Radio Venceremos , the FMLN 's broadcasting station , claimed on the same day that the armed forces had sustained 475 dead and 1,395 wounded . |
| 4 | The Press Trust of India news agency reported on the same day that the two sides had agreed to finalize arrangements for reopening consulates-general in Bombay and Shanghai . |
| 5 | The US press reported on the same day that the two men whose extradition was being sought , Abdel Baset al-Megrahi and al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah , had met for two days , earlier in May , with a leading Washington criminal defence attorney , Plato Cacheris . |
| 6 | When she had stopped the car and climbed out , she wondered for a moment whether she had come on the wrong day or at the wrong time , though she was sure she had not . |
| 7 | Four more applications were received yesterday and the total of 15 is expected to increase over the next day or two . |
| 8 | The next day at lunch he referred to the previous day as bringing " tears in the morning and tears at night . " |
| 9 | It was granted for the following day and a deputation was formed consisting of Dr. Paisley , leader of the DUP ; Rev. William Beattie , deputy leader of the same party ; Cecil Harvey , Vanguard Unionist Assembly member from the Saintfield area ; and the present writer . |
| 10 | Long conversations tired her but she loved to talk of the old days and her life as a nanny to a wealthy family . |
| 11 | Lowell , thrust into the present day and onto solid ground , agreed that he was n't much good at it . |
| 12 | The main requirement , that O&Y first raises enough funds to pay off a separate commercial paper programme , will be met within the next day or two . |
| 13 | I made sure I was well prepared before the big day and I especially took time in deciding my dress . |
| 14 | It 's funny er when Richard came in the other day and said he 'd been he 'd been to the dentist and you said oh well they have n't been in touch with us yet . |
| 15 | In all her short life Sally-Anne had never before encountered the squalor which she had seen in the few days since she had arrived in these poor streets in the hinterland between London Docks and Stepney . |
| 16 | Smaller mammals , such as cats , rabbits and ferrets , have only a short gestation and so can made in the lengthening days that signal the end of winter . |
| 17 | He had seen for himself the progress that had been made in the three days since he had last visited the laboratories . |
| 18 | I do n't think it 's that big and Dick came over the other day and erm he wait |
| 19 | To George 's annoyance , everyone seems to be conspiring against his grandiose plans — especially the old lady who arrives on the same day as Tony Madoc . |
| 20 | Nigeria 's President Babangida on Aug. 16 spoke out against unilateral production increases , while Indonesia had said on the previous day that OPEC should first let the industrialized countries draw down their stockpiles . |
| 21 | UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont reiterated on the same day that the UK government would take whatever action was necessary to maintain the existing DM2.95 central parity of the pound . |
| 22 | The news came on the same day that the car makers Rover announced another year of losses . |
| 23 | He denounced the arrests on Aug. 14 of opposition leaders , which , he noted , came on the same day as the release of Sgt. Venançio Mikó Obiang , who was convicted in July 1983 of participating in an attempted coup the previous May [ see pp. 32299-300 ] . |
| 24 | The lorry driver , a relief worker from ISC Chemicals in Bristol , came on the wrong day and found nobody at the plant . |
| 25 | My next point is on a relatively minor announcement that was made on the same day that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced the changes in benefits and contributions . |
| 26 | However , it had welcomed the announcement made on the same day that two other Soviet radar stations , also seen by the USA to violate the ABM treaty , were to be dismantled . |
| 27 | If if if if you were wanting to buy erm buy a house if you were moving house , and I did n't realize until the other day that ninety percent of people who buy and sell houses are moving within their own area . |
| 28 | Sadly , it was broadcast on the same day that this remarkable man died … |
| 29 | He said in a Radio France Internationale interview broadcast on the same day that he had won 62.7 per cent of votes in the March 1989 presidential elections and that his opponents were a minority . |
| 30 | Gen. Kadijevic stated on the same day that " Yugoslavia as it existed until now has ceased to be " and that " the army is therefore taking certain decisions into its own hands " . |