Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] the [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's right : someone rang up and asked for him the other day . |
| 2 | So we 'd have to go through it the next day anyway . |
| 3 | Modigliani declined as politely but suggested to Lunia that she should come to his studio and pose for him the following day . |
| 4 | ‘ Forgive me if I seem to be playing the amateur sleuth once again , but something else occurred to me the other day , which might or might not be of interest to you . ’ |
| 5 | You drove past me the other day when I drov , was it you ? |
| 6 | What had she seen in him the other day that had been so disturbing ? |
| 7 | ‘ To be sure , the lad 's name is Gabriel , and he came to me the very day I was needing an angel . |
| 8 | The word stirred her , and she recalled what her mother had said to her the previous day : that Cork had been her home all her life , with no suffering and no want — a safe and secure home . |
| 9 | was looking at them the other day and they 're really brilliant . |
| 10 | I caught Cam looking at me the other day . |
| 11 | I was looking at it the other day and I was thinking all the bits that are out now . |
| 12 | ‘ I … er … came across him the other day , that 's all . ’ |
| 13 | When I came across it the other day , I was slightly embarrassed . |
| 14 | ‘ What happened between us the other day , after our picnic — ’ his deep voice was suddenly slow and compelling as he steered the boat slowly towards the busy quay at Kalkara ‘ — that seemed … special . |
| 15 | Of course , he does not care a rap whether it is true or not — but he is dreadfully afraid that by prematurely espousing it he might lose some subscribers , though he acknowledged to me the other day he thought it would be generally accepted before long . ’ |
| 16 | But — ’ and here she sighed , ‘ Lily darling , I could look and look at him the whole day … ’ |
| 17 | What 's that treacle thing that we got from you the other day ? |
| 18 | As I was saying to you the other day , laddie , because I was aiming to be a fighting man I would n't get married . |
| 19 | She said she had spoken to her the previous day and she had seemed normal . |
| 20 | I dare not ask directly what is the precise matter but I see in Mr Browning 's eyes an anxiety deeper than usual and he confessed to me the other day that he fears there may be water on the lung . |
| 21 | But like , Mr really really bad like maths teacher , he goes erm he goes to , she goes to him the other day oh you 're only picking on me cos I got ginger hair ! |
| 22 | About the homework bit er I thought about it the other day and obviously mine was n't brought up we 're having a set detention night are n't we ? |
| 23 | Oh gee , tomorrow right , mum has gone to me the other day oh , there 's this woman at bridge she wants someone to baby-sit for her on Wednesday nights . |
| 24 | I looked at it the other day and I thought I must remember to ask . |
| 25 | You know I did , I was entranced by them the other day . |
| 26 | And erm these things used to used to sort of wind the r the the the spring or the leather thong around th top and start it off to spinning you know and then you 'd keep whipping it like that and you could make these things jump into the air , in fact a friend of mine was telling me , we were talking about it the other day . |
| 27 | I was talking about it the other day and you go and it all comes , it hurts and , and it comes out and you ca n't even hold it down either cos it just comes in your mouth dribbles out the side . |
| 28 | Anyhow , he , he bakes bread and he was talking about it the other day and I said oh that 's lovely homemade bread . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , Martha 's mother , Susan Sowerby , spoke to me the other day . |
| 30 | ‘ I spoke to her the other day at a charity meeting and she was telling me that her poor brother died recently . |