Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [prep] the [num ord] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the most experienced grown-up , I had calculated I would hold my edge till the second day . |
| 2 | Greig was gracious in defeat , saying that their play on the first day deserved every credit . |
| 3 | Damian asked during a lull in their lovemaking on the second day . |
| 4 | In England , James Robertson ( 1953 , 1958 ) , a colleague of Bowlby 's at the Tavistock Clinic , started a campaign to persuade children 's hospital wards to admit mothers together with their children , or at least not to restrict visiting in any way ; some hospitals welcomed the idea , others resisted it , but meanwhile a Government committee was set up which in 1959 published the ‘ Platt Report ’ on the welfare of children in hospital , recommending ‘ that all hospitals where children are treated will adopt the practice of unrestricted visiting , particularly for children below school age ’ , that ‘ it is particularly valuable for the mother to be able to stay in hospital with her child during the first day or two ’ , and that ‘ children should not be admitted to hospital if it can possibly be avoided ’ . |
| 5 | She died with her husband on the next day , only a few hours after writing her letter . |
| 6 | The Governors recorded their thanks at their meeting on the last day of 1928 . |
| 7 | The visiting party , including an HMI in attendance , was horrified , dropped their agenda for the second day and went through the problems as they had perceived them with the management group and the Academic Board : |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't want to see him , ’ Anna said , remembering her inoculation on the first day back , and how it had hurt . |
| 9 | Ms Donovan worked for a local authority and , during the course of disciplinary proceedings , was told that she would be permitted to terminate her employment on the last day of the year if she so wished . |
| 10 | This feeding was continued for a period after their release on the tenth day , in case they were unable to hunt . |
| 11 | Melanin pigmentation reaches its maximum about the 20th day of sun exposure . |
| 12 | She was doing well at St Hilda 's College in Oxford , and her devotion to the Seventh Day Adventist Church gained admiration from the congregation . |
| 13 | The vice-chancellor and all professors , readers , lecturers and other salaried officers of the university shall vacate their office on the 30th day of September following the date on which they attain the age of 65 years unless the council … shall request any such officer to continue in office for such period as it shall from time to time determine provided that in the case of such persons holding office on 30 September 1977 , the date shall be that on which they attain the age of 67 years . |
| 14 | Lawrence , who fractured his kneecap on the last day of the final test in Wellington , arrived at Gatwick airport this morning . |
| 15 | If there is anyone still pondering why he trekked out to Philadelphia and paid all that money for Biotech '83 , he may contemplate the image of one of the organisers departing from his hotel on the last day of the meeting , wrapped first in a fur coat , and then in a Jaguar . |
| 16 | A man in Pripyat sunbathed on his balcony throughout the next day . |
| 17 | The senior lecturer or lecturer shall vacate his office on the 30th day of September following the date on which he attains the age of 67 years , unless it is specially extended by resolution of council . |
| 18 | When the couple had gone upstairs to bed , Mr Stephens packed his bag for the next day 's outing , bolted the doors firmly — for many of the men stayed in Cockermouth drinking for three or four days and would roam the streets at night looking for somewhere to sleep — and then , as if to atone for those first designs he had on Emily , he picked out Silas Marner from his bookshelf and wrapped it up as a present for her . |
| 19 | And be careful about smaller companies which promise to get an engineer to your computer by the next day of something goes wrong . |
| 20 | Some of the rapids were as difficult as those that had been our undoing on the first day , but tackled with a bit of newly learned skill they were challenging and exhilarating rather than terrifying . |
| 21 | This is likely to be your most fertile day , as it is not unusual to detect your surge on the first day of testing . |
| 22 | Once it 's down in black and white , you know you ca n't forget it so you can put it out of your mind until the next day . |
| 23 | Our plan for the next day was to attempt the Austrian route on the north face of les Courtes . |
| 24 | Did you really expect to find your mother on the first day ? |
| 25 | Limit your sunbathing on the first day of the holiday . |