Example sentences of "[pron] on the first [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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1 | One of these papers was a recent statement by the county education committee that no change in the status of the grammar school was contemplated : on that basis , I was able to reassure my anxious colleagues , when I met them on the first day of term , that abrupt change was not imminent . |
2 | Should they attempt to influence the bishops , Archbishop Felici warned them on the first day of the new session , they would lose their privileges , a threat that caused considerable resentment as much among the fathers as among their advisers . |
3 | Fazisi is more complicated , almost the entire first half of the book is about the campaign , how it originated , how sponsors were found ( Pepsi sponsored them and then dropped them on the first day of the race ) . |
4 | ‘ Have you not heard of Resenence Jeopardy ? ’ she 'd asked him on the first day of their acquaintance . |
5 | The ascent in 1865 was just a week before Whymper climbed the Matterhorn , Moore was partnered by Horace Walker , who , the same year , was with him on the first ascent of the Brenva Ridge on Mt Blanc , and by guide Jakob Anderegg . |
6 | One of 11 auctioneering firms participating in the CLASS operation are Cheshire-based Wright-Manley who offered two lots on the first day of the new system which is linked to the offices of some 30 buyers , mostly abattoirs . |