Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] on [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Sunday was the first and chief day of the week , and saints ' days always fell on the same date , as did some of the major festivals such as Christmas , which was celebrated on VIII Kal Jan ( 25 December ) .
2 It had been held up because of the freezing of assistance to the Soviet Union ( also released on the same day — see p. 38105 ) .
3 They also slapped on the most handcreams , cleansers and moisturisers .
4 The ancient and beautiful church of All Saints is the oldest building in the village , newly built in 1318 , although an unendowed building probably stood on the same site from 1086 when the Domesday Book was compiled .
5 Charlotte did get the position of nanny and often travelled on the same train home on her days off , always in the first compartment behind the tender and always hoping that she would see Albert , which she often did and she leaned out of the window to talk to him when the train stopped in the stations .
6 He saw me standing there waiting in the warm light from the cafe and hesitated a second , then walked on a few paces , then stopped and looked back .
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