Example sentences of "[was/were] the only day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sunday was the only day when Joan 's routine was sufficiently fixed for me to know what she was doing . |
| 2 | It was the only day of the week on which we saw Grandad in a suit with a tie , and in his Sunday boots . |
| 3 | This was the only day that Kaz felt life jackets would n't be necessary . |
| 4 | This was the only day of the year that the workers were ever allowed in the family parlour . |
| 5 | For most of the men , it was the only day of the year when they were able to visit a town , spending their days as they did working on the isolated farms of the moors and dales . |
| 6 | I I thought it did because that was the only day that was n't a |
| 7 | Wednesdays was the only day ex-inmates were allowed to visit friends in prison . |
| 8 | Anne had hoped to wait outside the coal merchant 's office to see Kathleen , but Wednesday was the only day she was home early enough , and now there was never an opportunity . |
| 9 | In that case , Sunday was the only day on which such time off with the family was possible . |