Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [prep] the first day " in BNC.

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1 All my motions on the first day .
2 Greig was gracious in defeat , saying that their play on the first day deserved every credit .
3 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 ’ .
4 ‘ I do n't want to see him , ’ Anna said , remembering her inoculation on the first day back , and how it had hurt .
5 If Sid put £100 ( $175 ) into each of the big privatisations and sold his shares on the first day of trading — as many such investors did — he would ( before expenses ) have got back an extra 41% .
6 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 .
7 This is likely to be your most fertile day , as it is not unusual to detect your surge on the first day of testing .
8 It 's probably best not to feed your fish for the first day or so as they settle in ( though some fish will feed within a few minutes of being stocked ) .
9 Did you really expect to find your mother on the first day ?
10 Limit your sunbathing on the first day of the holiday .
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