Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [adj] day [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A wide variety of things could be construed as ‘ approaching ’ violence but to use that expression while condemning the violence of the previous day and to do so in a critique of Paisley while failing to mention the Cromac Square rioters is to exaggerate . |
| 2 | Cheerfully they got out of the car into the open day and went down the rocks to the strand and then out to the tideline . |
| 3 | Last Sunday you may remember I held up something at the start of the service , and it was my mail from the previous day and we homed in on one buff letter which had H M inspector of taxes in it . |
| 4 | Under the Mental Health Act 1959 patients maintained on guardianship orders knew that drug treatment could be enforced and therefore appeared regularly for depot injection on the right day and at the right time without pressure or demur . |
| 5 | He was arrested for theft on the same day as my godson , each in a different part of Brighton . |
| 6 | With a tail as fragile as the West Indies ' , South Africa were uncomfortable at 188 for four at tea on the second day but the durable Hudson and Adrian Kuiper saw them through to the close without further loss against a lacklustre attack . |
| 7 | Their third win in 42 Tests came 15 minutes before tea on the fourth day and was their first over the Kiwis in 11 Tests since the two countries first met at this level in 1982-83 . |
| 8 | Crawford travelled to New York by himself and booked into the Algonquin Hotel just before Christmas 1966 , tucking into a turkey sandwich and cold tea on the festive day and desperately missing wife Gabrielle and baby Emma , who were staying with Gabrielle 's father on his farm in Kent . |
| 9 | Pedro Collor stated in a television interview on the same day that he would not repeat the charges against his brother in court for lack of proof . |
| 10 | By the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 , coming into force on the same day as the Act , that is to say 14 October 1991 , applications under the Act are to be found under rule 4.4 , and under paragraph ( 4 ) there is set out the way in which ex parte applications can be made under section 8 in respect of a prohibited steps order or a specific issue order , and then in respect of emergency protection orders and recovery orders . |
| 11 | It was early afternoon of the following day before Karelius found the opportunity to be alone with her . |
| 12 | Workers were brought in from all of the Eglinton properties to repair the damage of the first day and to improve the condition of the lists . |
| 13 | Because incense burns at an even rate and without flame , it is well suited for measuring the division of the religious day and for other purposes . |
| 14 | She 'd been neglecting her work for the past day and a half . |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | I did n't know you had a degree until the other day and Lionel said oh |
| 17 | I shall try and reach you by telephone in the next day or two , and see what you think of this suggestion . |
| 18 | On a voyage to Kuwait , perhaps to Ahmadi or Khafji , the drill was to pass the Strait of Hormuz in darkness , travelling straight across to Dubai , anchor for the following day and then set off in the evening to take up position off Das Island . |
| 19 | It was on the evening of the fourth day that she raised her wings and flexed them in the sea-wind . |
| 20 | ‘ Ladies and gentlemen , this will be our last meeting before the big day and I want to thank you all for your co-operation , ’ Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke shouted above the noise . |
| 21 | I suggested she get your father to bring her along to the Rosemount wing in the next day or so , so she can see for herself . ’ |
| 22 | We made special provision for the homelessness problem last year , and my hon. Friend the Minister with responsibility for housing will be making a further announcement in the next day or two about the homeless figures for which we are making additional provision in the current year . |
| 23 | Service after 4 pm on a weekday or 12 noon on a Saturday is deemed to have taken place on the following day or on Monday as the case may be ( RSC , Ord 65 , r 7 ) . |
| 24 | And this battle took place on the same day that King Henry in retreat from Wales rode through Shrewsbury , the 14th day of September . |
| 25 | Described as a colourful character , with his shovel hat and official cloak , he met with an accident on the great day and was tipped from a cart . |
| 26 | I was in a wine bar the other day and it was just before the opening of Stanstead , a few weeks before , and I met a chap in there who worked in the airport and we were just in conversation and he said , asked him what he did , and he said , ‘ I 'm basically on temporary contract preparing for the Queen coming to open the airport . ’ |
| 27 | Brooke issued an ultimatum on May 14 for all parties to accept his compromise formula for a venue by the following day or accept responsibility for wrecking the talks . |
| 28 | 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 : |
| 29 | Upon receipt of the requisite documents the proper officer enters the originating application in the court records and fixes a return day , prepares a notice to each respondent of the return day and delivers a plaint note ( N206 ) to the applicant ( Ord 3 , r 4(4) ) . |
| 30 | He also denies that on the night of the same day while posing as a taxi driver he attempted to rape a girl aged 18 and later raped a 22-year-old woman . |