Example sentences of "had [be] [verb] [art] [adj] day " in BNC.
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1 | The operation had been planned the previous day after close liaison with the local RUC Headquarters , and was to include a detailed search of the area using dogs and helicopters . |
2 | Bert Rafferty had been given an unexpected day off . |
3 | Mark states that the next morning Jesus and his disciples walked passed the fig tree that had been cursed the previous day . |
4 | Rioting erupted in the Gaza Strip on Nov. 3 as news spread that a Palestinian detainee had been killed the previous day by soldiers . |
5 | As Bob Merryfield was having his dram Charlie broached the subject of rabbits and Parkinson said he could have a pair , as a number had been shot the previous day . |
6 | Izvestiya of July 28 reported that a peace agreement had been signed the previous day after two days of talks by representatives of the political parties , the official leadership , religious leaders and security service representatives . |
7 | Nine others had been arrested the previous day , he added , " following a search operation by the army " in which one soldier had been killed and two wounded . |
8 | Keeling had been arrested the previous day and put on a flight to London . |
9 | On arrival , however , Sir John French heard that Lanrezac 's Fifth Army had been attacked the previous day and was no longer able to cross the River Sambre . |
10 | Vonadk , the Khmer Rouge clandestine radio , reported on Jan. 6 that an offensive had been launched the previous day against the key north-western provincial capital of Battambang . |
11 | At the end of the Irkutsk talks Baker left for Mongolia , but he cut short his visit to meet Shevardnadze in Moscow on Aug. 3 to discuss the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait , which had been launched the previous day [ see pp. 37631-41 for coverage of Gulf crisis , including Baker-Shevardnadze joint statement ] . |
12 | The difference in price suggested that the client 's order had been executed a full day after it had been placed . |
13 | At the other extreme of the street , Mr Patel was able to confirm that a man had been working the previous day , and that morning , on the Ford Capri that was still there , still with the bonnet raised , still with a plastic bag on the battery . |
14 | SPK , the SOC news agency , reported on Jan. 30 that 144 prisoners — 24 political detainees and 120 POWs — had been released the previous day . |