Example sentences of "the [noun sg] on the first day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite these I always took a last look at the course on the first day of the tournament . |
| 2 | How long do you sit in the sun on the first day of your holiday ? |
| 3 | I only discovered the truth on the first day I was able to get up . |
| 4 | There are far worse things an aspiring Test opener can do , moreover , than score a century in full view of the captain on the first day of the season . |
| 5 | Fighting erupted in the chamber on the first day when the eight delegates from the opposition Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) raised a banner protesting against " constitutional blackmail " by the Assembly 's elderly members . |
| 6 | Once again , the backbone of the innings came from Lamb and Botham , and just before the close on the first day Lamb became the first England batsman since Barrington in 1960 to score centuries in consecutive Test innings against West Indies . |
| 7 | The regarders , like the verderers , were frequently amerced at Forest Eyres for failure to carry out their duties to the satisfaction of the judges — for failing to appear with the other regarders to make the regard , or to take the regarders ' oath , or to present their rolls of the regard on the first day of the Forest Eyre , or for losing their rolls , or for incompleteness in their returns . |
| 8 | Starting from the clubhouse on the first day and walking along the edge of the wood we came to a piece of natural grassland studded with patches of purpose tufted vetch and orchids growing among the unmown grass . |