Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] day " in BNC.
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1 | His dramatic evidence was given on the fourth day of the trial of his former common-law wife Shiela Stroud , 32 , and her lover Mark Evans , 31 . |
2 | On a rocky hill , about 2000 feet above the sea , Mistra was developed in the late days of the empire from the fourteenth century and was , at that time , an important centre and therefore contained some large churches . |
3 | ‘ It was the same when he got that job on a building site and was sacked after a few days , although they said there was nothing wrong with his work . |
4 | However luck was not with us for , as a reward for jumping in the intervals of appalling freezing fog , he got flu as a Christmas present and was delayed for a few days in hospital at Ringway . |
5 | President Jaime Paz Zamora was reported on the same day to have requested that the Congress authorize the presence of US troops in the eastern Beni region , and sought congressional approval for a law to support the presence of foreign troops in the future . |
6 | Rioting was reported in the ensuing days in Yaoundé , Douala and Bafoussam , and news agency reports quoted an official of the SDF as saying on Nov. 1 that 500 people had been arrested in Bamenda , and that many had been subjected to beatings . |
7 | This study was designed as an eight day randomised , crossover , double blind , placebo controlled trial . |
8 | The mood on Kinnock 's ‘ Red Rose ’ jet was subdued after a tiring day , most of his entourage and press contingent longing for bed . |
9 | Suspecting a mild heart attack , his doctor had him admitted to hospital but tests were negative and he was discharged after a few days . |
10 | The admission by Hammersmith and Fulham was disclosed on the first day of a case brought by Anthony Hazell , the local district auditor . |
11 | It was granted for the following day and a deputation was formed consisting of Dr. Paisley , leader of the DUP ; Rev. William Beattie , deputy leader of the same party ; Cecil Harvey , Vanguard Unionist Assembly member from the Saintfield area ; and the present writer . |
12 | It blasphemed God 's goodness to declare that one day , the seventh , was holier than the other six ( the Christian Sunday was seen as the eighth day , pointing beyond time to eternity ) ; that some food or animals were clean and others unclean ; that some nations were less God 's children than others , or that a natural function , such as menstruation , made women unholy and hence unfit for contact with God . |
13 | My next point is on a relatively minor announcement that was made on the same day that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced the changes in benefits and contributions . |
14 | The claim was made on the fourth day of a public hearing into Newtownabbey Borough Council 's controversial plans to build a town hall and civic centre at the Hazelbank Park on the shores of Belfast Lough . |
15 | The collection from the nest was made within a few days of the fledglings leaving the nest , and the broken up and trampled remains of pellets and bones from the nest can be mostly attributed to the regurgitated pellets of the fledglings . |
16 | A certificate of attendance was presented on the final day by the chief nursing officer who also stayed for the evaluation . |
17 | This is a direct reference to this technique , which was written in the old days of long boats , but as the boats in use get still shorter this steering effect reduces and the ease of veering off course increases . |
18 | Then he took two detectives to the Queenshill Bridge over the river Severn , Shrewsbury Crown Court was told on the third day of the trial . |
19 | The composition of his government was approved on the same day . |
20 | Sadly , it was broadcast on the same day that this remarkable man died … |
21 | It was here that Minton , whilst sunbathing out at sea on a lilo narrowly escaped the shark which , tempted by a lump of goat meat on a steel hook , was hauled in the next day . |
22 | Gastric emptying was assessed on a different day after overnight fasting by means of 10 radioopaque markers ingested with a standard test meal . |
23 | The machines have been priced competitively , bearing in mind the Japanese pricing of Sun Microsystem 's Classic and IBM 's Powerstation , and the launch was timed on the same day as the announcement of new machines in DEC 's Alpha series . |
24 | The machines have been priced competitively , bearing in mind the Japanese pricing of Sun Microsystem 's Classic and IBM 's Powerstation , and the launch was timed on the same day as the announcement of new machines in DEC 's Alpha series . |
25 | Sarah 's daughter was born on the last day of September . |
26 | My cousin , who is pregnant , was born on the same day as Arthur 's , who is the father . |
27 | He was born on the same day as Sarah but he 's an hour earlier . |
28 | St Paul in an embryonic creed in I Corinthians , says Christ died for sinners and was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures ( meaning the O.T. ) . |
29 | A political truce was called within a few days of the outbreak of war ; a pact to end contested by-elections was first signed on 6 August , and a joint recruiting drive began before the end of the month . |
30 | Complete mobilization of the forces was scheduled for the same day — one of those strokes of government that real people marvel at . |