Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] day the " in BNC.
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1 | The price er wi , we depart on the eleventh of September for eight days the usual additions , you know , the coach from here , and everything . |
2 | During this day the A.A. defences claimed a Ju88 shot down , while on 14th. on another scramble , 7/JG 26 was again encountered , Sgt. Len Davies having his Hurricane , V7771 , slightly damaged by the Messerschmitts . |
3 | For some days the note lay untouched on the table . |
4 | For some days the government did nothing , shaken by these unprecedented disturbances . |
5 | Tripoli postponed the elections until February ; Ajdabiyans confidently expected them on 1 February , and after that day the chairman of the local Assembly telephoned Tripoli each afternoon to ask if he should hold the poll . |
6 | The appeal began on 28 July and was expected to last two weeks , but after three days the judges decided they had heard enough . |
7 | After three days the castle capitulated and was demolished . |
8 | After three days the family made the agonising decision to switch the machine off when they were told he would not recover . |
9 | After ten days the calf had become a haunting presence . |
10 | The siege commemorated in my nursery rhyme took place in 1761 : an English fleet cut off supplies to the citadel , and after 38 days the garrison surrendered . |
11 | She was brought almost to despair , until after twelve days the hallucinations ceased . |
12 | After five days the freezers were collected and returned to the laboratory . |
13 | After four days the vapour settles . |
14 | Jed drove north to begin with , his wrist a rectangle of heat and all that numbness just behind his eyes , but after two days the roads drew him inland , over high mountains , and soon he was heading due west . |
15 | The first meeting of the SNC opened in the disused Cambodian embassy in Bangkok on Sept. 17 , but after two days the talks had ground to a halt , the main stumbling block being the appointment of a SNC chair . |
16 | The first meeting of the SNC convened in the disused Cambodian embassy in Bangkok on mid-September , but after two days the talks had ground to a halt , with disagreements over the appointment of a Chair . |
17 | If the adventurers have n't buried the bodies properly after seven days the Ghost will attack them , convinced that they were lying . |
18 | By the end of that day the Allies had put 120 000 men ashore ; 60 000 American troops made up the assault force on the western beaches of Normandy , nicknamed Utah and Omaha . |
19 | ( Incidentally , oranges and nuts seem to have occupied in the social life of those days the place soft drinks and ice cream occupy today , being consumed in great quantities even in the most dignified circles . ) |
20 | I 'm sure that one of those days the dog 's jealousy and the child 's charisma , or the combination of both , will lead to grief . |
21 | Instinct told me it was going to be one of those days the moment I removed the little grey shrivelled chicken from the oven . |
22 | Many diets fail because they do not provide the variety of foods that the body craves and after a couple of enthusiastic days the willpower begins to weaken . |
23 | For three days the discussions and arguments went on . |
24 | ‘ It was as if they had all been locked up for three days the way they rushed in , ’ said a security man who saw the 8.30am rush . |
25 | For three days the light of the sun is blotted out by " thick darkness " ( probably a khamsin duststorm ) ( 10:21–29 ) . |
26 | For three days the murder room was the haunt of SOCO and the Detective Chief Inspector as they quartered every inch in search of fingermarks , blood or saliva samples and other prey for their relentless , questioning minds . |
27 | 7 Accommodation of good standing will be provided for all days the Artist is required . |
28 | Although for many days the ship was becalmed and progress was slow , if at all , some days the vessel logged 12 knots and made good progress . |
29 | ‘ With each day the evidence is growing stronger that the army is supporting Serbs in Bosnia , ’ said a Western diplomat in Sarajevo . |
30 | It is a mark of the extraordinary faithfulness of St. Mark to the historical situation of the life of Jesus that he does not read back into those days the experience of the Spirit to which he and his friends were used in the post-resurrection era . |