Example sentences of "[prep] [det] day the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | For some days the note lay untouched on the table . |
| 3 | For some days the government did nothing , shaken by these unprecedented disturbances . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ( 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 . ) |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Instinct told me it was going to be one of those days the moment I removed the little grey shrivelled chicken from the oven . |
| 9 | 7 Accommodation of good standing will be provided for all days the Artist is required . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ With each day the evidence is growing stronger that the army is supporting Serbs in Bosnia , ’ said a Western diplomat in Sarajevo . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It was a fateful , many would say tragic , announcement , for from that day the seeds of Lebanon 's disintegration were sown . |
| 14 | From that day the plague began to abate , and to show its gratitude the city decided to build a new church . |
| 15 | From that day the Carroburg Greatswords have worn dark red uniforms . |
| 16 | The vow was readily given and from that day the alteration in her life began . |
| 17 | I know she were , she were brick shit she were , I said to Lyn I said I 'm bloody sure , I could have actually , she , she were nearly eating out of my arm , in them last few weeks , I 'll tell you , ooh the encouragement I got about the driving ooh I ca n't do it Lyn and when I comes in that day the first test I had she 'd made a great big fucking cake |
| 18 | In those days the major brewers were busily promoting keg beer , a chilled , filtered and pasteurised apology for traditional draught beer . |
| 19 | For in 1918 he just missed a scholarship to Winchester College ; and in those days the scholarship at Winchester was regarded as the crown for the cleverest boys in England . |
| 20 | In those days the Fellows of Corpus were rather proud of the briskness of their conversation . |
| 21 | In those days the final link in the Iceland circle road had not been made and I needed a plane , bound for Fagurhólsmýri , to reach the National park . |
| 22 | In those days the infant Crocker had run up paths lightly and gleefully to bang on a knocker or ring a bell and , elated with an enormous naughtiness , hidden behind a hedge to see the angry householder erupt and curse . |
| 23 | In those days the owners were the managers . |
| 24 | ‘ In those days the boys went into the church , the army , and so on down the family , and it fell to Charlie to go to the colonies . |
| 25 | ( It is worth remembering that in those days the Grand National fences did not incorporate a sloping apron of gorse on the take-off side to help the horses jump accurately : the take-off side was sheer , and consequently more difficult to gauge correctly . ) |
| 26 | In those days the artificial leg you were given did n't meet the skin ; you had to wear thick woollen socks over the join where the artificial leg met your own leg , and a metal belt to hold it in place , which pulled your body over to one side . |
| 27 | The symphonies are full of difficulties and in those days the orchestras had not always the resources we have today . |
| 28 | In those days the Continent had the lure of Mecca . |
| 29 | The difference being , of course , that in those days the phenomenon of semi-literacy did not exist and readers of Disraeli 's or Thackeray 's novels would neither mistake them for the real world , nor read them to the exclusion of all real political texts . |
| 30 | In those days the caddies had to carry only half-a-dozen clubs with hickory shafts . |