Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] the day " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Act stated that other schemes could be formed from the schedule of twelve by advancing or postponing the day of payment of the first instalment , provided that the first payment was not made sooner than the eleventh day , and that not more than one penny per pound was added to the interest for every thirteen days of such postponement . |
| 2 | As regards myself I rarely ever tire or find the day too long though I am constantly walking a circumstance which being considered much to my health being better able to bear fatigue than when last I walked over the hills with you and I found your advice not to take spirits very very judicious . |
| 3 | Or spend the day aboard an Onedin Line style ship on our Cruise , or see Puerto Rico by night . |
| 4 | Participants I spoke to afterwards found the lectures useful and interesting , but it was the mock trials that made the day . |
| 5 | So , that made the day a bit more interesting , but he 's been stuck with er , all these upper class councillors that telling him what his job is , and |
| 6 | She admits that when it comes to perfecting a job out on site it 's definitely teamwork that wins the day : |
| 7 | The caravan , one of dozens on a huge site less than two miles from Jean 's own home , was the end of a two-week trail of cruel discoveries that began the day she buried 60-year-old husband , Brian , in May last year . |
| 8 | Britain doubted whether the UN could do more than to postpone the day when Soviet domination over Korea was established . |
| 9 | Thomas Jensen , from Denmark , had the fastest time and Dutchman Robert Binnenweg was best in the air but it was Hutchison 's overall control on the steep 250m course that won the day . |
| 10 | Apply plenty of loose face powder if you want a make-up that lasts the day . |
| 11 | But as she responded to the audience 's affectionate plaudits with both Mimi 's and Violetta 's farewells it was the natural sweetness and dramatic presence of this fine artist that carried the day . |
| 12 | The risk , however , is that come the day of dispute adequate proof of the business practices will be difficult if not impossible to assemble and that the default provisions of the Partnership Act ( see below ) will have to be applied to sort out the problem . |
| 13 | As a restaurant manager you will have total control of a sizeable business , and that means much more than overseeing the day to day running of the restaurant [ which is quite a challenge in itself ] . |
| 14 | It is better to abolish serfdom from above than to await the day when it will begin to abolish itself from below . |
| 15 | The owner of Peggotty 's Bakery and Cafe , Mr John Sowerby , arranged for other people who work with food to meet at his cafe so that to make the day cost-effective . |
| 16 | And to crown the day , Robert Burgess has chosen hats for all the guests ( pages 126–131 ) . |
| 17 | After switching on the light he sat down behind his solid oak desk … made , on his orders , from Bittsevsky oak … , opened his leather-bound diary and scanned the day 's agenda . |
| 18 | They were closed down from time to time and checked the day prior to our morning operation . |
| 19 | He switched off from the incident , lay back and analysed the day 's events . |
| 20 | I can sit back and watch the day go by , and when the float dips down in the water I know there 's a fish pulling at the line . |
| 21 | Always a determined character , he gave up alcohol and smoking the day he pulled on his running shoes , and he quickly found that running long distances was his forte , and that it provided a challenge to fit his temperament . |
| 22 | The specimen was taken from the eastern side of the sandbar just as the tide began to ebb and came the day after Kevin had taken a 2 lb 8 oz flounder from the same spot . |
| 23 | Georgia , who 'd planned to keep her 40-year-old head down and let the day pass unmarked , felt quite differently when it dawned . |
| 24 | She probably , she will come round and do the day . |
| 25 | As well as his ordinary business , the person addressed is expected to say Matins of the office of the Virgin and intersperse the day with prayers . |
| 26 | Like the M40 , the CPRE warns , those roads could become magnets for new villages , hotels and superstores … and hasten the day when the Oxfordshire countryside really is submerged under concrete and tyres . |
| 27 | Having decided to press on southwards and finish the day somewhere in the region of Freiburg , I joined the autobahn at Karlsruhe . |
| 28 | Visit Venice , see the Bridge of Sighs , St Marks Square and finish the day with a Gondola ride ( optional ) . |
| 29 | You will also try out colour washes and ageing techniques on pine moulding and finish the day by stencilling on the paint effect you 've created . |
| 30 | And if Emily had expected Craig to ride in on a white charger and save the day , she had been doomed to disappointment . |