Example sentences of "[prep] the next day " in BNC.

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1 By the time she found it , booked a ride for the next day and searched — without success — for tennis courts , and pushed the bike up the steep hill which led to the cottage , it was mid-afternoon .
2 For a period , he worked in the Manchester factory from 3am until 5pm , going to bed at 7pm so he could get up in time for the next day 's duty .
3 Our body clock has woken us for the next day after only a minimal opportunity for extra sleep .
4 Meese did in fact call while they were there , to set up an interview with North for the next day , Sunday : the interview in which he was to be confronted with the memorandum .
5 On the evening of 6 February Ministry of Information landrovers toured Ajdabiya announcing the ward committee elections for the next day and that Ajdabiyans were to elect the popular committees on the day after .
6 They chatted for a while longer , then Mrs Lennox and Susan set about packing , getting ready for the next day 's evacuation .
7 Then it would be her lunchtime , and probably another feed , and after that they 'd send her for her afternoon rest , and then collect the specimens and the data from him for the next day 's test session .
8 You made sure those words were learnt for the next day .
9 If the projected examination schedules are retained in the computer , printouts can be obtained of the examinations scheduled for the next day or week , so rendering unnecessary the use of a manual diary for the control of test schedules .
10 We bought him and his friends a drink which gave him a chance to quiz us on our movements for the next day .
11 For the next day and a half , the scenery was spectacular , especially when viewed from high ground .
12 Before turning in for the night I telephoned Fred Workman to say I would be back at my desk by mid-morning and would be covering the visit of Mr Gladstone Murray to our city , his meetings and his broadcast speech , for the next day 's evening edition .
13 The amount of money in the float is recorded on a ‘ float slip ’ , and this amount is deducted when the day 's takings are cashed-up — to form the float for the next day .
14 The imprest would also be £3.77 , so that the petty cash box contains £20 for the next day .
15 Tea/supper Half of an 8-oz. tin of shoulder ham ( or corned beef ) , the other half to be put into the refrigerator for the next day .
16 Our plan for the next day was to attempt the Austrian route on the north face of les Courtes .
17 She was moving back on board Wavebreaker in preparation for the next day 's early departure .
18 Maxie went on : ‘ Y ’ see , everyone who was at the tea will keep reading the social pages for the next day or two to see that their names are in the report of it ; and , with luck , inside that time , on the same pages there 'll be a report about your Morals Committee — then they 'll know why you had the books , and old Miss Angus will be put in her place .
19 She was perfectly happy most nights to return home , gossip with Aunt Louise , lay out her clothes ready for the next day ( which she did religiously , come what may ) and then go to bed .
20 We slept out on the last fields , leaving the 90 zigzags of path up to the plateau for the next day .
21 Peter received some firm words and was made to stay inside during breaktime for the next day .
22 I have found that as much as £2.50 needs to be spent just to obtain the outlook for the next day .
23 They meet , and make plans for the next day .
24 Bottles of boiling water from the kitchen kept us warm at night and provided sterile drinking water for the next day .
25 The young child was more interested in her father who was busy cutting slabs of meat into small portions for the next day 's pies .
26 The arrivals and departures list for the next day should be typed and copies distributed to all departments .
27 We were sitting round the newsroom table , mulling over ideas for the next day 's programme .
28 When the couple had gone upstairs to bed , Mr Stephens packed his bag for the next day 's outing , bolted the doors firmly — for many of the men stayed in Cockermouth drinking for three or four days and would roam the streets at night looking for somewhere to sleep — and then , as if to atone for those first designs he had on Emily , he picked out Silas Marner from his bookshelf and wrapped it up as a present for her .
29 And while you were , while you were using a film which you had in anyway for the next day 's performance and putting in that slot
30 As Judith finished cleaning out the hen for the next day 's dinner , she made room on the kitchen table for her mother to prepare the Friday-night traditional meal of gefilte fish .
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