Example sentences of "[prep] the last day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not for the last day of my life . |
| 2 | ‘ Ethel turned me into a frog and that 's where I 've been for the last day , and it was her fault . |
| 3 | The thin , pale sunshine gave little warmth , but it was a welcome extension of the autumn , and unusually fine for the last day of October . |
| 4 | Then Riven asked the question that had been gnawing at him for the last day : ‘ What about Murtach ? ’ |
| 5 | It had been a pearl of a day at five , and fine since , for the last day of the fair . |
| 6 | ‘ So you still have n't decided to give the poor guy a break , even for the last day on set ? ’ |
| 7 | The children will visit Edenside later this month for two ‘ familiarisation ’ days in the classrooms at Kelso before returning to Heiton for the last day of term . |
| 8 | I think I 'm gon na try and persuade my Mum to let me bring my camera in for the last day of term , I 'm gon na get a bottle of from the shop that 's on . |
| 9 | Many a godly Jew must have felt what a wonderful thing it would be if Moses ' longing could be fulfilled , ‘ Would that all the Lord 's people were prophets , that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them ’ ( Num. 11:29 ) : and that is just what the prophets were led by God to foretell for the last days . |
| 10 | Such was the hope for the last days , and this was the hope that the Christians had seen fulfilled since the resurrection and ascension of Jesus . |
| 11 | No , the point they both make is that Jesus was equipped for his messianic mission by the Spirit promised for the last days ; that this Spirit was not available to others in the days of his flesh ; and that after his death and resurrection the last days were extended , so to speak , by the followers of Jesus inheriting his mission , his authority and his Spirit . |
| 12 | I arrived there during the last day of it , and heard Dr. Bernardo pleading eloquently on behalf of the children he labours so unweariedly to rescue from the streets of our great cities , and also saw a gathering of the colporteurs gathered from the north and west , to get a word of encouragement in their laborious work of carrying pure literature into the homes of those who in numbers of instances live beyond the reach of the minister and the bookseller . |
| 13 | AUSTRALIAN captain Allan Border and fast bowler Merv Hughes were reported by umpires for dissent during the last day of the drawn First Test against the West Indies in Brisbane yesterday . |
| 14 | Although Creggan had progressed northwards well he had slowed during the last day or two as he grew tired easily and rested by feeding off rubbish dumps he had seen where gulls and crows fed . |
| 15 | I certainly feel it was a great delight to him during the last days of his life . ’ |
| 16 | If he did not go quite so far as Eric Linklater in believing that what Mary was doing down at Kirk o' Field during the last days of Darnley 's life in February 1567 was indulging a ‘ womanly zeal for nursing ’ , he certainly had no doubt of her innocence . |
| 17 | During the last days of May 1967 the United States reached an understanding with Israel , clearing the way for the latter 's attack on Egypt on 5 June 1967 . |
| 18 | I certainly feel it was a great delight to him during the last days of his life . ’ |
| 19 | After operations against the Caroline Islands in June 1945 , 1771 's Mk 1s were involved in strikes on the Japanese mainland during the last days of the war — hence the map . |
| 20 | When , not long before his execution , he passed comment on the mass-murder of the Nazi camps , it was only to point out that there were problems in supply and control during the last days of the Third Reich . |
| 21 | William , Lord Herbert , showed a similar anxiety during the last days of his father , the second Earl of Pembroke , in 1601 . |
| 22 | During the last days of Knight 's governorship there was a significant change within the central management of the AFPFL . |
| 23 | Although this is partly a result of lower market share during the last days of The Sunday Correspondent , the IoS has made ground while its rival The Observer has not . |
| 24 | He sailed for Algiers in March 1943 and during the last days of the Tunisian campaign he saw a mere fortnight 's active service . |
| 25 | However , the appointment was made unilaterally by the USA , which during the last days of the Noriega regime had rejected a Panamanian proposal to appoint Tomás Altamirano Duque . |
| 26 | The remains of the king and his father had been removed on Aug. 16 from Burg Hohenzollern at Hechingen , near Stuttgart , where they had been placed in 1952 — having been recovered from Nazi hands during the last days of the Second World War . |
| 27 | About the last day of January we could issue it . |
| 28 | The show , with a catalogue by Martin Butlin and Robin Hamlyn , runs through the last day of this month . |
| 29 | They had six hours twenty minutes to survive , but the first hour of the last day saw five wickets crash for 78 . |
| 30 | They were lucky to lose almost three hours to rain , but Gower was still there at the end of the last day , having batted seven and three-quarter hours for 154 not out . |