Example sentences of "[adv] the first day " in BNC.

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1 Thus it came about that sealed bids were invited , to be opened by the treasurer at 1 pm. the first day of the Sale .
2 So the first day of the week was dubbed the Day of Resurrection , the Day of the Lord — and the first Christians gathered for worship on that day .
3 So the first day had passed uneventfully .
4 So the first day finished with me lying sleepless , listening to that familiar music coming from below as it had years before , the jazz records my mother used to play .
5 It 's only the first day
6 It was wonderful , the shops were excellent , it was only the first day of our holiday and I had spent most of my money .
7 The organisers had to pay the travel bill of the poverty-stricken Fijians and , until literally the first day of the tournament , no-one knew whether the Russians would turn up or not .
8 This blood and tissue loss is called menstruation and the day that this menstrual flow starts is traditionally the first day of the menstrual cycle .
9 Now the first day is more for dealers than debutantes : it is said that 10 pictures are sold every minute .
10 Even the first day back there was hardly any atmosphere at all very serious mood they were but Kim keeps well out of it .
11 and then the first day I stop , I 've usually got flu , I 'm exhausted , I ca n't get out of bed , I feel rotten , but if I keep going for like , three weeks to a month , just on six hours , that 's fine , but the first day I stop I 'm like , in bed for a week ill usually .
12 In my own survey of visitors to the British Museum in which teams of five interviewers worked for four separate weeks interviewing at the museum entrances I made sure that I was present for at least the first day of each survey and was available by phone during the rest of the time .
13 But you never managed to stay there the first day .
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