Example sentences of "[vb pp] only the day " in BNC.
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| 1 | How thrilled the girl had been to be going to the Holy City , how lovely she had looked in a jacket of scarlet silk , a birthday present given only the day before by Mrs Browning , how she had glowed and shivered with anticipation … |
| 2 | Much of the material confirmed what Tolonen had said only the day before . |
| 3 | In Zambia aircraft accident investigation was the responsibility of the Director of Civil Aviation and the official who occupied that position had been appointed only the day before the accident occurred . |
| 4 | She was apt to confuse the past with the present , talking of events that had happened forty or fifty years ago as though they had happened only the day before . |
| 5 | The funeral had in fact been held only the day before . |