Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the first day " in BNC.
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| 1 | But only for the first day or so ; after a week I ca n't wait to return to Koraloona . ’ |
| 2 | I knew the course because of playing it in my army days , and I knew where the worst of the rough was , but that did n't count for much after the first day . |
| 3 | Each of these clear days of scattered apple and white pear tree blossom moved inexorably towards the first day when they set out without books and came home in the evening showing the pink or blue papers they had tested themselves against in the examination hall . |
| 4 | Speaking from his holiday home in Kennebunkport , President George Bush sought to distance himself from the controversy , stating that it was not " a matter for the president to be concerned about , especially on the first day of his vacation " . |
| 5 | Only on the first day could an extra half-hour be utilised if a result was imminent . |
| 6 | The agreement was a verbal agreement only on the first day of the new year and the two of them agreed to share profits equally . |
| 7 | But all the first-year students had arrived together on the first day of term and sought out the one fixed event in the university calendar , the Freshmen 's Fayre . |
| 8 | Driving off on the first day was Sandy Lyle … as a winner of the British Open and American Masters he 's got to be one of the best judges of courses around |
| 9 | These can be thought of as two separate systems with the non-metropolitan counties and metropolitan districts forming the core authorities ( see fig. 3.1 ) The first local councils under the 1972 Act were elected in 1973 and after a year of preparation , took office formally on the first day of April 1974 . |
| 10 | It was Dad ( as I now knew Malc 's father ) who opened the door at 6.45 p.m. on the first day of 1967 . |
| 11 | Neil Kinnock said last night that the rise in interest rates was ‘ a shattering blow both to households right across Britain and also to industries , and it 's even worse because it 's a blow that has been gathering ever since the first day that this Government decided its one and only economic policy would be a reliance on interest rates ’ . |
| 12 | Since they turned up on the first day of term wearing headscarves , their teachers , supported by the headmaster , have refused to teach them unless the girls remove the offending headgear . |
| 13 | Right from the first day I worked hard , no longer rested on my oars and as a result topped the class list . |
| 14 | Right from the first day of term the two of them started wandering round together during the morning-break and in the lunch-hour . |
| 15 | She showed me the marks on the back of her knuckles and her wrist where that bitch had walloped her with a rod of some sort , right from the first day . ’ |
| 16 | The NatWest Hospital Income Plan covers you in the event of hospitalisation and pays out from the first day you 're admitted . |
| 17 | The Taunton 150 special anniversary ale almost sold out in the first day and most other stallholders enjoyed a brisk trade too ! |
| 18 | Under hypnosis she was taken back to the first day of her stay in hospital — the day before the operation itself . |
| 19 | If you can go back to the first day that you arrived |
| 20 | Her mind drifted back to the first day they 'd seen Crystal Springs . |
| 21 | First the next coupon payment is added to ( 8.8 ) and then the whole sum is discounted back to the first day of the delivery month . |
| 22 | He achieved little on the first day that he spent ‘ in the field ’ but on the second day he got into conversation with a group of men about a puppy that one was carrying . |
| 23 | And from a bonding point of view , breastfeeding — even for the first day or so — is very valuable . ’ |
| 24 | Master Mansell INDYCAR points leader Nigel Mansell turned in the second fastest time today in the first day of qualifying for tomorrow 's Detroit Grand Prix . |
| 25 | Well , up twice in the first day er , sorry , Bernie , Lancashire region moving motion three seventy . |
| 26 | President , conference , as I say , up twice in the first day it 's a cracking conference that starts with motion three seventy and works backwards to number one it 's better than Thunderbirds really . |
| 27 | Pam was there from the beginning , or at least from the first day of school . |
| 28 | If you are unable to attend for work for any reason , you must ensure that your immediate Manager is informed before 10 am on the first day of absence so that arrangements can be made to deal with your work . |
| 29 | He arrived at 1.30am on the first day , slept for a few hours and turned up at the clubhouse to find he was in the field . |
| 30 | Headingley saw a cracking match , and anyone lucky enough to be there on the first day is unlikely to have forgotten it . |