Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] on the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1979 ; Wells 1981 ) have reported that the amount of talk by children and their caretakers varies , both in respect of the time of day ( more talk first thing in the morning and early afternoon ) and as a function of their familiarity with the process of being recorded ( less talk on the first day , compared with subsequent days ) . |
| 2 | And they normally occur on the first Thursday in May . |
| 3 | Traded options usually cease on the third or fourth Wednesday of the month in which they are due to expire . |
| 4 | His lips were still purse on the last words when they suddenly sprang wide as he saw her almost stagger back from him , her hand to her throat , the colour draining from her face . |
| 5 | The one in mind had a sponsor who sells Murphy 's Irish beer and a 46-year-old Argentinian winner , Vicente Fernandez , who did a head-over-heels roll on the last green after downing a mile-long uphill putt , the longest victory shot of the year . |
| 6 | Since , for the purpose of this exercise , we are supposing that the December 1983 and November 1985 rates are unknown , we simply copy on the first and last values , 40 and 55 , for January 1984 and October 1985 . |
| 7 | Lovers never do on the first night . |
| 8 | They too depart on the 26th February , and have reached the 28th by the start of Book IV . |