Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the last day " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He moved to the window , walking with a pronounced limp on his left leg , the result of a shrapnel wound in the last days of the Korean War . |
| 3 | If no date is specified the court would probably conclude that it was to be exercised within a reasonable period ending on the last day for exercise ( Multon v Cordell [ 1986 ] 1 EGLR 44 ) . |
| 4 | Following the introduction of civil penalties for late filing of accounts from 1 July ( see ACCOUNTANCY , August , p 85 ) , Companies House has confirmed that the periods allowed for the filing of company accounts actually expire at midnight on the date in the last month for filing which corresponds to the last day of the company 's accounting reference period . |
| 5 | What a strange statement has come from Companies House confirming that the periods allowed for filing of company accounts actually expire at midnight on the date in the last month for filing which corresponds to the last day of the company 's accounting reference period ( see ACCOUNTANCY , October , p 98 ) . |
| 6 | What this usually means is that payment is expected by the last day of the month following the month in which the invoice is issued . |
| 7 | Many see their condition as a sign that the realms of men are about to collapse , that they are living in the last days of a dying world . |
| 8 | Many MPs suspect no announcement on the decision will be made until the last day before the summer recess to avoid a Parliamentary row . |
| 9 | Louis XIV had seen in the last days of his reign the growing pointlessness of the traditional Franco-Austrian antagonism , but his efforts to achieve some agreement with the Habsburgs were not followed up by his successors . |
| 10 | Just wait until the last day , when you come , you sit down on the fucking stool and each leg goes like that ! |
| 11 | ‘ If you 're so sure , what would you do on the last day of your life ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I can tell you what I 'd do on the last day of my life , ’ he said . |
| 13 | The Bush broadside came on the last day of the Republicans ' convention in Houston , Texas . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Indeed , they lost Gooch , Hick — cheaply again — and Stewart before they were in credit ; but with Smith mixing careworn defence and carefree attack , once pulling Su'a for six while on one knee as the Samoan attempted some left-arm spin , and Lamb all bustle and energy , English fears were eased going into the last day . |
| 16 | Tracking the selectorial spoor had left one convinced that , going into the last day of the Five Nations championship , Scotland had ten players still very much in the running . |
| 17 | Of course it had belonged among those unhappy mad thoughts which she had had in the last days . |
| 18 | In the Dodds case the House of Lords stated that if the month in which the period expires has no corresponding date because it is too short , the period given by the notice ends on the last day of that month , ie 28 February or 29 February in a leap year . |
| 19 | The summer tradition of recapping all the year 's exhibitions ends on the last day of the month at the Zabriskie , while Marie-Jo Lafontaine continues at the Montaigne gallery until the 18th . |
| 20 | the date of its incorporation ) and ends on the last day of the reference period and that subsequent financial years begin with the day immediately following the end of the previous financial year and end with the last day of its next accounting reference period ‘ or on such other date not more than seven days before or after the end of that period as the directors may determine . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | However , apart from these demonstrations and an outbreak of panic buying in the last days of March , the public response to the second stage of price liberalization was muted , in marked contrast to the street protests which had greeted the first state in November 1990 [ see p. 37866 ] . |
| 24 | Sarah 's daughter was born on the last day of September . |
| 25 | So everything was riding on the last day … |
| 26 | But when the students ' work is displayed on the last day , it makes no difference as you ca n't tell which camera produced which result . |
| 27 | ‘ If you do n't know what you 'd choose to do on the last day of your life , you do n't know what 's really important to you . |
| 28 | She came to England to stay with a sister , went to acting school in London and through a teacher who knew how to persuade Emlyn Williams , was all but smuggled into The Last Days of Dolwyn as the sixth girl extra ‘ when only five had been budgeted for . |
| 29 | And believe it , dear sister , by this rule you shall be judged in the Last Day . ’ |
| 30 | We still have a six-point buffer but I expect us to have to go to the last day of the season . ’ |