Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] the [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two Senussi soldiers were sent off on a recce and reported back the following day that there was no checkpoint on the road leading into the town . |
| 2 | ‘ I found out the following day how much it was worth when a dealer offered me £40,000 . ’ |
| 3 | When she had looked in to clean up the following day the meal was still on the table , untouched . |
| 4 | Now the major problem that came up the other day was that , I thought I had given you a very easy extract to translate into modern English , and it turned out not to be such an easy extract , obviously . |
| 5 | and then and then I was going yeah I really want to take , I 'll have to take my stereo home and he goes yeah your stereo 's quite big is n't it , I went when have you seen my stereo and he goes oh I came up the other day to see if you were in . |
| 6 | … no living writer , try though he may , can bring the past back again , because no living writer can bring back the ordinary day . |
| 7 | None of these measures will , of course , bring back the halcyon days of German science , or the immense amount of scientific talent lost to Germany — and usually to Europe — in the days of the Third Reich . |
| 8 | yeah , but it came back the other day did n't it ? |
| 9 | me , I , I got , I took me old three put out the other day and so they said got your |
| 10 | they were lying down the other day |
| 11 | Despite being in extreme pain and feeling ill , he turned up the following day at rehearsals with long sleeves disguising his burns . |
| 12 | Yet another rarity turned up the other day and which I illustrate here . |
| 13 | After a long week , I received a phone call at lunchtime to say that the specimen was at the airport about to be collected , and I made arrangements to go up the following day . |
| 14 | The traditional elements that make up the perfect day are all here and it 's equally delicious — but careful use of low-fat spreads , skimmed milk and steamed vegetables mean big savings in calories . |
| 15 | And I said when I walked up the other day |
| 16 | But one day she asked if she could stay out the whole day , and away she went on her little pony , with her two dogs running behind . |
| 17 | Cheshire County Council brought in the new day centre charges on April 1 to a furious reception by carers . |
| 18 | Anyway , he rang up the following day and said ‘ Hear you 've gone bust . |
| 19 | His wife rang up the following day . |
| 20 | I said erm I said to Alison oh aye cos she rang up the other day and I asked her if she 'd found a fella . |
| 21 | The rebels briefly took control of much of Dushanbe on Oct. 25 , including the parliament , the presidential palace , the main mosque and the broadcasting facilities , but were driven out the following day by government forces . |
| 22 | ‘ People are playing with fire if they contemplate the Government will just be defeated on Wednesday and everything settles down the following day . |
| 23 | I needed to call up the heroic days when Dennis was still around , and we were young and carefree , bonking our brains out while he shouted banalities from the foot of the stairs . |
| 24 | In fact my gynaecologist looked up the other day and said , ‘ Dame Edna , when will you stop giving ? ’ |
| 25 | Some Italian papers publish lists of those rounded up the previous day together with little maps marking the cities where the companies implicated have their factories . |
| 26 | The last one 's meat had run out the previous day and if the new one 's meat was not salted within a day or two , there would be no pork or bacon for at least a month . |
| 27 | It 's the smaller things that get you down — like when I went out the other day to buy a dress for my god daughter 's birthday . |
| 28 | She goes Dear Doctor Allen , My Mum and Dad went out the other day and I was bored so I started rubbing my dog and my dog got turned on and so did I . |
| 29 | On the notice you sent out the other day for Monday 's meeting |
| 30 | She had promised Julie that she would be well enough to get up the following day and they would take a trip in the pony and trap to visit friends in the area who Julie had not seen for years . |