Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] the [num ord] day " in BNC.
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1 | But when he realized by late afternoon that none of the farmers at Casterbridge wanted a farm manager , or even a shepherd , he decided to try his luck at another fair the next day . |
2 | In her own words : ‘ I left home on the 9.30 a.m. train to attend a Medau class in London , travelled across to Balham in time for music , followed by the evening of training , then still in track suit back to Paddington for the 10.30 p.m. train , arriving home at 1 or 2 a.m. the next day . |
3 | We were in Muscat by 10 am the next day , glad to have caught up with the group which was preparing to leave . |
4 | It adds that a tender and documents given by LCH to a buying member are deemed to comply with the contract terms unless the buyer notifies LCH to the contrary by 10 am the next day , in default of which he must pay for them . |
5 | AT 11 AM the next day he was feeling groggy but was allowed home with a supply of pain-killers . |
6 | My mother nearly died when she saw the mess but little did she know that I was going to do it all again the next day . |
7 | On the Tuesday his American boss had a practice round in the morning , practised for a couple of hours , pronounced himself satisfied and arranged to meet Froggy at ten o'clock the next day . |
8 | An inspector and two crews were stranded at Fleetwood and did not get home until 5.00 p.m. the next day . |
9 | Thus it came about that sealed bids were invited , to be opened by the treasurer at 1 pm. the first day of the Sale . |
10 | The goods comprised 50 cartons of fragile machine parts to be collected from Tilbury , warehoused overnight at GFT 's premises and delivered by 8 am the next day to catch the relevant sailing from the port of Kings Lynn . |
11 | We were on the coach until about one pm the next day . |
12 | Mrs Thatcher finally announced her decision to resign at a Cabinet meeting summoned at the unusually early hour of 9 am the next day , declaring that she had concluded that the unity of the party and the prospects of victory in a general election would be better served if she stood down to enable Cabinet colleagues to enter the ballot for the leadership . |
13 | It is apparent from these sequences that the persistence of a particular state ( F or C ) is considerable ; if one day is foggy then the next day is more likely to be foggy than clear , and vice-versa . |