Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the last day " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he did not go quite so far as Eric Linklater in believing that what Mary was doing down at Kirk o' Field during the last days of Darnley 's life in February 1567 was indulging a ‘ womanly zeal for nursing ’ , he certainly had no doubt of her innocence . |
| 2 | Such was the hope for the last days , and this was the hope that the Christians had seen fulfilled since the resurrection and ascension of Jesus . |
| 3 | All the suspended pain , anger and confusion of the last day overcame Bernice . |
| 4 | He had his beloved wife Helen by his side in the last days and hours of his life . |
| 5 | Our Lord did indeed warn of persecutions , heresy and growing violence in the last days . |
| 6 | A flame from the last day will come lashing out of the telephone |
| 7 | Although rain ruled out any real chance of a positive result on the last day the Leewards batsmen never batted with enough urgency having established a first innings lead . |
| 8 | The besieged President refused to concede defeat on the last day of his campaign yesterday . |
| 9 | The employee worked under a contract for a fixed , specified period from the start of the autumn term to the last day of the summer term . |
| 10 | They had six hours twenty minutes to survive , but the first hour of the last day saw five wickets crash for 78 . |
| 11 | And there is Gregory 's account of Guntram warning Childebert over the behaviour of Egidius , which is placed immediately before his description of the last days of Gundovald . |
| 12 | AUSTRALIAN captain Allan Border and fast bowler Merv Hughes were reported by umpires for dissent during the last day of the drawn First Test against the West Indies in Brisbane yesterday . |
| 13 | William , Lord Herbert , showed a similar anxiety during the last days of his father , the second Earl of Pembroke , in 1601 . |
| 14 | After operations against the Caroline Islands in June 1945 , 1771 's Mk 1s were involved in strikes on the Japanese mainland during the last days of the war — hence the map . |
| 15 | You have hoarded wealth in the last days . |
| 16 | 6.1 For the purpose of accounting for the royalties payable under clause 5.3.2 , there shall be four accounting periods of three ( 3 ) months each ending on the last day of each calendar quarter , ie 31 March , 30 June , 30 September and 31 December in each year . |
| 17 | In an Oxford pub on the last day of the season we got the song ‘ Who 's the champions now , scum , who 's the champions now ? ’ chanted at us ( tune Tie me kangeroo down ) . |
| 18 | The great danger of the last days of the campaign is that those voters who wish to punish the Tories , but do not want Labour , may not understand the situation . |
| 19 | There are few stocks on the London Exchange that have beaten the performance of transaction processing software specialist Gresham Telecomputing Plc : selling for just 14 pence last June , they added ninepence in the last day 's trading before Easter , to close at 143 pence . |
| 20 | ‘ He came into the office right until the last days of his illness . |
| 21 | The Boro could win the Rumbelows , the FA Cup and the Second Division championship this season and still come downpage to the news that Newcastle United have escaped relegation ( probably on goal difference on the last day of the season , jammy penalty in injury time ) . |
| 22 | In the centre of the front two Iraqi oil wells and a gas well have been burning in no-man's-land since the last days of the war . |
| 23 | They drew on government legislation , park plans , guidance from statutory bodies , such as the Countryside Council for Wales , and common sense in presenting their opposing cases to the full conference on the last day for a decision . |
| 24 | Lawrence , who fractured his kneecap on the last day of the final test in Wellington , arrived at Gatwick airport this morning . |
| 25 | The Governors recorded their thanks at their meeting on the last day of 1928 . |
| 26 | Although this is partly a result of lower market share during the last days of The Sunday Correspondent , the IoS has made ground while its rival The Observer has not . |
| 27 | As a result , the period begins at midnight on the named date , and expires at midnight of the last day in the period . |
| 28 | ‘ The coercion may of course be of different kinds , it may be in the grossest form , such as actual confinement or violence , or a person in the last days or hours of life may have become so weak and feeble , that a very little pressure will be sufficient to bring about the desired result , and it may even be , that the mere talking to him at that stage of illness and pressing something upon him may so fatigue the brain , that the sick person may be induced , for quietness ' sake , to do anything . |
| 29 | Castro 's next move , designed to convince the Soviet leaders of his personal reliability , was his famous declaration of 1 December 1961 that ‘ I am a Marxist-Leninist , and I shall be a Marxist-Leninist until the last day of my life ’ ( a statement which was reported in full in the Soviet press ) . |
| 30 | We had our final assembly on the last day of term , there were four of us leaving and the headmaster who was called Mr Smith presented us with a book each . |