Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] on [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The allegation came on the third day of an insurance fraud trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court . |
| 2 | The Bush broadside came on the last day of the Republicans ' convention in Houston , Texas . |
| 3 | When something in that costly box of tricks above the pool side malfunctioned on the first night at the Grove , they had no option but to call on a back-up team of stopwatch timekeepers . |
| 4 | The sun rose on the sixth day . |
| 5 | the sun rose on the last of Alamein . |
| 6 | When Peace came on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month , the citizens of Glasgow at home and abroad were elated , relieved , delighted , and very , very tired … |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll see you in , ’ he said when the car 's engine died on a last throaty purr in the Hamiltons ' driveway . |
| 8 | Work continued on the second phase of the project commissioned by ODA to investigate the engineering geological characteristics of tropical red-clay soils . |
| 9 | I move that the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on the sixteenth of July be signed as a correct record . |
| 10 | Thank you Next item , Right agenda item three , notes of the Joint Consultative Committee held on the twenty-first of October , nineteen ninety-three , paper B. If I could just say a few words . |
| 11 | ‘ Her mum arrived on the fourth day of the honeymoon , ’ he said . |
| 12 | The announcement came on the first day of a planned four-day general strike called by the Confederation of Trade Unions ( CTU ) to protest at the country 's perilous economic situation [ see p. 38836 ] . |
| 13 | Coming last , the package arrived on the 22nd , was Fingerprint . |
| 14 | With twelve and a half hours left , England were clearly up against it , so when the rain fell on the fourth day they were not too upset . |
| 15 | On one level I suppose climbing the south-west face of Everest was the biggest and most complete expedition , but in spite of our being successful , one member of the team died on the second summit attempt . |
| 16 | The minutes of the meeting held on the first |
| 17 | The minutes of the meeting held on the twentieth of October have been er distributed . |
| 18 | Item two , minutes of the meeting held on the eleventh of October . |
| 19 | Item twenty four meeting held on the eleventh of January are received those in favour please say aye . |
| 20 | As we received the Minutes of the Personnel Meeting held on the eighteenth of October , nineteen ninety-three . |
| 21 | Er minutes of the meeting held on the tenth of January were read and approved . |
| 22 | Minutes of the meeting held on the seventeenth November . |
| 23 | The honourable gentleman knows that the new modern apprenticeship scheme that the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced on the thirtieth of November , is of course designed to encourage more young people to train up to N V Q level three and to encourage even more young people to train to even higher levels . |
| 24 | So the mantle fell on the second son , John , then 23 years old ; without more ado , he set off over the bridge into the Market Place , across to the George , and signed up for the infantry . |
| 25 | ‘ The King died on the 18th March and the burial took place eleven days later on the 29th March . ’ |
| 26 | Such is the power of suggestion that that night as I neared the top of the staircase , my foot stumbled on the last step but one . |
| 27 | The deluge began on the first day of September 1963 . |
| 28 | The blow fell on the 7th Division and on Allenby 's cavalry , which connected Haig 's Corps with the 3rd Corps to its south . |
| 29 | But her voice quivered on the last word as she remembered the cold , dispassionate violence of the man in the alehouse . |
| 30 | And his voice rose on the last two words . |