Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] the [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | You drove past me the other day when I drov , was it you ? |
| 2 | I mean there were four or five knocking on door of er a friend of mine the other day , who said y They were they were under the age of ten . |
| 3 | For example , in many classrooms pupils can be found discussing the differences in vocabulary there would be between an on-the-spot oral account of a road accident and a newspaper report of it the following day ; or considering the ways in which conventional spellings can be violated in advertisements and brand names ; or listing some of the differences between their grandparents ' use of language and their own ; or talking about the way a poet 's choice of metaphor yokes together two dissimilar things so that something familiar is suddenly perceived in a new way ; and so on . |
| 4 | An African nationalist commented to some of us the other day , ‘ When we take over , we may get rid of a lot of white people — but we want Don and Penny to stay . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I was only thinking about you the other day , David , ’ said his grandmother , settling herself in a high-backed chair , her feet planted firmly on the floral Axminster carpet . |
| 6 | The little B&B down by the harbour was far more in keeping with the thread of the sea that had kept with me the whole day 's travel from west to east coast Scotland . |
| 7 | if you do n't want it all did I see Robert with you the other day ? |
| 8 | I know and to be quite honest with you the other day |
| 9 | The Prince , who had important paperwork to attend to at Buckingham Palace , asked her to drive back with him the following day . |
| 10 | ‘ I — had a word with him the other day . |
| 11 | I ran into him the other day . ’ |
| 12 | Britain still has the highest debt to income ratio in Europe and the appetite for credit may not be blunted until the review date comes and with it the monetary day of doom . |
| 13 | Now what happened , and it was a good procedure because what happened was that if anyone say on a Friday had found himself in a difficult situation , we would then discuss it on the Monday afternoon , er bearing in mind that he had taken it to the foreman and had got no response from the foreman , we could discuss it on a Monday afternoon , the convenor and the secretary would deal with it the following day , and in all probability , without having recourse to take it any further , reply to the man that the matter had been resolved and , and to his liking . |
| 14 | Yeah actually that 's that 's a good point because I 'm , I had something from you the other day your erm , you know the magazine that you sent |
| 15 | What 's that treacle thing that we got from you the other day ? |
| 16 | What had she seen in him the other day that had been so disturbing ? |
| 17 | Modigliani declined as politely but suggested to Lunia that she should come to his studio and pose for him the following day . |
| 18 | That 's right : someone rang up and asked for him the other day . |
| 19 | so he said it 's across the board put four thousand quid 's worth off him the other day and I only give fifty pence off he said so I ca n't do much for you . |
| 20 | He asked permission to leave it for her the following day . |
| 21 | ‘ Napkins , ’ laughed a young wife to me the following day . |
| 22 | I dare not ask directly what is the precise matter but I see in Mr Browning 's eyes an anxiety deeper than usual and he confessed to me the other day that he fears there may be water on the lung . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , he was rather offensive to me the other day . ’ |
| 24 | Somebody mentioned this to me the other day |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , Martha 's mother , Susan Sowerby , spoke to me the other day . |
| 26 | ‘ Forgive me if I seem to be playing the amateur sleuth once again , but something else occurred to me the other day , which might or might not be of interest to you . ’ |
| 27 | He must have read her note to me the other day , because this is just a truncated version of it . |
| 28 | Adam gave it to me the other day so that I could lock up . |
| 29 | The swimming section was more or less brought back to mind to me the other day when they showed the old Stoke bathing place . |
| 30 | Of course , he does not care a rap whether it is true or not — but he is dreadfully afraid that by prematurely espousing it he might lose some subscribers , though he acknowledged to me the other day he thought it would be generally accepted before long . ’ |