Example sentences of "[vb past] on the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first evidence of this surfaced on the second trip that I made to Rhodesia , in April 1971 . |
| 2 | The sun rose on the sixth day . |
| 3 | He drew on the first cigarette for eight years , nearly choked , and wheezed : ‘ First today , anyway . |
| 4 | Quadraphony had arrived , and Edward Greenfield reported on the first issues . |
| 5 | It caught on the second try , and after a minute 's revving he switched off the ignition and let it die . |
| 6 | She stopped on the third step , and looked back at Pete . |
| 7 | Richard said : ‘ The fierce weather we encountered on the third leg has tested us to our very limits . |
| 8 | She went steadily on , from foothold to foothold , only stopping to peel off her glove now and then and push a finger into the wet fringed mouth of a sea-anemone , but mostly she concentrated on the next step , the next handhold , with the sea on one side of her , the swell of grassy land the other . |
| 9 | I hope I do n't add to the confusion of the Borrowdale guidebook editions when I point out that their detailed account of what occurred on the first ascent of Prodigal Sons is in fact what happened on a totally different route named Déj ‘ a Vu . |
| 10 | The first peacetime , and civil , air disaster in Ayrshire occurred on the 20th October , 1948 . |
| 11 | This is the opportunity for senior managers to endorse warnings for vigilance or diligence , which they do occasionally , and for sergeants to review both the incidents which occurred on the last shift and the matters which need special attention on the present one . |
| 12 | When Liz Headleand woke on the first day of 1980 and found herself in bed with her husband , she remembered instantly the scene of the night before , and wondered how she could ever have been so upset by it . |
| 13 | Christy O'Connor Jnr played on the second morning and Jose Maria Canizares in the afternoon and although they did n't give me any points I felt it was important that they got a chance to taste the atmosphere and feel a part of the proceedings , as I thought that it would help them going into the singles . |
| 14 | 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 ] . |
| 15 | The allegations of drug-taking sessions came on the first day of Murray 's trial before Lord Kirkwood . |
| 16 | Stock boats came on the first day , they start coming away in May . |
| 17 | My annual rendezvous with Ben Holt , a climbing friend based in Geneva , came on the 125th anniversary of the first ascent of the Matterhorn , which we celebrated with an ascent of the Dent Blanche . |
| 18 | The attack came on the second day of a planning appeal on behalf of the town 's Sundial Hotel . |
| 19 | Lloyd soon followed for 84 , but then King and Murray continued the torment , and , when the declaration came on the second evening , the score was 687 for 8 , still the West Indies record against England . |
| 20 | The Bush broadside came on the last day of the Republicans ' convention in Houston , Texas . |
| 21 | Mr Sells 's statement came on the third day of the inquiry into allegations that three London specialists were involved in trafficking in kidneys . |
| 22 | The allegation came on the third day of an insurance fraud trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court . |
| 23 | 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 … |
| 24 | I saw nothing suspicious and I know nothing of what happened on the second floor . ’ |
| 25 | The blast happened on the second anniversary of Desert Storm , in which U.S. and Allied troops expelled Iraqi forces from Kuwait . |
| 26 | The numbers involved are about 700 and most of these job losses have now happened and indeed the bulk of them happened on the last Friday of the financial year which was last week when about 150 people took early retirement . |
| 27 | Warwickshire 's Jason Ratcliffe made 104 to help the county to 347 for seven declared on the second day of their tour match against Boland in Brackenfell , South Africa , yesterday . |
| 28 | When a sound start was then followed by a sparkling 80 from Richards , a classical 84 from Hooper and a thumping 72 from Marshall , with even Ambrose making 43 , we knew exactly what was what , and when Richards declared on the fourth evening at 448 for 9 , leaving England with a day plus 51 overs to survive , there were probably not many people who thought they would make it . |
| 29 | ‘ Her mum arrived on the fourth day of the honeymoon , ’ he said . |
| 30 | He arrived on the 18th tee needing a par to get into a play-off and , with an extraordinary demonstration of the tension involved , jumped up and down half a dozen times as his tee shot headed inexorably for the bunker on the left . |