Example sentences of "new year ['s] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his new year 's message he urged the government to mitigate its harshest effects . |
| 2 | On New Year 's Eve we skip the next four years and go straight into 1977 . |
| 3 | ‘ The generous responses by so many people was amazing and by New Year 's Eve we had raised £4,181 , ’ said Joan . |
| 4 | Christmas no new year 's eve we went to a party . |
| 5 | They have given many parties in their time , but on New Year 's Eve they have always gone out to the gatherings of others — sometimes to several gatherings in the course of the evening , and some years separately , not always meeting even for the magic chimes . |
| 6 | On New Year 's Eve they made |
| 7 | On New Year 's Eve he had been ill . |
| 8 | When they had gone to bed together on New Year 's Eve it had been like a revelation to him . |
| 9 | On New Year 's Day they briefly topped the division , but since then have lost players and impetus . |
| 10 | On New Year 's Day they briefly topped the division , but since then have lost players and impetus . |
| 11 | On New Year 's Day they topped the division for a couple of hours . |
| 12 | On New Year 's Day they topped the division for a couple of hours . |
| 13 | So you 'd you 'd that could be Christmas day or new year 's day which would n't be part of any month . |
| 14 | On the afternoon of New Year 's Day we reached the road end , picked the car up and returned to Queenstown . |
| 15 | In Elizabethan days , rosemary shoots were tied with coloured ribbon , tipped with gold and given to guests at weddings to symbolize love and faithfulness , and on New Year 's Day it was a gift for guests , together with an orange stuck with cloves . |
| 16 | Then very shortly after her birth on New Year 's Day it was realised she had a heart problem . |
| 17 | Normally on New Year 's Day he would be at home with Mandy . |
| 18 | According to Jewish calculation , the year of Leonard 's birth was 5694 , in the month of Tishri ( the biblical name is Ethanim ) , which is the first month of the religious year with several of the most important religious festivals in it : New Year 's Day itself ; the 10 Days of Penitence prior to Yom Kippur ( the Day of Atonement ) ; and the pilgrimage festival known as Succoth , also known as the Feast of Booths ( or Tabernacles or Ingathering ) which is a harvest festival , an especially colourful and joyous one traditionally , in which the priestly activities in the Temple climaxed . |
| 19 | Normally I am a good sleeper , but that New Year 's Night I lay awake for hours , with cold , sexual fantasy or worry . |
| 20 | And the New Year 's greeting which McLaren had sent , scrawled on Glitterbest notepaper , saying ‘ Happy New Year , Richard , next year will be worse … ’ was hardly reassuring . |
| 21 | In the New Year 's programme we are planning to share the experiences and ideas of a wide range of teachers to show their individual approaches to various aspects of the lesson . |
| 22 | There is a new year 's resolution which I hope you will all share with me — that we will not be discouraged by influences , such as the low oil price , which are outside our control . |
| 23 | I 've forgotten my new year 's resolution which is to use christian names . |