Example sentences of "to [pers pn] the [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Napkins , ’ laughed a young wife to me the following day . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , he was rather offensive to me the other day . ’ |
| 4 | Somebody mentioned this to me the other day |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , Martha 's mother , Susan Sowerby , spoke to me the other day . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | He must have read her note to me the other day , because this is just a truncated version of it . |
| 8 | Adam gave it to me the other day so that I could lock up . |
| 9 | The swimming section was more or less brought back to mind to me the other day when they showed the old Stoke bathing place . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | but the actual extract as , as Cath said to me the other day , you know she felt sure and I said to her you know in a full length film they could 've actually chosen a better moment |
| 12 | fax numbers and things put on but that alright let's give she came back to me the other day and said I can not get this fax through and had actually typed down the wrong fax number |
| 13 | people generator was on to me the other day cos we I insisted that it 's got two three phase outlets on . |
| 14 | I says , do n't tell me , I said , he did the same thing to me the other day , and it were only within a couple of days of each other . |
| 15 | Cos she said to me the other day , she said have you been in my room and touched ? |
| 16 | she said to me the other day , has my mummy been in ? |
| 17 | Oh gee , tomorrow right , mum has gone to me the other day oh , there 's this woman at bridge she wants someone to baby-sit for her on Wednesday nights . |
| 18 | And I used to load the boot up and bring them and load home like in the boot of my car my Sales Manager said to me the other day , how the hell did you get bright red dust in your boot ? |
| 19 | Raymond said to me the other day , I asked him was there any lemonade ? |
| 20 | Interesting Pauline at work , she 's ever so hurt , could n't get over it , she came up to me the other day she said , hello , how long has it been we have n't seen one another for two months . |
| 21 | And Jane , this is Jane to me the other day , throw your kitten off my floor and see if it lands on its feet . |
| 22 | I went rubbish cos he came and said to me the other day oh so how are you enjoying your first term |
| 23 | ‘ To be sure , the lad 's name is Gabriel , and he came to me the very day I was needing an angel . |
| 24 | It is my intention then to deliver them to you the following day , Friday 5 March , probably sometime before midday . |
| 25 | As I was saying to you the other day , laddie , because I was aiming to be a fighting man I would n't get married . |
| 26 | he 's , he 's like this , he 's got to get on , get everything done , that 's what I said to you the other day , leave |
| 27 | With a broad smile , he explained , ‘ When I was talking to him the other day , and I happened to mention that an old friend of my sister 's was coming to Ireland , and that I was going to show her round Dublin , and that we 'd agreed to meet here , and about how scatty … ’ |
| 28 | I said to him the other day , well four weeks ago . |
| 29 | But like , Mr really really bad like maths teacher , he goes erm he goes to , she goes to him the other day oh you 're only picking on me cos I got ginger hair ! |
| 30 | Cos we said to him the other day how much is so and so Jonathan ? |