Example sentences of "on the night in " in BNC.

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1 On the night in question there were also strong headwinds on the return flight .
2 The second suspect was a resident of Consett , but on the night in question his wife had given birth to their first child , and the doctor and the midwife both vouched for the fact that the man had never left the house after he came in from work at half-past five until he went to work the next morning , an hour after he had heard his son first cry .
3 We now readily accept that Mr O'Connor was not at the theatre on the night in question and that no backstage ‘ bust-up ’ took place , as we had suggested .
4 At about 11.20 on the night in question he arrived back in his room and wanted to use the lavatory .
5 ‘ The police are anxious to interview anyone who may have walked or driven along Boundary Drive between seven and nine on the night in question . ’
6 The eyes of the round and woeful moon closed sighingly for a moment , and Rosalba took a deep breath , as if setting herself afloat on the night in her white nightdress , irresistibly reminding Caterina again of the great orb sailing in the sky like a big soft round pillow .
7 Clearly he is a man who , on the night in question allowed his enthusiasm for sex to overcome normal behaviour . ’
8 After their arrest the three accused made police statements in which they admitted to having gone " wilding " on the night in question , a term meaning the perpetration of motiveless assaults .
9 In sentencing the three , Manhattan Superior Court Justice Thomas B. Galligan stated that they had turned the park into a " torture chamber " on the night in question , and that " the intensity of the violence that occurred … is something no rational mind can explain " .
10 Amid a dearth of reliable information , allegations of a cover-up , and lurid details concerning the alleged events at the house on the night in question , critics cited the episode as further evidence of Edward Kennedy 's lax standards of personal morality , and of the questionable judgment of the 59-year-old Massachusetts senator .
11 In the affidavit , McDaid said he had seen Clarke at a party in County Donegal on the night in 1977 of the alleged murder attempt in Northern Ireland .
12 And once Hatchard , the CID man who 'd come round to Dwyer Street on the night in question , had done his bit and told the Coroner twice that he did n't suspect foul play , then most people seemed satisfied and I could get back to enjoying my hangover .
13 They made specific donations on the night in the knowledge that it all the proceeds were going to the cancer day ward and that helped to boost the figure .
14 The court then heard evidence from June Shell , a care assisitant who was working alongside Frak on the night in question .
15 They had been at the police station , making statements about an assault on Miss Wilson by a man on the night in question .
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