Example sentences of "came [prep] the day " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Touche Ross spokeswoman later confessed that , although some of the team had managed a practice run the week before , ‘ when it came to the day , a lot of people on the boat had never rowed before ’ . |
| 2 | The first signs of rust came on the day the first battalion of the tartan army arrived in Cordoba . |
| 3 | The astonishing show of support came on the day it was revealed that tapes of an intimate phone call between Di and a male friend are almost certainly genuine . |
| 4 | The news came on the day another record-breaker , Harry Taylor , 33 , returned home after he became the first Briton to reach the summit from the Nepalese side without the aid of oxygen . |
| 5 | The answer came on the day she went to the station , to fetch the magazines . |
| 6 | Yesterday 's accident came on the day The Northern Echo featured the growing dangers on the road which links County Durham and Cumbria . |
| 7 | Ironically , David Guest 's victory came on the day that television cameras were allowed for the first time to record proceedings in a Scottish court . |
| 8 | News of the possible buyout came on the day on which production restarted at Leyland after a deal between suppliers and the receiver , Arthur Andersen . |
| 9 | The unexpected support came on the day miners ' unions , after receiving assurances , agreed to call off a High Court bid to force British Coal to re-open and work 10 pits earmarked for early closure . |
| 10 | The election of Clinton came on the day when trade talks between Europe and the US broke down again . |