Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun] the [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She caught a pigeon the other day , ’ said Mick , as they passed a pile of feathers . |
| 2 | He received a letter the next day apologizing and accepting that he had not been in possession of a stolen car . |
| 3 | In apparent contradiction to this , reportedly as a concession to Ukraine , the Crimean Supreme Soviet adopted a Constitution the following day , describing Crimea as " within " ( vkhodit v ) Ukraine . |
| 4 | We met a chap the other day when we were staying near Dervaig , over the other side of Mull . |
| 5 | I got a letter the other day from one of Syd 's admirers . |
| 6 | , I , I heard a programme the other day , they just saying that should n't drink too much milk or something , you get the high . |
| 7 | ‘ We saw a tent the other day , ’ said George . |
| 8 | I saw a gadget the other day in a magazine . |
| 9 | I saw a gadget the other day that 's two , two plastic circles with handles on , mm , I think I paid about seven pounds and this was to gather up leaves and big lot of |
| 10 | Tour manager Bob Bennett issued a statement the following day ‘ regretting ’ the incident , and TVNZ agreed that the matter was closed . |
| 11 | Inkatha issued a statement the following day alleging that the ANC 's call for a ban on traditional weapons was an attempt to divert attention away from " the real issues underlying the violence " . |
| 12 | That race went to Golden Opinion , the middle leg of a treble for Cash Asmussen , the American who completed a five-timer the previous day . |
| 13 | I won a competition the other day ! |
| 14 | Right , so me and Jim had a chat the other day just looking at the the roadside entries and the counts and I was sort of saying if we work on the basis that we want between ten and twelve people , twelve people maximum |
| 15 | Saying that he had a clinic the next day in Bala , and I could come to see him there if I liked . |
| 16 | I had a conversation the other day with Con that reminded me of what I used to be , before I got corrupted by this place . |
| 17 | I had , I had a letter the other day saying that I 'd been paying thirty nine pounds , fifty a week to live on , but I 've been entitled to fifty five pound something for low income support so are they gon na backdate all that and then get their |
| 18 | We had , that 's like we had a letter the other day we had to sign for Jonathan . |
| 19 | And I had a catalogue the other day from a , an environmental erm agency it was n't Greenpeace it was something like that that were ac actually now offering these soap savers that we used to have in the war to press your bits of soap into Magazines were full of tips for saving fuel . |
| 20 | Just between you and me , I had a visit the other day , from a very interesting young man . |
| 21 | It 's rather like er I had a plant the other day , a marigold , and it had been there for about two weeks and it was a lovely plant , and er I noticed it beginning to droop and I thought , oh well it 's finished now , it 's in a pot . |
| 22 | ‘ Warning : Watch out for this pip , ’ said a newspaper the other day . |