Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [prep] the [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | The paradox was that Ryan 's starting point was no different from that of coaches in the prosperous days of the Seventies . |
| 2 | School had been tiring at first on transfer but she had soon got used to it : originally she had belonged to a number of clubs in the early day ( Thursday ) when all such activities take place , but now preferred to go home early . |
| 3 | Erm certainly a lot of meetings in the early days , focused on the level of policing in the flats . |
| 4 | The only prospective trial directly comparing elemental diet with steroids , which included adult patients who had received treatment for Crohn 's disease in the past , also entailed administration of antibiotics during the 10 day treatment with elemental diet . |
| 5 | City book stores had queues of buyers on the first day eager to find out what had so upset stockbrokers UBS Phillips & Drew . |
| 6 | According to her , there were two kinds of apes in the old days , and both looked a lot like chimps . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've got a couple of friends from the old days , they 're vultures now . |
| 8 | Eddery , winner of the Royal Ascot jockeys ' title four times since 1986 , has a powerful book of rides for the four day showpiece meeting . |
| 9 | Adam , 52 , and former dancer Jackie had their marriage put to the toughest of tests in the early days . |
| 10 | Other innovations include a comprehensive presentation of results from the previous day 's principal meeting , featuring the breeding of winners , the successful trainer and owner , extended distances , and details of the first six finishers . |
| 11 | Other innovations include a comprehensive presentation of results from the previous day 's principal meeting , featuring the breeding of winners , the successful trainer and owner , extended distances , and details of the first six finishers . |
| 12 | He was n't too upset when at first his mind rebelled at the change of pace — a cluck or two was sufficient to make his straying hand release an unanswered letter , a firmer reprimand put aside his list of tasks for the next day . |
| 13 | As was noted in Chapter 3 , no very great resistance had been mounted to the employment of women in the early days , partly because the numbers were small , partly because the union had been weakened by the 1872–3 strike , and partly , it must be remembered , because the girls recruited to the trade were often the daughters of print workers . |
| 14 | The " Hallelujah lasses " had been used to raising their own voices in protest and employing some fairly dramatic methods to attract attention from the time Catherine Booth took up the cudgels on behalf of women in the early days of the movement . |
| 15 | The actresses , of course , were frequently loaned gowns by the house free of charge for the publicity that would be gained when they were pictured wearing them , and there were those among the society women who considered themselves above coming to the couture , ordering instead from the videos that nowadays replaced the weeks of shows of the old days — and staying away all the more determinedly as the great Paris houses vied with one another to tempt them to lend their presence to the occasion . |
| 16 | On previous occasions , we 've often started to run out of supplies by the final day . |