Example sentences of "[num ord] night was a " in BNC.
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| 1 | DINNER the second night was a bleak affair until one of the lawyers , emboldened by more than one aperitif , announced that he intended to junk the entire method — el grip , el backthwing , the lot — and return to his old ways . |
| 2 | The first night was a triumph , with flowers thrown from the boxes , bouquets thrust into the hands of the doorman , reporters scurrying to their work before morning . |
| 3 | JC : What I remember about the first night was an uncomfortable feeling that the piece was under-rehearsed musically . |
| 4 | This time yesterday I would have said that what had happened last night was a laughable impossibility . |
| 5 | Last night was a light easterly — might have checked the ebb a fraction , but not enough to matter . |
| 6 | ‘ Last night was a mistake , ’ she said very firmly . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm beginning to think that last night was a mistake , ’ she muttered . |
| 8 | But last night was a one-off . |
| 9 | ‘ What happened last night was a mistake . |
| 10 | ‘ Last night was a one-off ? |
| 11 | The closest I could get last night was a flight to Chicago . ’ |
| 12 | Although Stuart ‘ Mr Inspiration ’ Pearce 's last night was a classic AND a vindication of my opinion of the overrated , overhyped clumsy wanker . |
| 13 | Last night was a bit annoying . |
| 14 | Last night was a terrible night was n't it ? |
| 15 | One option being canvassed at Westminster last night was an early by-election in a safe Tory seat , possibly caused by elevating an MP or minister to the House of Lords . |
| 16 | All this business last night was an obvious waste of time ; it probably was n't even her and if it was , she could have had five different rides before daylight . |
| 17 | What you saw last night was an accident , was n't it ? |
| 18 | ‘ Rosie , dear , last night was an experience . |
| 19 | The only thing it did n't have last night was an audience . |