Example sentences of "[conj] the previous day 's " in BNC.

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1 Corbett felt refreshed though still wary , pleased that the previous day 's rainclouds had now disappeared and hoping that the Lord Bruce was still in Leith and would grant him an audience .
2 However , in the face of market expectations , the Bank took advantage of a money market shortage on 5 March to buy bills at a rate of discount of 11.75 per cent , 0.5 per cent higher than the previous day 's dealings and about 1 per cent above what markets were anticipating .
3 On the table was that day 's newspaper , and the previous day 's , neither unfolded .
4 The sky , grey and lowering , threatened more snow whilst the previous day 's fall carpeted the hedgerows and fields , choking the ditches and making the trackways slippery and dangerous .
5 Any ice left after the previous day 's racing had been broken conclusively in the scenes out in the station , and the party had already gelled and was in full swing .
6 It looked and tasted exactly the same as the previous day 's meal which I had sampled in the Superintendent 's office — a medium-hot vegetable curry containing a mixture of root and leafy vegetables .
7 Mandeville , however , had finished his search which proved just as fruitless as the previous day 's and told us to leave .
8 In the damp haziness , the route seemed sinister , and not as pleasant as the previous day 's walk .
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