Example sentences of "night [coord] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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31 ‘ Certainly we thought it was very strange that our jet was the only plane at Kuwait airport that night and we were the only passengers .
32 A discussion in our house on ( let's say ) the necessity of buying a new fridge will move swiftly to the education system ( via the rival claim of school fees to the purchase of the fridge ) and whether a move to another area might obviate the need for paying them , taking in a quick discourse on the immorality of contributing to the divisive education system in this country anyway ; this will lead to the if-we-sold-our-suburban-villa-we-could-buy-a-Georgian-manor-house-in-the-country conversation ; which will in its turn move on quite quickly to the horrors of British Rail and the greatly increased subjection to them that such a move would entail ; then we get to leaving all our friends behind , and to debating whether having them to stay at the weekends would not be perfectly satisfactory ; which will remind us that two or more of them are coming to dinner that very night and we 'd better get down to the off-licence ; then it 's shall-we-get-Muscadet-or-the-Chardonnay- again and for-heaven's-sake-get-enough which will get us back to the fridge , on account of last time we got the Chardonnay , I did n't put it in it soon enough .
33 He used to run ceilidhs in Toonagh — that 's a village near where my parents come from — every Friday night and we used to all go over there — ‘ t was the thing we most looked forward to all week . ’
34 But it was a lovely moonlit night and we did n't leave , it was about eight o'clock at night when we left .
35 And then we will draw the curtains and pretend it is arctic night and we will all be the wind and howl and moan . ’
36 well anyway er , you see and well anyway er so when , that night and we were by coach of course bus , went there by bus and so that night she said to me , what are you doing when , in the bus , she said , what are you doing this evening ?
37 But a dream lasts a night and we forced ours to be a lifetime .
38 East India Dock is now er , virtually fully utilized printing the Basildon papers in the daytime and the Financial Times at night and the Observer on Saturday night and we 've got high hopes of getting the contract to print the Japanese er , European edition of the Japanese daily and that , that will fill the morning slot so that really will be er , great utilization of , of that er installation .
39 The next day we did a heavy climb to the Harris saddle which is the summit ; unfortunately there was heavy mist after a rainy night and we did n't get the views .
40 I remember me gathering the hens up that night late oh about ten or eleven o'clock at night and we had our own power you see by that time .
41 We came to see your play last night and we were absolutely disgusted .
42 It was night and we were travelling south .
43 to the staff then that they volunteer one night and we do thir , and wa , you would come up once a week every thirty two weeks to man the library one night a week
44 Let the fire go out last night and we 've had it out all day have n't we ?
45 stay Saturday night and Sunday night and we go back on Monday
46 Yeah , because it should of been fifteen pounds a night and we got it for ten
47 No , she bloody ought to after the first couple of dozen times , but anyway , when they come back and we got back at night and we started playing them and putting things on er you know they got to like it
48 I mean we go round on a Saturday night and we come out stinking of smoke , cos they smoke one after another
49 last night and we had cheese and onion pasties with them so
50 As long as I was in the country I was home on a Friday night and them again till Monday morning .
51 NRA Thames Region spokeswoman Sharon Bolton said : ‘ We had a call late on Sunday night and it was too dark to do anything so we went down on Monday morning and although there was evidence of oil there was not a sufficient amount for concern .
52 He bought four rounds of double scotches last night and it did n't even make a hole in what he 'd got . ’
53 Jane Brompton called me from the Betty Ford clinic last night and it 's absolutely 100% sure .
54 All officials will get free camping plus a barbecue on the Saturday night and it is hoped to offer a further incentive such as a T shirt .
55 Other income came from the calves we had to spare and everyone would lose quite a bit of sleep when the cows were calving since the event would invariably happen in the middle of the night and it was often necessary to play midwife in case of complications .
56 There is n't another ferry off Straker 's Cay till Saturday night and it 's no good expecting me to get any preparatory work done on Wavebreaker till Monday at the earliest , and then it 'll be two or three days before — ‘
57 His huge opponent lay defeated and bloodied , and his blood-lust was more than satisfied ; it had been a good night and it was time to go .
58 We waited on the station all night and it was perishin' .
59 IT 'S that time of year when there seems to be a party every other night and it takes a little extra imagination to make you stand out from the crowd .
60 Even while Dick was lowering Martin to the ground , he had his head turned in the direction of the dark blur standing out against the night and it was only a matter of seconds before he raised himself and his gun towards it .
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