Example sentences of "on [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ It 's fairly flexible , I go in on odd days . |
| 32 | On odd days off , |
| 33 | The Arbuthnots hunted on odd days with the Meath and Tom lived for the sport . |
| 34 | He telephoned me at lunchtime on that day and by a fluke I had a cancellation , so I was able to see him almost immediately . |
| 35 | But it was not the only rainforest tree to fall on that day . |
| 36 | Nobody 's got any expectations of what I do on that day . |
| 37 | Anyway , Davy came along and Steve Marriot also came along on that day , because quite a few people heard about it , as we put the word out at the Giaconda Cafe in Denmark Street . |
| 38 | On that day we became friends , yet for a long time I kept my distance , afraid even to shake hands with him . |
| 39 | So it was a husband 's sacred duty not to refuse her on that day even if he were practising celibacy . |
| 40 | Romantic dreams and sexual callisthenics , chivalry and rape , roses and semen , chocolate boxes and contraceptives … but most of all , never entirely out of his embattled mind , slowly dragged the shapes of the thousands of words he had so far composed on that day and the thousands he had yet to compose by candle light through the remainder of the bitterly cold night . |
| 41 | Ten-year-olds being sworn into the Deutsches Jungvolk and Deutsche Jungmädelschaft on that day had to pledge an almost religious vow : ‘ You , Führer , are for us our command ! |
| 42 | A flow chart , compared with a calendar , will also tell you if your event clashes with a race meeting in the area on that day or another big event that might clog the roads , take the public attention and jeopardise the success of yours . |
| 43 | Of course , having worked out this wonderful plan , you will probably have to create another one on that day because of some unforeseen circumstance . |
| 44 | The turn-out on that day was about 2300 . |
| 45 | On that day , as I slowly followed the trail , I simply felt at home and at peace . |
| 46 | Ipswich won on that day in 1938 and deserved their victory yesterday . |
| 47 | In his next letter Leslie told me that on that day he had been assigned ‘ a rather painful duty … from 4 o'clock this afternoon for 24 hours I am escort to an officer under close arrest , a captain , I believe . |
| 48 | Please let me know if you are n't able to come on that day because the security at the Palace of Westminster is very sensitive and if we do n't turn up with the right number of people we could be in trouble ! |
| 49 | A man of sincere , but unformed , liberal political convictions , he had been angered by the events of 5 October and had given medical treatment to some of those injured on that day . |
| 50 | Banbury School opened its doors on 1 September 1967 , but not very much changed on that day . |
| 51 | The LSE group ( which was set up in October 1990 to support the Irish students ' campaign and to campaign for abortion rights for women in England and Ireland ) will be organising a further picket on that day to highlight this fundamental attack on Irish women 's right to choose . |
| 52 | She said : ‘ Our initial horror and disbelief at what happened on that day was replaced over time by the realisation that that day heralded the start of the British Government 's Shoot-to-Kill policy in Northern Ireland ’ . |
| 53 | From then on the year was regarded by the Romans as beginning on that day . |
| 54 | Consequently , on that day in the year AD 247 the Romans celebrated the thousandth anniversary of the founding of their city . |
| 55 | Those who were influenced by this belief refrained from setting out on a journey or from starting a major task on that day of the week . |
| 56 | In the preceding year 28 December fell on a Sunday and as the coronation took place on that day of the week it had to be repeated on another day ! |
| 57 | Many of those who rode along the line from Stockton to Darlington on that day ‘ did not the night before sleep a wink … |
| 58 | And that might be my only , you know , substantive interaction with him on that day . |
| 59 | It was on that day that ‘ Pipeline ’ was added to the name Banzai . |
| 60 | On that day , Bradshaw said , ‘ it was more like a toilet . |