Example sentences of "[det] night the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this night the mare was restless . |
| 2 | On this night the fire-watchers heard the nose-cone come down , it made such a crash , thought it was an incendiary , and spent the rest of the night searching for it , in vain . |
| 3 | Surely this night the unexpected would happen , surely she had summoned up the unexpected . |
| 4 | That night the dream returned . |
| 5 | That night the air in the basement room became so thick it was like inhaling the black tar they put on the road . |
| 6 | For the second time that night the prison door slammed shut . |
| 7 | That night the adults sat round in the front room , among the Christmas lilies and gladioli in the last of the evening sun and talked after supper . |
| 8 | On that night the spirits of mischief were supposedly abroad , characterised by small boys who would knock on doors and run away . |
| 9 | That night the Wordsworths walked back with him as far as the miner 's house , a short distance from the beech tree above Woodlands Farm where they often parted . |
| 10 | That night the wind and rain tore ferociously at the tent as the force 8 hit us ; it was a luxurious feeling to be snug , warm and safe in our sleeping bags . |
| 11 | That night the rain began and continued for twenty-four hours . |
| 12 | That night the phone rang again . |
| 13 | That night the man did not altogether fail his fine motto . |
| 14 | That night the main gate of the dump was destroyed , the chain link fence around it torn down and the concrete posts lining the entrance to the dump smashed . |
| 15 | That night the BBC ran the obituary twice — the first time they had ever done so for anyone , and the first television obituary to consist of a filmed interview with the deceased . |
| 16 | He did not see any sign of the runaway animals but later on that night the local policeman called on him and he took over the task of keeping a look out . |
| 17 | That night the team changed the plasma , replacing the deuterium with hydrogen , and the neutrons disappeared . |
| 18 | Later that night the Duchess took Wyatt on to a dinner party at top nightspot Annabel 's , where the two refused to be separated . |
| 19 | That night the two armies camped almost within bowshot of each other . |
| 20 | That night the little creature did not stop crying and its pitiful little squeak tore at Aggie 's heartstrings . |
| 21 | That night the news spread fast round the village , but did not reach Gabriel , whose dreams were only of Bathsheba . |
| 22 | ‘ So even the performing seals are disgusted with his cheeseparing by now , and that night the lyric soprano breaks one of the hoops of her crinoline in the middle of her best love song because he would n't run to proper whalebone , and I take myself aside and say to myself … . ’ |
| 23 | By the end of dinner that night the poor thing was slumped against the bar but had provided excellent service to the merry throng of diners . |
| 24 | That night the King and Wallis met at a small restaurant in Piccadilly . |
| 25 | That night the Prime Minister and the King spoke for many hours . |
| 26 | For the rest of the day we skirted a large swamp ; that night the mosquitoes were particularly bad . |
| 27 | And th that that night the travel picture came on and it said Hanover . |
| 28 | Finally , that night the vessel would sail straight to its destination in Kuwait , arriving , all being well , at dawn . |
| 29 | During their three hours off duty that night the pennies disappeared more quickly than the queue , but Tommy somehow continued to get better value for money than any other recruit . |
| 30 | Squiffy everywhere and erm that night the evening activity was tobogganing and we 'd just finished all this wine . |