Example sentences of "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 provocative , practised performer they saw on stage that night was a niece to be proud of . |
| 3 | The chief target we came to that night was a staging post for enemy convoys along the route . |
| 4 | Having reached Aulef and taken on water , that night was a pit stop . |
| 5 | The night was a sea of darkness and the unknown . |
| 6 | The opening night was a triumph . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Every night was a milestone , and had been for the past fifteen years . |
| 9 | This time yesterday I would have said that what had happened last night was a laughable impossibility . |
| 10 | The night was a chiaros-curo of light and dark , moon and flame , steel and shadow , and the Rorim resounded with screams and shouts , the clash of metal , the crack of bone and thud of flesh . |
| 11 | Last night was a light easterly — might have checked the ebb a fraction , but not enough to matter . |
| 12 | ‘ Last night was a mistake , ’ she said very firmly . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm beginning to think that last night was a mistake , ’ she muttered . |
| 14 | But last night was a one-off . |
| 15 | ‘ What happened last night was a mistake . |
| 16 | Up here on the cliff , the night was a Peter Pan extravaganza where sea breezes dancing through the French windows turned every light to a fairy flame . |
| 17 | ‘ Last night was a one-off ? |
| 18 | The closest I could get last night was a flight to Chicago . ’ |
| 19 | That long white robe I had seen him in that night was a sort of hospital gown . |
| 20 | Although Stuart ‘ Mr Inspiration ’ Pearce 's last night was a classic AND a vindication of my opinion of the overrated , overhyped clumsy wanker . |
| 21 | Last night was a bit annoying . |
| 22 | it 's difficult , cos yeah , the Thursday night was a bad night , any other night might of been better |
| 23 | Last night was a terrible night was n't it ? |
| 24 | Dinner that night was a strange meal . |
| 25 | That night was a special memory for me . |
| 26 | But the highlight of the night was a superb five goal haul from last season 's leading goalscorer Kenny Morris — three from short corners — as Harp Senior League champions Holywood coasted to a 7-0 win over Civil Service at Olympia . |
| 27 | Last week 's 70s Night was a roaring success with over 100 guests who raised about £280 for the village play group . |
| 28 | The night was a laugh . |
| 29 | erm Wednesday night was a , an , an engineer |
| 30 | This involved quite elaborate dressing-up , and the fun and laughter of those Boxing Day nights was a treasure indeed . |