Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [vb pp] the [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I went on that voyage as cook , and the beauty of it was the boat was called the Happy Days ! |
| 2 | Same as labour was done the other day . |
| 3 | The question was posed the other day by David Holden in the ‘ Sunday Times ’ , returning from a visit here . |
| 4 | On Dec. 29 the HCR met for the first time since the attempted coup and approved the new Cabinet , whose membership was announced the following day . |
| 5 | Troops quickly dispersed the students , but further unrest was reported the following day , prompting the authorities to close down the country 's universities and colleges . |
| 6 | Chant 's body was discovered the following day by 93-year-old Albert Burke , who found it while looking for his errant mongrel , Kipper . |
| 7 | Her body was discovered the following day when her home help raised the alarm . |
| 8 | Witnesses working near the river bank in Gloucester where a body was found the next day , told the jury at Bristol Crown Court of hearing screams . |
| 9 | The procedure was repeated the next day , 24 February , the Germans suffering unexpectedly high casualties but remorselessly , if slowly , pushing the French back . |
| 10 | The young dog was shot the next day . |
| 11 | ( The " opt-out " clause was welcomed the following day by the UK government , but the idea of this non-binding declaration was dismissed as " pretty irrelevant " by a UK government official . ) |
| 12 | Endill was tired the next day but slept underneath the floorboards in History class . |
| 13 | ‘ His pass was confiscated the next day and that meant he could n't get into the base to work and lost his job . |
| 14 | The patient was discharged the next day . |
| 15 | The official opening ceremony was attended by our customers — and potential clients — and by the Bishop of Warrington and local MPs , whilst the building was opened the following day for staff and their families . |
| 16 | Before either her mother or Lydia had the opportunity for a quiet chat with Martha , the even tenor of life in the kitchen was disrupted the following day , by the arrival of Tamar . |
| 17 | The decision was attacked the following day by Drazen Budisa , chairman of the opposition Croatian Social Liberal Party ( HSLS ) , who complained that " several thousands of inhabitants of Vukovar imprisoned in Serbian camps " and " tens of thousands of Croats from Central Bosnia about whom we have no information " would be unable to obtain their Croatian nationality and thus the right to vote . |
| 18 | A hasty cut and stitch job by the Italian organisers restores Arab pride when a five-pointer was unfurled the next day . |
| 19 | The trial was suspended the same day after the 19 defence lawyers walked out , and then postponed until July 12 . |
| 20 | A trade co-operation agreement was signed the next day . |
| 21 | The suspension of over 40 federal laws in the republic was announced the following day . |
| 22 | A week later parliament formally adopted a decree permitting the establishment of political parties , and the party was registered the following day . |
| 23 | Li Yuan-tzu was elected the next day as Vice-President with 93 per cent of the votes , receiving 602 out of 644 cast . |