Example sentences of "previous day [unc] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sky , grey and lowering , threatened more snow whilst the previous day 's fall carpeted the hedgerows and fields , choking the ditches and making the trackways slippery and dangerous . |
| 2 | Corbett felt refreshed though still wary , pleased that the previous day 's rainclouds had now disappeared and hoping that the Lord Bruce was still in Leith and would grant him an audience . |
| 3 | She had been on the verge of hysteria then ; add to that a day of travelling , with him pushing Chalon as fast as the horse could go carrying a double weight , plus the previous day 's tensions , and it was a wonder she had n't given in to it . |
| 4 | this can sometimes cause problems , for an over-night change in mood often leads to total dissatisfaction with the previous day 's work . |
| 5 | When this proves to be impossible , the edge of the previous day 's work should be roughed up so that the new mix will key with it . |
| 6 | Similarly , if you find some of the newer exercises get too hard for you , remain on the previous day 's exercises until you become.more supple and strong . |
| 7 | Market price of the share at the end of the previous day 's trading . |
| 8 | We were still high on the adrenalin of the previous day 's climb . |
| 9 | He had a good time , said he really enjoyed it and would like to go again , and I had all the washing done for me — he did n't bring anything home dirty except the previous day 's clothes . |
| 10 | While this is happening , the previous day 's curds are milled ( cut ) , salted and put into moulds for pressing overnight . |
| 11 | I got up feeling bilious and with a burning headache , wobbling from the previous day 's struggle , as if I were finding my legs after a long illness . |
| 12 | A few days ago a woman woke up just as she was about to be stuffed with the previous day 's New York Post and varnished with embalming fluid by an undertaker . |
| 13 | Yes , we do get Rugby Special on a Sunday , at a time when most of the rugby fraternity are spending time recovering from the previous day 's actions , catching up with family life and preparing the next week 's work . |
| 14 | Between us , we found several bars of chocolate , some rolls , left from the previous day 's lunch , and two packets of biscuits . |
| 15 | However , in the face of market expectations , the Bank took advantage of a money market shortage on 5 March to buy bills at a rate of discount of 11.75 per cent , 0.5 per cent higher than the previous day 's dealings and about 1 per cent above what markets were anticipating . |
| 16 | In each foreign exchange market the opening spot rates are established by noting the previous day 's exchange rates plus those in earlier time zones . |
| 17 | Halfway to Porto the 1200 Lisbon Volmet said ‘ 1 CB at 2,500 ’ , so back we went : we had tried , and had agreed not to repeat the previous day 's experience . |
| 18 | Even the previous day 's visitors could not have landed on the same spot as you because the ice , and the herd , move many miles each night . |
| 19 | In the face of opposition calls for a boycott , and reports of widespread apathy among the electorate , the Interior Ministry announced on Sept. 5 that a 99.96 per cent " yes " vote had been achieved in the previous day 's referendum on proposed constitutional changes . |
| 20 | I was most comfortable using the previous day 's shuffle but with an added stoop . |
| 21 | The previous day 's drizzle had given way to sun and wind . |
| 22 | No record could be found of my previous day 's arrangements . |
| 23 | Matthew Fleming scored 63 for Kent against Nottinghamshire at Maidstone on June 30 in borrowed kit , having left his at Gateshead after the previous day 's match with Durham . |
| 24 | His presence in the pitch darkness was marked only by the dull glow of a cigarette , its red tip pulsing into light every few moments to reveal the black pencil of the Colonel 's moustache as he sat , immobile behind his desk , reflecting on the previous day 's visitor . |
| 25 | In the damp haziness , the route seemed sinister , and not as pleasant as the previous day 's walk . |
| 26 | Pete Woodward got one of the dead centres and he felt he 'd erased the previous day 's disaster . |
| 27 | I crept back upstairs to my little room and spoke my account of the previous day 's events into my journal . |
| 28 | He had informed his silent audience of the death — just ‘ death ’ — of Dr Kemp ; explained that in order to establish the , er , totality of events , it would be necessary for everyone to complete a little questionnaire ( duly distributed ) , sign and date it , and hand it in to Sergeant Lewis ; that the departure of the coach would have to be postponed until late afternoon , perhaps , with lunch by courtesy of The Randolph ; that Mr Cedric Downes had volunteered to fix something up for that morning , from about 10.45 to 12.15 ; that ( in Morse 's opinion ) activity was a splendid antidote to adversity , and that it was his hope that all the group would avail themselves of Mr Downes 's kind offer ; that if they could all think back to the previous day 's events and try to recall anything , however seemingly insignificant , that might have appeared unusual , surprising , out-of-character — well , that was often just the sort of thing that got criminal cases solved . |
| 29 | It is very well known that dreams often contain elements — visual or ideational — that can be identified as being part of the previous day 's experiment . |
| 30 | When Jones made the offer he said he was ‘ attempting to establish an open and cooperative relationship ’ and to help mend the broken fences of the previous day 's rancour . |