Example sentences of "on [adj] [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite an interruption to the race and appalling weather , he ran 622 miles , covering over 100 miles a day and running further on each consecutive day . |
| 2 | On each lovely day of Christian Aid Week the money continues to flow in : – roughly , £700 on Monday ; £1,000 on Tuesday and again on Wednesday ; £800 on Thursday ; and £1,000 on Friday . |
| 3 | Jim Clark , the greatest driver produced by Britain , had survived many high speed crashes in the past — at Aintree , Brands Hatch and Monaco , but he could not survive the 275-kph ( 170-mph ) crash on that sad day at Hockenheim in 1968 . |
| 4 | And so it was , even on that somnolent day . |
| 5 | He never realised , on that eventful day , that she would ‘ come into my arms ’ ( as he put it ) and stay there for so many years , adding in no small degree to the legends of love which keep the world sane and hopeful . |
| 6 | Upon which was written , on that wintry day , |
| 7 | On that final day there will be many like that , little earlier on in the book of Titus in the first chapter Paul says in verse sixteen they profess to no God , but by their deed they deny him |
| 8 | I did all I could for that plant , but while my White Poplar in the garden went from strength to strength , sprouting new branches and hundreds of suckers that came up like a forest over all the lawn , the fern bought on that memorable day when the second deluge had fallen just faded away before my eyes . |
| 9 | Having played in the other semi-final against Everton on that fateful day in 1989 we were stunned , on returning to our coaches , to hear the news coming from Hillsborough . |
| 10 | TROOPER WOOLRIDGE TRAVELLED FROM LONDON ON THAT FATEFUL DAY IN 1896 ; THE GWR STATION . |
| 11 | The goalkeeper on that fateful day in ‘ 54 was Fred Martin of Aberdeen , a talented but unfortunate keeper who let in another seven goals the following year against England at Wembley . |
| 12 | If things had gone according to plan , Jack would n't have been within 325 000 kilometres of Apollo 13 on that fateful day , 13 April . |
| 13 | Leslie , 59 , underwent two emergency operations to remove blood clots from his brain after his Silver Shadow Rolls-Royce spun off a motorway on that fateful day on October 3 . |
| 14 | The first delivery of post came and went on that fateful day , no letter . |
| 15 | But when his report admits that everything that could have gone wrong on that fateful day actually did , it would surely be wrong to single out any individual as a scapegoat , amid such an horrendous combination of factors . |
| 16 | Or they would mention the role Bell 's XS–1 played on that historic day in October , 1947 when the ‘ sound barrier ’ was finally conquered . |
| 17 | That 's when the contractual restrictions are lifted from those involved on that traumatic day when the ball was mysteriously changed at lunch . |
| 18 | On that sun-drenched day at Maubisson I kept my fingers well hidden , smiled politely and quietly prayed that these wolves in human flesh were seeking other quarry apart from us . |
| 19 | Perhaps it was the lack of trees to soften its outline , or the dark stare of its latticed windows that gave it such an austere look ; but whatever it was , uninvited visitors were a rarity , so that when Amyas Roscarrock rode up on that showery day in July , his arrival attracted immediate interest among the family . |
| 20 | Instead of kicking the ball high so that it splashed down into a lake and bounced backwards , as Going did on that ludicrous day , the Australians and New Zealanders took advantage of the wide open spaces in sevens and kicked long , flat balls which stopped dead in the water . |
| 21 | 12–1–1847 The Session approved the faithful stand which the Directors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company have made for preserving the sanctity of the Sabbath , by their resolution to discontinue running their carriages on that Holy day . |
| 22 | Fortunately help came in time on that particular day . |
| 23 | ‘ On that particular day , we arrived there about ten o'clock , and I refused at first to go any farther ; the charm of those gardens and their flowers was so great that I wanted never to leave them . |
| 24 | Is it likely , they argue , that both the Parsons and I should have decided , quite independently , to visit that particular pub on that particular day at that particular time ? |
| 25 | The guard at Euston was positive that on that particular day he had locked the door of the compartment and that there was only one gentleman inside when the train left the station . |
| 26 | How lucky for us that on that particular day we did not instead to the Taï market , or stay in bed because of malaria , and that we followed Ricci rather than Brutus , Héra , or any one of the others . |
| 27 | Topaz talked to the Moor as if it were a friend , and on that particular day she wanted to share her thoughts with the vastness around her . |
| 28 | And , it was the attitude of the other men going to a , play another school , I came across this man who asked me who the referee was on that particular day ? |
| 29 | In other words he was consistently at that i part on that particular day , |
| 30 | without backtracking on previous ones , on that particular day he was pushing it . |