Example sentences of "on this [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is so vindictively cold in this ill-lit room , and my alabaster hand aches so much from the thousands of words I have put down on this unhappy day , and my head still throbs , and my stomach is so empty , and my grief is so heavy , that I think it would be wise of me to break off at this point , this hinge , blow out the once again guttering candle and for the third time today go down the stone stairs to streets where it is always February . |
| 2 | According to her personality type , she can be expected to react on this first day with anything from brave smiles to tension and tears , but this will be quite normal . |
| 3 | By nightfall on this first day of the battle , about 60,000 British troops , nearly half the original attack force , had fallen or been taken prisoner . |
| 4 | The heating is full on , on this warm day , noon-time temperature 21C . |
| 5 | It was on this symbolic day in 1914 that Gavrilo Princip shot the heir to the Habsburg throne , during a state visit to occupied Sarajevo . |
| 6 | Between the races on this annual day at Chantilly , there are also plenty of other diversions . |
| 7 | Even on this hot day it felt cool and clammy to her bare feet , and then , as contrast , came the baking hot flags of the terrace . |
| 8 | He believed on this sad day that feeling of reconciliation was a reason for hope . |
| 9 | On this great day , when he cut the ribbon on a shop built to remind him of the Italian department stores of his childhood — ‘ they always had a restaurant , because part of the treat of shopping was lunching out ’ — he was so happy and relaxed that it was easy to swallow inhibitions and ask him whether he was n't bothered about being known , through the films he has chosen to dress , as the creator of designer violence . |
| 10 | Feast Sunday in Holmfirth is the Sunday before Whitsuntide , and the sing is still held on this traditional day . |
| 11 | D-DAY , June 6 , 1944 when the Allied invasion of Europe began , Sugar took off under the command of F/O I Fotheringham of 467 Squadron at 02.53 hours on this momentous day and delivered its 13,000lb bomb load onto a coastal battery at St Pierre du Mont . |
| 12 | The prospects were pleasing even on this dismal day in the gathering gloom . |
| 13 | On this last day I want to sum up the things we have discussed . |
| 14 | Now , on this last day of his life , he showed he could stand the pain no more . |
| 15 | But I was getting a trifle chilled — just a trifle , you know , and on this beautiful day — ’ he waved a gloved hand at the brilliant sky and the buildings , dazzling in a chiaroscuro of stone and snow , the snow making the grey stone look black , the stone making the snow blindingly pure . |
| 16 | On this damp day there are few passengers . |
| 17 | And on this free day … |
| 18 | The library , which had not been in use since Sir John Merchiston 's death some seven years earlier , was a very pleasant room , positioned opposite the ballroom , between Araminta 's parlour and the big saloon , with panelled walls , quantities of shelving , an ivory inlay desk , leather chairs before the fireplace , and a good deal of light , even on this overcast day , coming in from a glazed door leading out into a pretty walled garden . |
| 19 | Jasmine 's new owner always used white saddlecloths , but on this particular day a blue one which was identical in every other respect was used instead . |
| 20 | ‘ On this particular day , he saw a poster contrary to the practice rules about use of the notice board . |
| 21 | On this particular day , they had been shooting at Taos and at the end of it they dropped some acid and took off with two other friends to visit the nearby tomb of D.H . |
| 22 | However , on this particular day , since his idolised Giants were not taking part there was some degree of restraint in Uncle Mick 's spectatorial behaviour . |
| 23 | On this particular day he had a subsidiary board meeting at 9am , after which he dealt with phone messages and post . |
| 24 | On this particular day she wished devoutly that her late husband were with her and wondered what he would have to say about their daughter who had , so unaccountably , married another rank . |
| 25 | And on this particular day they — or rather it — happened twice . |
| 26 | On this particular day it is super-radiant . |
| 27 | On this particular day the model was a seventeen-year-old negress . |
| 28 | And er it was quite er it was quite something you see to see these er thousands of er of er and they were well-disciplined , er in demonstration , with banners , with their elected leaders at the front , march into er march into er er Hyde Park , er they had bands playing , they had er er perhaps er fifteen or sixteen platforms , you know from which the er various working class leaders er er spoke , to I do n't know how many people , wh who er who who would be in H Hyde Park on on on on er on this particular day . |
| 29 | On this particular day such differences were resolved through later discussion , but how could conflict have been avoided altogether ? |
| 30 | On this particular day she came downstairs , dressed for going out , and suggested a walk on the moors with me . |