Example sentences of "on the [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stripped film from the security camera that videos customers in the Praed Street shop , Took away the staff roster , which reveals who was working on the crucial day , Removed the shop 's till rolls , Attempted to pursuade the female member of staff to forget Mr Onanuga told her he served Mr Lamont on the Monday , and Refused to allow the woman to keep a copy of her signed statement because , it said , it could be handed to a newspaper . |
| 2 | Unlike its plainer cousin , it will not bring shame to the wearer by wilting or drooping on the crucial day . |
| 3 | As for heating bills — this was summer-time — what was his wife burning on the occasional days when it was cool — gold-dust ? |
| 4 | They were ready to move on the appointed day and , at the end of the summer , they would begin the trek back to the village on their own , as soon as they smelt the smoke of the bonfires in which the thatch and the bedding from the shielings were destroyed , for reasons which today we might classify as ‘ environmental health ’ , but which , to the young folk of the shieling , was almost a ritual . |
| 5 | With weather conditions on the appointed day predicted to be very severe — including gales likely to cause structural damage to buildings — only three of the six teams managed to participate . |
| 6 | On the appointed day Modigliani appeared looking confident and distinguished in his cords and red scarf ; he ordered a good bottle of wine and began to rhapsodize about Gaby 's beauty and charm . |
| 7 | It had been Conneau who , in fact , had made possible the famous escape in 1846 by maintaining the pretence of his patient 's illness on the appointed day , thereby preventing the prison governor from making his daily visit . |
| 8 | Their acquiescence was to be encouraged by a campaign of information and by mobilising convinced peasants to persuade recalcitrant ones , but nothing could stop the tractors from moving in on the appointed day . |
| 9 | I chose the more orthodox route via Lisbon and Sal and arrived safely at my destination at Praia on the appointed day . |
| 10 | Pledges on which less than ten shillings had been lent became the property of the pawnbroker if they were not collected on the appointed day . |
| 11 | On the appointed day , the first pageant wagon drove to the first station at Sowerby Bridge . |
| 12 | Sadly , on the appointed day , her hopes proved wrong . |
| 13 | You were late getting in your order for the film ( though you swear the office forgot to send it on ) so on the appointed day , when it is n't there , you have to cobble something else together — and then show the film , when it arrives four weeks later , in the middle of a block of work to which it does not relate . |
| 14 | Eventually the lot fell on the King 's daughter , Hesione , who was taken to the sea shore on the appointed day and tied to a rock . |
| 15 | On a more positive note , the expedition did make port at the appointed hour on the appointed day , having spent several hours in a public house further up the estuary to avoid being early , which made for a very ‘ happy ’ reunion . |
| 16 | A mnemonic helps considerably in recalling the routine on the appointed day . |
| 17 | On the appointed day I presented myself at the villa . |
| 18 | On the appointed day the parents of the groom sent presents of betel , cakes , fruit , etc. to the parents of the bride . |
| 19 | Written application for consultation had been made in advance , but despite this , only five of the thirteen Strathclyde theses were ready for inspection on the appointed day . |
| 20 | And that he will return with hell-fire on the appointed day . ’ |
| 21 | As with sales by tender , the Bank offers a large amount ( not less than £1 billion ) of newly created stock for sale and invites bids to be submitted before 10 a.m. on the appointed day . |
| 22 | And , according to Mrs Aitken , Jake had no objections , so arrangements were made for Carol 's parents to pick up Kirsty on the appointed day . |
| 23 | Erm that seven thousand e those seven thousand vehicles , is that the through traffic element on the present day A sixty one ? |
| 24 | A few of the players such as Jim McKeever and Phil Stuart reside in Belfast but all are expected to be in Dublin not only to be feted but to cheer on the present day Oak Leaf county heroes . |
| 25 | The original castle was built by King John in 1235 on the present day site of Castle Street in the city centre . |
| 26 | Nigel donned his navy silk pyjamas and paisley dressing gown on the great day and prayed that nobody would be sick over him . |
| 27 | Described as a colourful character , with his shovel hat and official cloak , he met with an accident on the great day and was tipped from a cart . |
| 28 | Another unwritten law was that no fire was lit before dark , so the period of dusk on the great day seemed never ending . |
| 29 | Young women married to salesmen , for once , took an interest in where their husbands would be on the great day ; the older men , who ricocheted between various business interests , were lectured steadily , any time they put in an appearance at home , on the necessity of being in Tollemarche at this time ; and those males who were doomed to spend their lives in Tollemarche found themselves with intolerable lists of jobs to be done , from laying out backyard skating rinks to pinning up the hems on their female relatives ' costumes . |
| 30 | However I had no wish to disappoint everyone concerned by postponing by visit to the Palace and , with a lot of help from friends and family I finally made it to London on the great day albeit a shadow of my former self . |