Example sentences of "[num] [adv] [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right and it 's thirteen pounds fifty so how much change ? |
| 2 | ‘ She agreed eight o'clock when I spoke to her yesterday , after I 'd offered her every other hour of the day . |
| 3 | It was eight o'clock when Cissie collected the tin bath from the outside shed . |
| 4 | It was eight o'clock when we arrived at the station and got on the train , and by half-past nine we were in Strelsau . |
| 5 | It was eight o'clock when we finished . |
| 6 | It was barely eight o'clock when she decided she might as well go to bed , but , when she headed towards the kitchen to make a suppertime hot drink , he followed her . |
| 7 | It was exactly eleven o'clock when the nurse came to her and said , ‘ You may go and see him for a minute . ’ |
| 8 | It was eleven o'clock when the police called . |
| 9 | But on the morning Saturday morning when the exam was being er sat in the county school in I was very very ill , too ill to get up until about eleven o'clock when it was too late . |
| 10 | Never sunbathe between midday and 2 pm when the sun is strong |
| 11 | Or the girl with the nail polish and cuticle remover on the five-items-only check-out at Tesco 's , or the doctor 's waiting-room at 9.35 am when the surgery says SHUT and your child has a conker in his works . |
| 12 | All are welcome at The Barn on the last Thursday in every month from 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm where organisers Mrs. Eileen Slater and Mrs. Amy Rowland will make you feel at home . |
| 13 | At 10 o'clock when the Division bell goes , the House will have been sitting for seven and a half hours , from prayers through questions , statements and this debate . |
| 14 | It would be different at six o'clock when the surrounding mills spewed out their weary and gin-thirsty humanity . |
| 15 | It was six o'clock when I let myself out of the house . |
| 16 | So , shortly before noon , Molly trusted Mr Corduroy with her money and at six o'clock when she was in the kitchen opening a packet of cornflakes for Jacqueline 's supper the tap , left on , coughed discreetly and loosed off a generous gush of what looked to her like particularly clean and upmarket water . |
| 17 | The Soiree on 23rd December 1869 took place in one of the distillery lofts " a few minutes after six o'clock when the hall was completely crowded , upwards of 600 persons being present . " |
| 18 | It was after six o'clock when they finished . |
| 19 | It was six o'clock when she reached the outskirts of the town and the traffic had dwindled to a trickle . |
| 20 | There were generally only two periods of calm in the day ; between 4 and 6 a.m. and between 4 and 7 p.m. when , like subhuman troglodytes , the French gunners emerged from the ground to repair the damage . |
| 21 | After an introduction by the presenter , who usually speculates on the issues likely to be raised with the Prime Minister that day ( a tiresome waste of time , especially as he is frequently wrong ) , the programme goes live , with only minimum commentary , till about 3.48 pm when the presenter returns to summarize the exchanges ( another waste of time ) . |
| 22 | Another wheeze is the ‘ complimentary dinner buffet ’ in hotels , usually between 5–7 pm where , for the price of a drink , you can stuff yourself on hot and cold canapes . |
| 23 | If the debate had started at 10 pm when it was scheduled to start , and if the normal business of the House had continued , many more hon. Ladies and hon. Gentlemen from both sides of the House would be here tonight . |
| 24 | The oldest known horoscope goes back to 410 BC when Babylonia was part of the Persian empire . |
| 25 | It was erected on the site of ancient fortifications dating from about 500 B.C. When it was built , the castle was at least fifty percent higher than the ruined portion still standing , and was complete with turrets , battlements and curtain walls . |
| 26 | They loaded the Zodiac dinghy , outboard motor , and the limpet mines into the camper and drove south , reaching Auckland around 7.30 p.m. where witnesses living at Stanley Point on the northern shore of Auckland Harbour saw two men take an inflatable dinghy out of a camper van and carry it down to the water 's edge . |
| 27 | This event was mirrored in Stamford in 70 B.C. when Simon , an Athenian who established a school in the town , was drowned in the Welland whilst attempting human flight . |
| 28 | At three o'clock when I am collected to go home I can hardly wait to go back once I 've had my tea . |
| 29 | Seven o'clock when it gets into Glasgow and five o'clock when it gets into Carlisle and three o'clock when it goes through three o'clock when it goes through Manchester . |
| 30 | Seven o'clock when it gets into Glasgow and five o'clock when it gets into Carlisle and three o'clock when it goes through three o'clock when it goes through Manchester . |