Example sentences of "six o'clock " in BNC.

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1 Because of the Farm 's history , they used the occasion to mount a show of force , and to do so at 5pm , when children playing on the estate would be terrified by the raid , but when they could be sure of a good spot on the Six O'Clock News .
2 SIX o'clock on a Friday night and , in the Lyttleton foyer , groups of people cluster noisily round the bar ; others , waiting for companions , finger books in the bookshop .
3 She moved to Tonight , The Nine O'Clock News and The Six O'Clock News before leaving current affairs to stand in for Wogan .
4 But Sheila danced in gaily at six o'clock and smiled at her father to show off the triumph of orthodontics .
5 In due course the parents are relieved when he begins to ‘ miss ’ his two o'clock and then his six o'clock feeds .
6 Getting in after half past three to get up again at six o'clock is no fun .
7 I went round with him twice : once just before dusk , then again at six o'clock the next morning after a filthy , freezing night .
8 It was six o'clock .
9 Thursdays , half past five until six o'clock , was when they had the use of Mrs Parvis 's bathroom and as much warm water as trickled from the gas geyser into the tub .
10 Handing her over to me , all my brother-in-law had said was , ‘ I will try to be back by six o'clock .
11 Many people can not think of playing music or listening to it until six o'clock in the evening .
12 By now it was after six o'clock and time to find somewhere to stay .
13 But , by the six o'clock news , that tarmac scene had been replaced by a news conference in the airport lounge with the usual polished platitudes .
14 ‘ The last time he was seen alive was at six o'clock in the evening by Mr Ealey .
15 Six o'clock is quite normal , and if you 're in the right area , pre-theatre specials are always good value .
16 Alfred Fry , stage manager of Drew 's company , told the court that he was at the premises in Friar Street when he heard Drew singing at six o'clock ; he also saw and spoke to Drew at 6.15 .
17 The night nurses finished their duty at six o'clock .
18 ‘ What about six o'clock ? ’
19 But if the person involved were prepared to take a chance , he would be even less so at six o'clock . ’
20 Supposing it is only six o'clock ?
21 It is just after six o'clock , so Father can well imagine the atmosphere in the kitchen at this moment . ’
22 He stopped outside the bar and rang his bell vigorously before reading the six o'clock news from his board .
23 But I was to discover another facet of Soviet hospital life when , after the last meal of the day at six o'clock , I became aware of a plaintive female voice outside my window .
24 Then , after a spell as a ‘ not very good actress ’ she joined Anglia TV as anchor for their six o'clock show , About Anglia .
25 If you are ever attacked by a man with an erect penis , simply grasp it as firmly as you can , and forcibly rearrange it from 12 o'clock to six o'clock — and then run like hell .
26 Their snug cottage looked across the road to the ugliest house on the green , the Rectory , which stood at six o'clock , dead opposite the Youngs across Thrush Green , and was consequently a source of continuous irritation to Edward , the architect , who could see it from every south-facing window of his house .
27 Thrush Green Rectory , standing at six o'clock , was Charles and Dimity 's first home and here they settled very happily — apart from the draughts .
28 Six o'clock . ’
29 He need not undergo terrorist treatment in the swimming bath , not get up at six o'clock every morning to feed old Bones .
30 He comes in about six o'clock this mornin' and he 's in an awful mess .
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