Example sentences of "[adj] a.m. [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attempt began at 2 a.m. with an assault on Dodan Barracks on Ikoyi Island in Lagos , the headquarters of the military government . |
| 2 | The hotel manager woke me at 10 a.m. with a telegram from my mother , which had been delayed . |
| 3 | I would then return to bed , setting the alarm for 7 a.m. for a repeat performance . |
| 4 | At the meeting on the 26th June it is proposed to start at 11 a.m. with a discussion on any matter which teachers wish to raise . |
| 5 | At 4 a.m. after a night in which thunderstorms had rumbled and broke continually , and despite Squeers ' and a Broadstairs doctor 's best ministrations , Sir Thomas Throgmorton died . |
| 6 | I was awakened from a deep sleep at about 5 a.m. by a bump , alongside , the roar of engines and much shouting . |
| 7 | It means that every decision or action taken between 9.38 a.m. and 9.39 a.m. on a Tuesday is high quality . |
| 8 | Knock on her door at 3 a.m. for a leg massage and I swear she would get up and do it for you , though she might swear a little under her breath ! |
| 9 | The fire was discovered at 3 a.m. by a master working late , and together with two boys — one of whom climbed a waterspout to get to the juniors ' bedroom via the roof and the other operated a hand-pump in dense smoke — managed to raise the alarm . |
| 10 | The fact that the polecat with young was sighted three years ago by a grumpy shepherd looking for a lost lamb at 5.30 a.m. on a March morning , two miles away from post number seven , is irrelevant . |