Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] quarter " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morton was on the point of killing the Dragoon when the soldier begged for quarter , adding that he had been forced into the army and had not wanted to be a soldier . |
| 2 | Got to Val 's this afternoon , first of all he said I got a hor , horse running at quarter to three red , red hot tip and John had put two hundred on it to win , and she put six hundred on it to win ! |
| 3 | The Water & Ventilation services division recently held a service management meeting during quarter three in the Lake District . |
| 4 | and , and if you wan na come home , there 's supposed to be a bus at half past four , and our lecture finished at quarter to four , so you like , three quarters of an hour to get to the bus , right , and then it did n't turn up . |
| 5 | Thereafter , whenever Ferdinand 's armies asked for quarter , they were likely to receive ‘ Magdeburg quarter ’ . |
| 6 | After an even start Oxford led by quarter of a length at the mile but Cambridge were ahead by the same distance at Hammersmith Bridge . |
| 7 | Each cycle should take fifty five minutes so we do three sets of role play , well we look at them , look for the cycle to start at quarter past ten first cycle must start at quarter past ten , there four that should be for one o'clock so we commence the third and final role play , come back here and break for lunch and have an hour for lunch final role play at two o'clock . |
| 8 | So I have to get a bit , er jump on the bus , and then erm , either get something to eat at their college , but then , by that time , you see , cos dinner starts at quarter to twelve , it 's all gone . |