Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] o'clock the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little after eight o'clock the sun touches the altar rock , the signal for the burial to begin . |
| 2 | Soon after two o'clock the next afternoon they were all out for 189 , the atmosphere helping the ball to move and swing around . |
| 3 | Shortly after two o'clock the police returned in strength . |
| 4 | I was called to the administration block of the hospital and later went to register the death , and to make an appointment with an undertaker — this was for ten o'clock the next morning . |
| 5 | There was a long night ahead of him , and he would not be relieved until eight o'clock the following morning when Ben Thompson arrived . |
| 6 | One o'clock in Piazza dei Partigiani after a stressful morning at work was very different from eleven o'clock the night before after making love , but Ellen was bubbling with such enthusiasm that he had n't the heart to voice his reservations . |
| 7 | Charlie let those who could , sleep , and did n't attempt to wake anyone until three o'clock the next morning . |
| 8 | Just before ten o'clock the reporters set out on their ‘ beats ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ Did you know , Lewis , that before nine o'clock the third-class rail fare — ’ |
| 10 | I think erm casualty was the worst in that you had very very long hours to do erm sometimes you were on call from five o'clock in the evening until nine o'clock the following morning , and you did that for a whole week so by the end of the time you really did feel inhuman , you were very very tired . |
| 11 | They helped him up to bed , and he slept until nine o'clock the next morning . |
| 12 | Shortly before five o'clock the sepoy cavalry made an attack near the Cutcherry but fortunately the men had not yet left their positions at the rampart . |
| 13 | She had not seen her daughter since 9 o'clock the previous evening . |
| 14 | You , you had to in those days you had to sort of er use your common sense because if you had a big healthy baby it 's a long while to go right through ten o'clock at night till six o'clock the next morning . |
| 15 | But you think it 'll kill him from one o'clock in the night till seven o'clock the next morning , it 's , it 's ridiculous and financially were no different because you 've got to pay for digs you 've got to pay for the petrol |
| 16 | She did so , and was able to get an appointment for two o'clock the following afternoon . |
| 17 | At eleven o'clock the big Volvo appeared at the far end of the hangar and drove slowly towards him , coming to a stop with its engine running forty feet away . |
| 18 | At eleven o'clock the following morning , Buzz sat down on the blue chair by Elinor 's bedroom window , pulled the kitchen timer from the pocket of her navy cotton dress , and set it to twenty minutes : the mechanism began to tick in an irritating way . |
| 19 | ‘ Here , ’ said Stephen Brandt to life , walking down the Strand at eleven o'clock the next dampish morning and moving his lips without a sound . |
| 20 | At eleven o'clock the cook and the housekeeper went to bed . |
| 21 | At eleven o'clock the teams stopped working . |
| 22 | They arranged to meet at eleven o'clock the next evening . |
| 23 | It starts at eight o'clock the tickets are six quid on the door and appearing are the Ivy League Alf Berry and Heather Nixon , Night Ride organist and drummer and the compere is Peter Lawrie it 'll be a good night I 'll tell you that . |
| 24 | At 7 o'clock the office bearers , a number of the brethren and their lady friends sat down to a sumptuous repast in a granary tastefully decorated with evergreen and flags and after a long toast list the tables were removed for dancing . |
| 25 | I went round with him twice : once just before dusk , then again at six o'clock the next morning after a filthy , freezing night . |
| 26 | Both she and Graham agreed there was little else they could do that night and when he telephoned through to report to UNACO headquarters he was told a company Cessna would be waiting at six o'clock the following morning to fly them on to Geneva , the nearest airport to Lausanne . |
| 27 | Startop , Drummle , Herbert and I were asked to go to the office at six o'clock the next evening . |
| 28 | At six o'clock the next morning she finally fell in front of the door of the workhouse , and the people there took her in . |
| 29 | At six o'clock the next morning he came stumbling up their stairs , threatening to crack the banisters , having the strength and the weight of a buffalo . |
| 30 | His family were encouraged by signs of a recovery on Friday , but at three o'clock the next morning , 6 January , 1934 , two weeks short of his fifty-sixth birthday , Herbert Chapman died . |