Example sentences of "[adv] quarter to [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The Manageress there erm I was there and she , I , after I 'd been there eighteen months , she had a heart attack and the girl took up her tea tray , one of the girls took up her , because she was n't on duty till about just quarter to six to do the money .
2 In about quarter to six or something is n't he ?
3 About quarter to six .
4 About quarter to six tonight .
5 He 'd gone when I got home from Texas , about quarter to six and they 'd gone !
6 Finally about quarter to eight he shoots through to the other room and finds Dick and Joy Hardy there , they were supposed to be picking Gwen up and bringing her round .
7 About quarter to eight .
8 It was about quarter to eight before everybody , well after that
9 Yeah , I 'm usually in for about quarter to eight , half seven , quarter to eight
10 leave about quarter to eight eh ?
11 We , we 'll almost certainly finish about quarter to four .
12 but Reggie , Reggie will come in and go straight to bed , he 's been up since about quarter to four
13 oh but they really get up my nose ! just wan na do is phone me up , you know I I sa oh had a row with , do n't say anything like about quarter to four time and I said to her , well I 'll be quite honest I said er there 's sixty pound a week or seventy pound a week I get more than you I said I have never heard a load of moaning pratts in all my life !
14 We all sat round the van , the caravan about quarter to four and she 'd just got one , she 'd got one of her friends and they got theirs about quarter to four .
15 We all sat round the van , the caravan about quarter to four and she 'd just got one , she 'd got one of her friends and they got theirs about quarter to four .
16 I settled a few things in the bathroom there and then I had a wash , I 've had a wash and did all the about quarter to eleven .
17 About quarter to eleven we got to bed , but they were going on I fell asleep during the middle of it cos I just got used to the noise
18 About quarter to twelve
19 cos he goes about quarter to twelve
20 Constable Campbell rounded the corner into Sandyford Place about quarter to nine .
21 I was sitting in front of my easel at about quarter to nine , doing preliminary tests on a little panel-picture of a City church ; Radio 3 in the background was churning out something by one of those Bachs who were n't Bach .
22 She 's just like a week ago she was she did the manager 's job and , she drops she brings Joshua down here for about quarter to nine , then she goes back up to Stop Hill with the girls
23 About quarter to nine twenty to nine .
24 No , I 'll have to leave at half eight get there for about quarter to nine nine o'clock
25 I got up about quarter to nine
26 And th it was about quarter to nine .
27 I did n't get finished work till , well I did n't get finished work till about quarter to two .
28 But , when Nigel comes next year he 'll bring Eileen and I think that under circumstances I think if we say well come for about quarter to two .
29 and I boiled it about quarter to five and I thought
30 About quarter to ten ?
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