Example sentences of "a [adj] o'clock [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Suzy failed to keep a six o'clock appointment her worried boss rang police , who later found her purse and straw hat . |
| 2 | ‘ Andrew 's gone to a six o'clock movie with some mates , then they 'll grab hamburgers somewhere , and the twins are staying the night at a friend 's . ’ |
| 3 | Thought it was a three o'clock feed . |
| 4 | Royston Marley 's decision to work a permanent nightshift means he is now unavailable for anything but a three o'clock kick-off . |
| 5 | Erm , you can have a twelve o'clock bus , if you wanted to sort of flee your premises , with a packed lunch , or without a packed lunch , if you er , if you do n't want to do that . |
| 6 | He was a big man in an unbuttoned dinner jacket , someone who could probably shave three times a day and still show a five o'clock shadow . |
| 7 | But the other one of the is a nine o'clock delivery in the morning you see so the rest of the load must be there you see . |
| 8 | Others are dining , on the cautious assumption that a nine o'clock party might not provide adequate food . |
| 9 | Nobody will come looking for you if you do n't get up in the morning or fail to appear for a 9 o'clock lecture . |
| 10 | Oxford City — must mention this — they 've got a two o'clock kick off at home to Tring Athletic because they 've got no flood lights , and where do you think those flood lights are , Jane ? |
| 11 | it 's a two o'clock matinee . |
| 12 | I 've got a two o'clock slot on Tuesday next week erm |
| 13 | Oh , well I wo n't see 'em , I 've got a seven o'clock start . |