Example sentences of "at [art] quarter to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She arrived at work at a quarter to nine and went straight to the studio . |
| 2 | At a quarter to twelve he phoned back . |
| 3 | And at a quarter to twelve last Tuesday , Bentley made the most of it . |
| 4 | At a quarter to eleven the taxi came for me . |
| 5 | At a quarter to three I was in position behind the grime-sprayed glass of a bus shelter on the Banbury Road . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh yes — only I 've got to catch the last bus home and it leaves at a quarter to eleven … ’ |
| 7 | Off I went to resume normal existence and my first priority , since it was now nearly nine o'clock and I was due to meet Jack Mason at a quarter to ten , was breakfast . |
| 8 | At a quarter to nine precisely , Father Johnson entered the church and began to celebrate Mass before the little group of kneeling worshippers . |
| 9 | At a quarter to twelve he left . |
| 10 | The night patrol was meant to come and turn the lights off at a quarter to ten , but sometimes they would n't turn up until eleven or half eleven . |
| 11 | If everything went well , they would get there at a quarter to two and wait for Johann to open the front door . |
| 12 | The worst moment of all , he thought , had been at a quarter to nine that morning , when he had been roused from the bottom depths of heavy , dream-tangled sleep by the door bell , and when , having stumbled across the room , still not knowing where he was or what was happening , he had found Mrs. Mounce at the door , asking if she could do any shopping for them . |
| 13 | At a quarter to one on 9 September the Commandant of the camp , Colonello Vicedomini , ordered the doors to be opened and the barbed wire cut . |
| 14 | " His father says that Lorrimer rang him at a quarter to nine . |
| 15 | At a quarter to four Mrs Mantini unexpectedly reappeared . |
| 16 | At a quarter to five Mrs Mantini came back . |
| 17 | She calculated that there would be time for a quick dip before afternoon tea , which Juliette normally served at a quarter to four . |
| 18 | At a quarter to four by the little travelling clock at his bedside he got out of bed and went to the window . |
| 19 | At a quarter to nine he was joined in his office by Kersey . |
| 20 | Apparently I had windmilled in at a quarter to ten , with three bottles of champagne , all of which I dropped in one catastrophic juggle . |
| 21 | Without women , life is a pub , a reptile bar at a quarter to three Have you noticed , you guys , the way black or blue or red underpants stay clean for days on end , whereas white underpants — what is it with white underpants ? |
| 22 | At a quarter to eleven she galloped back up to the attic room . |
| 23 | Earlier that day , when school had ended at a quarter to four , Hilary Frome had walked down the long road towards Cullbridge with Willis and Quigly . |
| 24 | ‘ On Friday evening you were passing the Rectory at a quarter to twelve midnight by the chime of the church clock . |
| 25 | An elderly female novelist had come in at a quarter to six and Penelope had found herself trying to explain why her latest novel had not been reviewed in the Sunday Telegraph , why it had not been advertised more widely , why copies had not been displayed on the bookstall of a friend 's local station , why it had not yet been reprinted . |
| 26 | At a quarter to eleven coffee was brought in , but there was still no sign of John . |
| 27 | ‘ Did n't you say the fireworks begin at a quarter to midnight ? |
| 28 | At a quarter to five Emily Lightbody would dismiss the staff . |
| 29 | I had n't expected to be able to speak to Alan before the end of the week , but at a quarter to five Sylvia de Groot telephoned to say that he was free now if I still wanted to see him . |
| 30 | Erm a reminder to you that the lines will open at a quarter to nine on erm York six four one six four one tomorrow morning if er you have points you 'd like to make . |