Example sentences of "about the [num ord] hour " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huy , recovering from the wounds he had received , and cursing the broken left forearm which the doctor at the Place of Healing had put in a splint and then bound too tightly , heard about the killing from Nebamun , who awakened him early in the morning — about the eleventh hour of night — with a furious hammering at his door . |
| 2 | ‘ I reported the killing as soon as I left them , leaving a man there and asking them to touch nothing ; that was about the ninth hour . |
| 3 | At about the second hour of day I was told that Kenamun would be leading the investigation . |
| 4 | It might be boring after about the fourth hour , but it would be fun ! |
| 5 | Peter 's dream of unclean animals is recorded in Acts , Chapter 10 : 9 On the morrow , as they went on their journey , and drew nigh unto the city , Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour . |
| 6 | The middle sister discovered the body when she came home at about the sixth hour of night . ’ |
| 7 | She knew by the temperature that it was now about the sixth hour . |