Example sentences of "five o'clock " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was five o'clock before they could hear the results of his conversation . |
| 2 | Give me until five o'clock this evening . |
| 3 | We arranged to meet on a bench outside the Royal Academy at five o'clock . |
| 4 | At the end of it , at five o'clock , they all shook hands . |
| 5 | We continue drinking , gazing out at a sea now almost as redundant as five o'clock tea or straw boaters , both commonplace back in the 1950s when the children in Lord of the Flies became violent in the midst of their paradisical island , at precisely this magical hour of five o'clock , and in the living room , that sweetly British interior , flowering the semi-darkness into a plethora of chair covers and curtains , sprigged bone china and mums in Liberty-print dresses … |
| 6 | We continue drinking , gazing out at a sea now almost as redundant as five o'clock tea or straw boaters , both commonplace back in the 1950s when the children in Lord of the Flies became violent in the midst of their paradisical island , at precisely this magical hour of five o'clock , and in the living room , that sweetly British interior , flowering the semi-darkness into a plethora of chair covers and curtains , sprigged bone china and mums in Liberty-print dresses … |
| 7 | Frank Fahey , the Irish Minister for Sport , told RTE that the situation demanded that they broadcast Hungary v Spain , which kicks off at five o'clock — a suggestion which brought a mind-your-own-business response from their head of sport , Tim O'Connor . |
| 8 | At five o'clock in the morning . |
| 9 | At five o'clock we wandered back ; after all , it might get dark in fifteen days ' time . |
| 10 | I used to cry till my husband came home at five o'clock . |
| 11 | The storm broke at five o'clock . |
| 12 | It is five o'clock in the morning , but already the sun has crept over the horizon and the temperature is rising . |
| 13 | ‘ Around five o'clock — she left early because she was meeting Giles . |
| 14 | Five o'clock at State Street station , in downtown Chicago , and the platforms groan with homeward-bound commuters , wrapped up against the winter frost . |
| 15 | It was five o'clock . |
| 16 | He ceased to breathe yesterday about five o'clock . |
| 17 | He boasted a permanent five o'clock shadow and lived the part of a hard-drinking , hard-swearing , poker-playing small town boy who belched and spoke his mind . |
| 18 | ‘ Whatever is the matter , my dear Alida , whatever is wrong at five o'clock in the afternoon ? ’ |
| 19 | They eat ‘ dinner ’ at nine in the evening or even later , while I am ravenous at five o'clock when at home we would usually be having tea . |
| 20 | For instance , we were making a film about how well a particular local authority was doing and we were planning to shoot the thundering morning turn-out of dozens of heavy cleaning trucks at five o'clock in the morning . |
| 21 | EVEN AT five o'clock in the morning , in the flush of victory and vindication , John Major did not let himself go . |
| 22 | A deep-voiced character with five o'clock shadow all over his face and fists like Popeye the Sailor grabbed the girl by her Indian beads and slammed her up against the mantelpiece . |
| 23 | At five o'clock , with daylight creeping round the curtains , she had got up and dressed . |
| 24 | ‘ At about five o'clock , sir . |
| 25 | At five o'clock tea was served to the Empress and about 20 of her guests , the groups being so organized that in the course of a week all of them enjoyed this privilege , thus avoiding any outbursts of jealousy or recrimination . |
| 26 | ‘ I often feel like that at five o'clock in the morning , ’ said Wilcox . |
| 27 | The public world was closing down and everybody was going home ; it was five o'clock . |
| 28 | But for the kind of shopping that Boy was doing there was no five o'clock , there was no closing time . |
| 29 | Boy stood outside the window and imagined the things he might see inside this magazine , should he ever take it down off the high shelf and open it , perhaps in the privacy of his room or perhaps right there on the street at five o'clock . |
| 30 | It was five o'clock . |