Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] o'clock the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little after eight o'clock the sun touches the altar rock , the signal for the burial to begin . |
| 2 | Shortly after two o'clock the police returned in strength . |
| 3 | One o'clock in Piazza dei Partigiani after a stressful morning at work was very different from eleven o'clock the night before after making love , but Ellen was bubbling with such enthusiasm that he had n't the heart to voice his reservations . |
| 4 | Just before ten o'clock the reporters set out on their ‘ beats ’ . |
| 5 | Shortly before five o'clock the sepoy cavalry made an attack near the Cutcherry but fortunately the men had not yet left their positions at the rampart . |
| 6 | At eleven o'clock the cook and the housekeeper went to bed . |
| 7 | At eleven o'clock the teams stopped working . |
| 8 | It starts at eight o'clock the tickets are six quid on the door and appearing are the Ivy League Alf Berry and Heather Nixon , Night Ride organist and drummer and the compere is Peter Lawrie it 'll be a good night I 'll tell you that . |
| 9 | At 7 o'clock the office bearers , a number of the brethren and their lady friends sat down to a sumptuous repast in a granary tastefully decorated with evergreen and flags and after a long toast list the tables were removed for dancing . |
| 10 | At 5 o'clock the justices indicated that they were retiring to consider their conclusions and to draft the reasons that they intended to state to support those conclusions . |
| 11 | The one hundred share index was 17.4 points higher at one stage , but finished the day well below it 's best level , 4.2 points higher at 2152.2 , at 4 o'clock the volume was mediocre at 321.7 million shares . |
| 12 | At ten o'clock the lights went out . |
| 13 | At ten o'clock the gates were shut to prevent a sudden influx of new voters — anyone could leave , no one could enter . |
| 14 | Had he been in Whitechapel , Charlie would have been happy to run up and down the market from five in the morning to seven at night and still box a few rounds at the club , drink a couple of pints of beer and carry out the same routine the next day without a second thought , but when at nine o'clock the sergeant-major gave them a ten-minute break for cocoa he collapsed on to the verge exhausted . |
| 15 | At twelve o'clock the class was dismissed , and there followed a rush for the toilets and ablutions . |
| 16 | At one o'clock the judge left the court for an hour . |
| 17 | At four o'clock the door opened , and a very strange servant came in . |
| 18 | THE Eight Bells seemed to be one of those pubs that do most of their trade in the late evenings , for at seven o'clock the saloon bar was deserted . |
| 19 | At seven o'clock the dinner was nearly ready and Della was waiting . |
| 20 | By six o'clock the water had n't arrived and Haverford , looking at their despondent faces , said , ‘ It 's like a death in the family . ’ |
| 21 | By six o'clock the ground will be covered with cageots , the chip vegetable and fruit baskets , making a sea of soft colours " and shadowy shapes in the dawn light . |
| 22 | But by ten o'clock the mist had gone , burned off by the sun which shone from a clear blue sky . |
| 23 | By ten o'clock the town was only half-lit and many of the smaller back streets not at all . |
| 24 | But Eileen did n't sleep , and by nine o'clock the pain had become stronger . |
| 25 | By twelve o'clock the meeting of senior scientists in the Director 's office to discuss the furniture and equipment for the new Laboratory was over , and Howarth rang for his secretary to clear the conference table . |