Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] a quarter to " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we talked to him but erm we did n't actually see Mrs until about a quarter to eleven . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'll leave Thunder Bay at about a quarter to one , ’ Nell said , ‘ so we 'll have lunch soon after . |
| 3 | Some twenty minutes later , at about a quarter to five , he is seen on the third floor of the Polytechnique , in one of the corridors lined with student lockers , pressed against the wall and holding a long object in the green garbage bag , with a smaller white plastic bag by his side . |
| 4 | He had n't got the information I was waiting for but he rang me back at about a quarter to ten . |
| 5 | The electronic cheep from the alarm chiselled into his skull at precisely a quarter to seven . |
| 6 | The major setback to profits came in Sears ' footwear division , about 40 per cent of total profits , where the trading surplus fell by almost a quarter to £31.6m . |