Example sentences of "[num] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Eight somewhere down the back , ’ said the auctioneer . |
| 2 | Share prices showed little change throughout the day however and the FT-SE 100-Share Index closed just 1.0 down on the day at 2,817.0 , with just under 593 million shares changing hands . |
| 3 | In the event , and after at least a hint of treachery , shortly after eight o'clock on the night of 19 December 1946 the Vietminh blew up the power station in Hanoi and signalled the formal beginning of the Vietnam war . |
| 4 | Eight o'clock on the dot . |
| 5 | They left Aberdeen at eight o'clock on the morning of Tuesday , 24 August , and , climbing to high ground above the city , headed north-east along the coast through insignificant country — ‘ naked ’ , observed Johnson , ‘ of all vegetable decoration ’ . |
| 6 | At about eight o'clock on the evening of 28 July , the Prince , disguised as Betty Burke and wearing a ‘ flower 'd linen apron gown ’ , escaped from the Benbecula rowed by six strong men and accompanied by Flora Macdonald and faithful Neil MacEachan . |
| 7 | ‘ You were standing outside the University gates at about eight o'clock in the morning , last Wednesday . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ At eight o'clock in the morning , a vast concourse of ladies and gentlemen appeared on the side of Derwent Lake , where a number of marquees , extending about four hundred yards , were erected . ’ |
| 9 | If you do not buy one of these make sure that you always leave some lights switched on inside the house — even if you are going out at eight o'clock in the morning and will not be back until midnight . |
| 10 | Eight o'clock in the morning , and if she went to work then he hoped still to be in time to catch her before she locked the front door and shut out the intrusion of a man from the Service . |
| 11 | Eight o'clock in the morning . |
| 12 | eight o'clock in the morning . |
| 13 | I actually remember one occasion when we did our three pieces before eight o'clock in the morning . |
| 14 | But then the same problem applies because you 'll have had the night staff working all day Friday night , come off duty about seven , eight o'clock in the morning . |
| 15 | Why are you here at eight o'clock in the morning ? ’ |
| 16 | Eight o'clock in the morning till eight nine o'clock at night . |
| 17 | In the Blaxhall and Tunstall district earlier in the last century , the sexton used to ring the church bell at eight o'clock in the morning as a signal that the gleaning could start in the parish . |
| 18 | Well when I was down at the er council that May , I told them there and then that er I 'm prepared to er let one of the council men come to our house , about eight o'clock in the morning , and then stop till ten and then come back again about two and wait till they come home from school which they would n't have come home from school , but they go across the road and come back again , double back as if they 'd been to school |
| 19 | Well erm eight o'clock in the morning till quarter to six I think it was then in the evening . |
| 20 | George Felse telephoned his wife from the Sallows farm somewhat after eight o'clock in the morning . |
| 21 | Dancing in a night club scene at eight o'clock in the morning — TV commercials too , sometimes . ’ |
| 22 | About eight o'clock in the morning I would get up put on jodhpurs , shirt , tie and jeans and a jumper to protect my riding clothes . |
| 23 | I said , no , and she said oh I have lots of times , I only live at Manchester , you see , and of course , you had to go by boat you see , and I caught the boat train from Ipswich at eight o'clock in the morning and I got to Manchester at lunchtime about one and then went on to Liverpool and the train there took us almost down to the docks . |
| 24 | And I came home about I do n't ken , maybe eight o'clock in the morning or something a beautiful morning . |
| 25 | ‘ He would say if you want to get me , you would have to get me at eight o'clock in the morning . ’ |
| 26 | because you do n't want guys out there from eight o'clock in the morning |
| 27 | I used to go off about eight o'clock in the morning . |
| 28 | She used to go out er about eight o'clock in the morning , Tuesday mornings , not Wednesday , cos we had a boy then , we used to call him Frank . |
| 29 | And we worked from eight o'clock in the morning till eight at night . |
| 30 | I do n't Albert do n't mind going for her cigs , but it 's just that we do n't get up early in the morning , you know , and if me mum 's ringing at eight o'clock in the morning , 'cos she got no cigs . |