Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] o'clock [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Soon after two o'clock the next afternoon they were all out for 189 , the atmosphere helping the ball to move and swing around .
2 I was called to the administration block of the hospital and later went to register the death , and to make an appointment with an undertaker — this was for ten o'clock the next morning .
3 There was a long night ahead of him , and he would not be relieved until eight o'clock the following morning when Ben Thompson arrived .
4 Charlie let those who could , sleep , and did n't attempt to wake anyone until three o'clock the next morning .
5 ‘ Did you know , Lewis , that before nine o'clock the third-class rail fare — ’
6 I think erm casualty was the worst in that you had very very long hours to do erm sometimes you were on call from five o'clock in the evening until nine o'clock the following morning , and you did that for a whole week so by the end of the time you really did feel inhuman , you were very very tired .
7 They helped him up to bed , and he slept until nine o'clock the next morning .
8 She had not seen her daughter since 9 o'clock the previous evening .
9 You , you had to in those days you had to sort of er use your common sense because if you had a big healthy baby it 's a long while to go right through ten o'clock at night till six o'clock the next morning .
10 But you think it 'll kill him from one o'clock in the night till seven o'clock the next morning , it 's , it 's ridiculous and financially were no different because you 've got to pay for digs you 've got to pay for the petrol
11 She did so , and was able to get an appointment for two o'clock the following afternoon .
12 At eleven o'clock the following morning , Buzz sat down on the blue chair by Elinor 's bedroom window , pulled the kitchen timer from the pocket of her navy cotton dress , and set it to twenty minutes : the mechanism began to tick in an irritating way .
13 At eleven o'clock the big Volvo appeared at the far end of the hangar and drove slowly towards him , coming to a stop with its engine running forty feet away .
14 They arranged to meet at eleven o'clock the next evening .
15 Both she and Graham agreed there was little else they could do that night and when he telephoned through to report to UNACO headquarters he was told a company Cessna would be waiting at six o'clock the following morning to fly them on to Geneva , the nearest airport to Lausanne .
16 Startop , Drummle , Herbert and I were asked to go to the office at six o'clock the next evening .
17 I went round with him twice : once just before dusk , then again at six o'clock the next morning after a filthy , freezing night .
18 At six o'clock the next morning she finally fell in front of the door of the workhouse , and the people there took her in .
19 At six o'clock the next morning he came stumbling up their stairs , threatening to crack the banisters , having the strength and the weight of a buffalo .
20 His family were encouraged by signs of a recovery on Friday , but at three o'clock the next morning , 6 January , 1934 , two weeks short of his fifty-sixth birthday , Herbert Chapman died .
21 At 3 o'clock the following morning Lawford was awakened by a phone call .
22 As arranged with the Commander , Milton and Pooley arrived at ffeatherstonehaugh 's at ten o'clock the following morning .
23 On the Tuesday his American boss had a practice round in the morning , practised for a couple of hours , pronounced himself satisfied and arranged to meet Froggy at ten o'clock the next day .
24 Commander Brian Spittals had ordered a press conference to be called at ten o'clock the next morning so that it could catch the lunchtime news bulletins .
25 At ten o'clock the next morning the telephone rang in Edward 's bedroom .
26 The guests assembled in the Salle des Maréchaux , what Mme Moulton described as ‘ the Grand Salon ’ , and at nine o'clock a small procession entered consisting of the Court officers , all in their evening costume of blue with velvet collars , followed by several attendants and then , in the middle , the Emperor and Empress .
27 At nine o'clock the diplomatic corps gathered in the Salle de Louis XIV , next to the Throne Room , through which the Court passed in front of the diplomats and their wives .
28 At nine o'clock the Dutch troops still waited .
29 Eventually they agreed on an appointment at nine o'clock the next morning , but Indenbaum was still convinced that Modigliani would not turn up .
30 At nine o'clock the next morning I heard Joe 's clumsy boots on the stairs , and at last he entered Herbert 's rooms .
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