Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] o'clock [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . ’ |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | But by ten o'clock the mist had gone , burned off by the sun which shone from a clear blue sky . |
| 34 | By ten o'clock the town was only half-lit and many of the smaller back streets not at all . |
| 35 | But Eileen did n't sleep , and by nine o'clock the pain had become stronger . |
| 36 | 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 . |