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

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1 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 . ’
2 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 .
3 But by ten o'clock the mist had gone , burned off by the sun which shone from a clear blue sky .
4 By ten o'clock the town was only half-lit and many of the smaller back streets not at all .
5 But Eileen did n't sleep , and by nine o'clock the pain had become stronger .
6 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 .
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