Example sentences of "the [noun sg] at [det] hour " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was sheer luxury after years of stumbling out into the dark at all hours , forcing our eyes to stay open , and yawning fit to split our faces in two . |
| 2 | Probably an early-rising servant wondering who could be visiting the church at this hour . |
| 3 | At least she could step out of the door and be among people ; she would hear the familiar sound of traffic whizzing past the door at all hours of the day and night . |
| 4 | Was n't it very cold to be out on the moor at that hour ? |
| 5 | Papa Curel , who had plagued their lives by playing the trumpet at all hours in the artists ' villa , retained their luggage but allowed the party to take their paintings with them . |
| 6 | He can hardly have been wearing a ski mask in the street at that hour of the morning , whether it was snowing or not . ’ |
| 7 | I keep my distance and do not look at him , though from the comer of my eye I can see him so smartly attired , decked out in scarves and jumpers , set to brace the cold and the street at any hour . |
| 8 | He was , understandably , taking us for a couple whose holiday idyll he had interrupted , though why we should be sitting by the fire at that hour , with me in a not very elegant dressing-gown and Ewen in stained jeans and a guernsey it would be hard to imagine . |
| 9 | He was a mysterious man who wandered about the house at all hours but was very rarely seen . |
| 10 | None could be admitted at any other time except for cases of sudden accident or emergency , ‘ which are taken into the House at any hour of the night or day without any recommendation whatever . ’ |
| 11 | The Substitute knocked again smartly , but the Brigadier appeared in the doorway of the stable and called up : ‘ There 'll be nobody in the house at this hour ! ’ |