Example sentences of "by [adj] o'clock [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a standing arrangement : if no smoke was rising from the chimney of Low Birk Hatt by eleven o'clock in the morning the Fawcetts should come to investigate . |
| 2 | While we are all familiar with ( and resigned to ) a certain amount of forgetfulness during the day , the equivalent of being unable to remember breakfast or lunch by three o'clock in the afternoon would definitely put one in the category of suffering from a severe case of amnesic syndrome . |
| 3 | By ten o'clock on the day of the party the ‘ table ’ was loaded with food . |
| 4 | When the clocks go back in late October it will be dark by five o'clock in the afternoon . |
| 5 | You had to be in bed and washed by nine o'clock at the latest ; the house screw only left after she 'd seen everyone in bed . |
| 6 | He says we 've got to be on the road by nine o'clock at the latest . ’ |
| 7 | They were required to leave their beds and get out of the hostel by nine o'clock in the morning , and they were not expected to hang about any more until about five or more in the evening . |
| 8 | By four o'clock in the morning , when Alice Mair woke with a small despairing cry from her nightmare , the wind was rising . |
| 9 | The wholesale fruit and poultry market opens before dawn on Saturday and is all packed up by seven o'clock in the morning . |