Example sentences of "[prep] quarter to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos that really got up , up my back when the , I mean tho ai n't a ba , bad bunch of old boys but I normally go down but they they clear and once we 've done our work before dinner break they all clear off and I go down to the and then I sort of walk back more or less behind them you know , to the break like and as I go past the club , I go and wash my hands , they go straight in , I go and wash my hands and I walk past the and er we should go to dinner at quarter to twelve and I go past , it 's one minute past quarter to twelve so cos when we go in there you see quarter past twelve due to go back I always give them two or three minutes and I say that 's it , that 's , ah we was late coming in , I said no you were n't ! |
| 2 | We was I said look I can read a bloody clock as well you can , I said I wa walking behind you down the , you went in the canteen and when I went past it was one minute past quarter to ! |
| 3 | So I said you know , the one minute past quarter to and there 's a sort of quietly you know but then you know , just have to grab at |
| 4 | This was like quarter to twelve , he should have been there at eleven o'clock . |
| 5 | Well that one was the most restrictive because that you had to go , you could go any time between was it eight and eleven in the morning , but you could only come back either something like quarter to five , quarter to , no quarter to six was it ? |
| 6 | Yeah , mine , mine used to be something like quarter to twelve , did n't it , quarter to twelve till three , and then they decided to change round , it used to be quarter to twelve to six , did n't it ? |
| 7 | ‘ That means it 's between quarter to and four o'clock , ’ she explained . |
| 8 | Well about five-ish , but I mean he 'll be ready for quarter to six |
| 9 | Well I can get here for quarter to six if I leave work early but I do n't want to put you out . |
| 10 | 'em , so I had 'em put back up again for quarter to six , |
| 11 | I went to see where , she puts lollipop in school like and I went to see exactly she 's supposed to start at quarter to twelve so I went round there for quarter to twelve about five past twelve when she , it 's like yours . |
| 12 | I should think about quarter to five . |
| 13 | That fills from quarter to half . |
| 14 | Yes , it 's open Mondays to Fridays , from quarter to nine through to quarter to five , and anyone can just walk in and we 'll do our best to help them produce whatever it is they want to see , providing we 've got it and we can find it . |
| 15 | Yes , it 's open Mondays to Fridays from quarter to nine through to quarter to five , and anyone can just walk in and we 'll do our best to help them and produce whatever it is they want to see , providing we 've got it and we can find it . |
| 16 | who are on the staff , and in theory work until quarter to eight |
| 17 | Pupils who have had perhaps difficulty in studying at home can stay in our school library until quarter to six . |
| 18 | Went to ladies just before quarter to five to find they 've been removed . |
| 19 | No I , I went in at half past seven in the morning and I was in the operation theatre before quarter to nine that same morning so that morning was taken up and the afternoon and evening , Chris came in the evening tt and er oh er Bob , th the curate , our former curate , came |
| 20 | , but erm , and I notice that quite often the shelves would be half empty , came here , I would stop on the way back from the school the bank and the butcher 's and the paper shop over the road I could come in quarter to nine and I 'm , you know , I , I was done and I said to my Arnold they 're not going to sell much unless they put some money into filling the shelves surely Spa will back them , and he said I keep on telling them that I keep on saying to them if you do n't put the goods there on display people are going to go over the road to Lipton 's and and |
| 21 | That 's all he does eight to quarter to eight |
| 22 | Trouble is I changed the time to quarter to three . |
| 23 | I would like us , no if we could do it to quarter to two , then I 'd be very pleased , item M could be put on , put on the top |
| 24 | And then er , they brought it back and then they started doing to quarter to six , but it still was n't good enough cos you ca n't , you ca n't have all these people in suits and briefcases stood outside a pub for quarter of an hour waiting for it open , you know |
| 25 | Er five to quarter to nine tonight , taken my Sundays away in April |
| 26 | Yes , it 's open Mondays to Fridays , from quarter to nine through to quarter to five , and anyone can just walk in and we 'll do our best to help them produce whatever it is they want to see , providing we 've got it and we can find it . |
| 27 | Yes , it 's open Mondays to Fridays from quarter to nine through to quarter to five , and anyone can just walk in and we 'll do our best to help them and produce whatever it is they want to see , providing we 've got it and we can find it . |
| 28 | Oh was on today 's on quarter to six . |
| 29 | half eight , getting on quarter to nine , it was jam-packed and I did n't get into the college . |
| 30 | Er , that 's alright , let's behave ourselves , I says what about us , we 've been here since quarter to ten waiting for you to come . |