Example sentences of "[art] small hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final information turned up late and we were at it till the small hours . |
| 2 | And at the end , after twelve cancelled variants in one short paragraph , a single sentence , itself the third attempt , tells us ‘ They would not let the orchestra go , and musicians who attempted to leave were beaten up ’ , which says all we need to know about the unstated ‘ Keep playing ! ’ whereby the liveliness of the small hours will have been sustained . |
| 3 | He might as well ask the reader to believe in those supremely credible terrorized musicians scraping and blowing through the small hours . |
| 4 | Their books are full of female breadwinners and New Men changing nappies and comforting bawling babies in the small hours . |
| 5 | Why the hell do you think we come ? ’ — Blackpool woman representative queuing to enter the conference headquarters hotel in the small hours ‘ I 'm bound to say that when considering some examples of modern architecture I enthusiastically join those who say , ‘ God bless the Prince of Wales ’ . ' |
| 6 | How could one not admire a woman so clear as to her needs that she did not care whose flesh she carved her way through , who did not care whose sleep she shattered in the small hours of the dawn ? |
| 7 | THE GOVERNMENT moved last night to block a filibuster attempt by Labour MPs against the Local Government and Housing Bill which was threatening to extend Commons business into the small hours . |
| 8 | First , the hours : business in the chamber starts , except on Fridays , at 2.30pm and can often last until the small hours of the morning — resulting in tired ( and tired as a newt ) legislators . |
| 9 | Finally , if you do n't already have one , beg , borrow or buy a Swiss Army knife — with its corkscrew for wine bottles , bottle-opener for beer , can-opener for tins , knife to cut through the seal on metal whisky bottle-tops that revolve instead of snapping when you try to open them , screwdriver and wire-stripper for changing plugs ( and for removing insanity-inducing ticking clocks from the headboards of Stockholm hotel beds , etc ) , even a compass for navigating home in the small hours . |
| 10 | To put the man in his place , Nigel said that he was a writer who got his best ideas in the small hours . |
| 11 | Perhaps it was only natural , only to be expected ; but with no one left to share these thoughts , the familiar presence gone , one might in the small hours come to wonder whether , being no longer needed , life was really worth living any more . |
| 12 | For who among us is too world-weary to be awake and watching until the small hours of Friday morning ? |
| 13 | If you plan to stay up on election night , you could sustain yourself in the small hours with freshly baked pizza . |
| 14 | But private investors reacted quickly by buying equities in the small hours of yesterday morning . |
| 15 | The small hours of Friday morning were busy ones for stockbrokers who remained open in case investors were shocked by the result into selling stocks . |
| 16 | David D. is always well briefed , usually good-humoured , though he was looking a little frayed by the small hours of Friday . |
| 17 | In the small hours of Friday , the real nightmare on Kinnock Street began . |
| 18 | She had thought it must be well into the small hours . |
| 19 | Alternatively nip down to the beach , or stroll down to the centre of Puerto del Carmen where the nightlife buzzes , and the cafés and bars stay open until the small hours before returning to your very own home from home apartment , complete with facilities , terrace and garden . |
| 20 | You can choose between a vast selection of bars , all with English or English speaking staff , and take your pick out of the 6 or 7 nightclubs that raise the roof until the small hours . |
| 21 | The Tropicana experience began for me as soon as I arrived … it may have been the small hours yet the reception staff were still delighted to greet the new arrivals . |
| 22 | By night the bar is transformed into a disco , playing night-club sounds ‘ til the small hours . |
| 23 | But he 'd had that last night — or rather , in the small hours of the morning . |
| 24 | ‘ Not in the small hours , there are n't … |
| 25 | Lionel Luyt told me that John quickly tagged on to him when they met during those Johannesburg seasons , and was eager for discussions which went on , after performances , into the small hours . |
| 26 | They will arrive at Gatwick in the small hours , brown , fit and furious . |
| 27 | It was pitch dark and felt like the small hours ; there was no sound of traffic from the road at all , and he was on his own with a vengeance . |
| 28 | Nutty lay awake in the small hours , worrying herself stupid . |
| 29 | The gathering lasted until the small hours of next morning and Dr Hsieh talked about China in English , answering many questions and telling a number of highly entertaining stories of how modern changes in China were being effected . |
| 30 | I must have been awfully slow , I never got in ahead of her and was always the poor mutt who staggered into the office in the small hours , bleary-eyed and half-dead , while Olive , yawning profusely and clutching her hot water bottle to her bosom , was able to trip down the path to her waiting bed and not surface till about midday the next day . |