Example sentences of "quarter of an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A quarter of an hour later he stood alone at the edge of the High Street with as little notion of his next steps as a soldier discharged in Madras with the whole of India , Arabia , and Africa lying between him and his homeland . |
| 2 | The flights that circle Kabul every quarter of an hour are a morale booster for the hard-pressed population . |
| 3 | The only man capable of stopping his flow of boundaries was Dickie Bird , who took the players off for bad light for quarter of an hour at 5.30 . |
| 4 | The anthem , flower-presentation , long walk and interminable announcements all took place after the teams had taken the field , where they were forced to kick their heels in a neat line for nearly a quarter of an hour during which the chanteuse and the French Army choir six times exhorted the crowd : ‘ To Arms ! ’ . |
| 5 | There 's nothing unusual about clogged up roads in London , but this was the school half-term holidays — usually a haven of relatively clear tarmac , a glorious window of opportunity to leave home for the office a quarter of an hour later . |
| 6 | The dog had awakened him at ten to seven with long-drawn howls and now , a quarter of an hour later , he stood on the threshold of Sheila 's bedroom , glowering . |
| 7 | Certainly to explain the Incarnation in a quarter of an hour over the air is a tall order , but Lewis could surely have done better than to say , ‘ If you want to get the hang of it , think how you would like to become a slug or a crab . ’ |
| 8 | But City are prone to concede goals in the last quarter of an hour and bang on the 75th minute the impressive young Dodd fed a wonderful 30-yard pass to Rod Wallace , who held off two defenders to equalise . |
| 9 | The songs are carefully arranged , played with the anonymous perfection we 've come to expect from people like the Floyd , and last about a quarter of an hour . |
| 10 | As at Kingston , the margin was ten wickets ; the only difference was that the match lasted a quarter of an hour less . |
| 11 | After spending a quarter of an hour in the heat of the sauna , Agnes rose and took a dip in a small pool filled with ice-cold water . |
| 12 | He could n't have been more than quarter of an hour having his tea . |
| 13 | When , after perhaps quarter of an hour , the ice was opaque and solid as ever around the sides of the refrigerator , she became impatient and tried to chip at it , first with her fingers and then , finding them painful as well as useless , with the point of a kitchen knife . |
| 14 | Afterwards , she had contrived a quarter of an hour alone with him in a private office . |
| 15 | For the last quarter of an hour or so his face had been furrowed with the effort of understanding the information with which he had been presented . |
| 16 | Wakefield , restricted to a penalty goal in the first quarter of an hour , took command in the next 15 minutes to run in three of their eight tries , two by centre Mason , who went on to a hat-trick . |
| 17 | England conceded two goals in the last quarter of an hour after building up a 3–1 lead . |
| 18 | These high-performance , rugged tools are claimed to offer the best value for money on the market for the enthusiastic d-i-yer and tradesman , and for the first time offer the possibility of a battery recharging time of just a quarter of an hour . |
| 19 | We stand like cattle in the sun for a quarter of an hour while the sergeant clears me on his radio . |
| 20 | But today he had asked if he could have a quarter of an hour extension and her father had said he would be back in time to take over . |
| 21 | Newcastle took the lead after a quarter of an hour , but a shot from Northampton 's Bradshaw was too powerful for the keeper to hold and it went over his head into the net . |
| 22 | If it normally takes you a quarter of an hour to shave , make it take you half an hour . |
| 23 | It took a quarter of an hour to reach the farthest outposts of the French right : Friant 's corps , stationed near a village called Telnitz . |
| 24 | B. T. When you were going on duty , you had to parade at the station at half past , as a rule — a quarter of an hour before the beat . |
| 25 | You started off at the beginning of your beat — set out on the north side of Lime Street — took a quarter of an hour to walk round and try all the locks . |
| 26 | You 'd go in and have to queue up , wait for the chance to get the frying pan to put bacon and egg in it , and your hands so cold you could hardly hold it , and that would take up a quarter of an hour . |
| 27 | I went in as usual , took off my greatcoat and tunic and tie and made some small pancakes and dipped them in boiling fat — used to take me a quarter of an hour every night . |
| 28 | I said to myself , ‘ Christ , I 'm due in for breakfast in another quarter of an hour . |
| 29 | The bus was unusually late , for our No. 30 , a whole quarter of an hour . |
| 30 | Normally , the rates are £19.50 for the first halt hour and for each additional quarter of an hour or part of it , £4.50 , For weekday overtime the rates go up to £23.80 and £5.45 , for Saturday overtime , £24.70 and £5.65 , Sunday overtime , £31.70 and £7.15 and for Bank holiday overtime , £37.00 and £8.25 . |