Example sentences of "[noun] tell the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because it is inexpensive , burning incense-sticks to tell the time continued to be used down to the present century . |
| 2 | Or the little portable sundials which shepherds used to carry up into the mountains to tell the time by ; or , a last reassuringly bucolic reminder that Bayonne 's fighting days are over , an English bayonet from the Napoleonic wars converted for stripping corn-cobs . |
| 3 | Help your child to tell the time with this nursery clock which has a solid pine surround and clown design . |
| 4 | These star charts were provided to enable the deceased to tell the time of night or the date in the calendar . |
| 5 | Instead of following the movements of heavenly bodies , we rely on mechanical or electronic clocks to tell the time . |
| 6 | Ah , well what value is it , a watch tells the time whether it 's three hundred pounds or three , three pounds |
| 7 | Yeah the clock , the clock 's there I always get groups that say where 's the clock cos they ca n't sort of see where it is and I 'm sort of saying it 's the angle tell the time . |