Example sentences of "about [num] o'clock the " in BNC.

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1 About three o'clock the Gurkhas came alongside us and we were told an attack on the Aubers Ridge was to be launched .
2 From about ten o'clock the bars and the street start to fill up .
3 However , about ten o'clock the police car come up into the close and I was up in the workshop and I says to him I says , aye , I says , have you found Charlie ?
4 The ladies in the parade were transferred to closed carriages and about 3 o'clock the procession moved off .
5 The , they used to put a conductor on for peak time and then about nine o'clock the rear door was closed and the driver took over issuing tickets , taking money and then perhaps the conductor would come on from about twelve or two and then again , perhaps from half past four till half past six .
6 And come back about nine o'clock the Saturday night .
7 At Sokolnitz the first shots were fired about seven o'clock the bombardment continuing for almost an hour .
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