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Example sentences for "hour past"

  • At half-an-hour past four in the morning, on the 3d, Mount Edgcumbe bore S.

  • At half an hour past eight, the eastern extreme above mentioned bore S.

  • It was half an hour past eleven o'clock when I got on board the Discovery, where I found no decisive plan had been adopted for our future proceedings.

  • At half an hour past six, Captain Furneaux made the signal to speak with me; and upon his coming under my stern, he informed me that he had just seen a large float of sea or rock weed, and about it several birds (divers.

  • Adventure to follow, she being by this movement thrown a-stern: The weather continuing hazy till half an hour past six o'clock in the evening, when it cleared up so as to enable us to see about five leagues round us.

  • At a little distance within land, we saw smoke in several places; and at half an hour past five, the northermost land in sight bore N.

  • We stood to the southward till half an hour past three in the afternoon; and then, being in latitude 48° S.

  • At half an hour past one o'clock, we saw land bearing W.

  • About half an hour past ten, we reached a very long point of sand stretching far out to sea, called Ras-al-nef, which signifies in Arabic the point or cape of the nose.

  • Continuing by this channel among so many difficulties, we came to anchor at half an hour past eleven at a little low round island, in lat.

  • The 19th, about half an hour past eight o'clock, while proceeding with fine weather, we were suddenly taken aback by a fierce gust at N.

  • Received at Rygate half an hour past ten, and sent away | | | again at eleven.

  • Received at Epsom half an hour past six, and sent away | | | three-quarters past.

  • From the Letter-Office at half an hour past two in the | |Miles.

  • The Exchange is worth seeing, on account of the Galleries round the Square, in which the Merchants assemble as they do at Amsterdam, from 12 o'clock till half an hour past 1.

  • After I had been at the Town-House, I went to visit the Square where the Merchants assemble about the Affairs of their Trade from Noon till half an Hour past one o'clock.

  • For, though Màm-Gorm thought he was alone, Nial had been his silent companion for an hour past.

  • One or two members of the group had already edged away, when Kathia Macdonald suddenly drew attention to the appearance of the first three of the returning herring-boats, anxiously expected for over an hour past.

  • DEAR MADAM, Yesterday afternoon about half an hour past five a young Lady[336] was introduced into the world, and though her sex might be considered an objection, she was received with great politeness.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    besides being; called great; chemical compounds; come between; direct their; enable him; first impression; hard fighting; hour after; hour afterward; hour ago; hour ahead; hour earlier; hour late; hour later; hour more; hour passed; hour past; hour together; hour went; hour will; hours after; looking forward; time was; wise cast; would willingly