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Example sentences for "past eleven"

  • I appointed them to be here at half-past eleven, to settle that matter of yours, Pickwick.

  • Mr. Pickwick had meditated himself into a doze, when he was roused by the chimes of the neighbouring church ringing out the hour--half-past eleven.

  • Eulate then headed his ship for the land, and she struck the shore under the cliffs at Asseradores, fifteen miles west of Morro, at a quarter-past eleven.

  • We waited till half-past eleven, and then landed and talked of going to Osaka again by train; but finally decided that even this was not practicable, and that we had better stay and potter about at Kobe and Hiogo.

  • It was now time to go on board to receive some friends whom we had invited to breakfast, and who arrived at about half-past eleven.

  • After dinner, and indeed until we went to bed, at half-past eleven, the lights along the shore were clearly visible, and the form of the high mountains behind could be distinguished.

  • You can cut off my finger if it isn't half-past eleven!

  • Then, since my watch keeps perfect time, I declared that it was half-past eleven.

  • I pulled out my onion and saw that it was half-past eleven.

  • We were alongside of him about half-past eleven A.

  • It is seven bells (half-past eleven) and the ship's cook has come to the mast, to report dinner.

  • It was now half-past eleven, and the moon had risen.

  • Yet here was a perfect alibi for Hannah; if she had been at the movies until half-past eleven, she couldn't have stolen that necklace from Dark Cedars.

  • It was half-past eleven when we got home, and that's late for us, even of a Saturday night.

  • In answer to her question he had told her it was half-past eleven, and had gone on to say that he had changed his mind about going for a run.

  • Last night he went to bed about half-past eleven, just as usual.

  • All this might very well have been accomplished within half an hour of his entering Manderson's bedroom, which according to Martin he did at about half-past eleven.

  • The hour was only half-past eleven, and none of the roulette tables was crowded; two of the trente-et-quarante tables had not even begun to operate.

  • It was half-past eleven when he returned home; Dr.

  • At the very moment when Henry was dreaming of its reviewer--namely, half-past eleven p.

  • At half-past eleven; immediately after the accident to Mr. Orcutt.

  • The milkman stopped with his milk; that was at half-past eleven.

  • At about half-past eleven in the morning.

  • We set off immediately after breakfast, and must have reached Grafton House by half-past eleven; but when we entered the shop the whole counter was thronged, and we waited full half an hour before we could be attended to.

  • Our house was cleared by half-past eleven on Saturday, and we had the satisfaction of hearing yesterday that the party reached home in safety soon after five.

  • They revelled last night in "Don Juan," whom we left in hell at half-past eleven.

  • At a quarter-past eleven, ship's time, received signals from on board the Agamemnon, that they had paid out from her seven hundred and eighty miles of cable.

  • At half-past eleven we informed her that when at the buoy off Heart's Content she should have her paddle-box boat and two cutters ready to be alongside immediately, for holding the bight of the cable during the splice and laying the shore end.

  • Married this morning at Kensington parish church, by licence, at half-past eleven of the clock, or twenty to.

  • He was married this morning at half-past eleven of the clock, or twenty to twelve, by licence, at the Kensington parish church.

  • But come, let us go into the dining car for breakfast; it is already half-past eleven.

  • Francisco had just completed a wonderful set of bent pin horns for one of the red cows when he was called to breakfast, and it was half-past eleven.

  • And we can be back here at half-past eleven--twelve at the latest.

  • The news was telephoned to the office at half-past eleven o'clock.

  • They worked alternately in the fields and at the barns until half-past eleven.

  • Indeed, so assiduously did he apply himself to his task that at half-past eleven Mr. Seiden was moved to indignant comment.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "past eleven" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    always make; arrived here; bring the; but look; course they; dark clouds; grandmother says; nervous diseases; once proceeded; past days; past events; past four; past life; past lives; past seven; past tense; past three; past time; past years; pastoral people; pastoral poetry; pastoral staff; pastry flour; take advantage; terrific speed; waxen poor