Sentence examples for close to lunchtime from inspiring English sources

There were complaints about how your mother did not help clean up after dinner, how she went to bed whenever it suited her and slept close to lunchtime.

They also wanted to post as close to lunchtime on Monday as possible because that is one of the busiest times for the site.

I should mention that it was close to lunchtime, and that nearby, an already baking panful of the dish was starting to smell really good.

Then they'll ask each other questions such as, "Which is better, three articles in second-tier publications plus a book or two articles in high-impact publications and some conference proceedings?" They'll debate the answer as if they're second-century Talmudic rabbis, concluding that you may or may not deserve tenure, but it's getting close to lunchtime, so they'll have to finish this later.

But the fact that I really don't know the parents of my daughter's friends became abundantly clear one recent weekend when -- after a sleepover -- I couldn't reach my daughter on her phone despite it being close to lunchtime.

If we go out, it's usually closer to lunchtime and we go to one of my two restaurants — E.A.T. for lox and eggs or Eli's Table for huevos rancheros.

Government offices overlooking the route were due to close at lunchtime.

The Stakhanovite US has a colossal trade deficit and is up to its eyes in debt – while Germany, an exemplar of long holidays (and where until recently all shops had to close at lunchtime on Saturdays in the interests of the quiet life), has sky-high productivity, massive trade surpluses, and a standard of living akin to that of the US.

Pop Up! is intended in part to replace another free Miller Theater venture that brought audiences close to the music, the popular lunchtime concerts that began in 2007 with the Pacifica Quartet playing a Beethoven cycle.

Actually, come to think of it, there are plans to build more new housing close by - in fact it's even close to the city centre so lunchtime and after work activities for city workers could take off.

With the bayou not close to overflowing on Tuesday at lunchtime and rainfall light, Gremillion was hopeful she and her neighbors would avoid the worst of Bill's wrath.