Afternoon Sentence Examples
Toward four o'clock in the afternoon Murat's troops were entering Moscow.
In the afternoon there were to be games and races.
They usually spent the morning hours in the garden and the afternoon at the pool.
The afternoon sun was high in the sky, baking the revelers in summer warmth as they clustered around the intersection of Sixth and Main Street, the site of the infamous water fight.
In the afternoon they all went to a great field outside the city gates where the games were to be held.
The afternoon dragged on.
It was a warm afternoon in August.
It was in the middle of the afternoon, but the skies were dark grey.
The afternoon was half gone, and the trouble was growing.
He left early each Friday afternoon, often returning late on Monday morning.
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It was one of several long distance conversations that afternoon, and evening.
Mr. Keith comes every afternoon at four o'clock, and gives me a "friendly lift" over the rough stretches of road, over which every student must go.
It was a hot afternoon, and she had thrown a light cotton sundress over her swimsuit.
She emerged into the bright light of a warm December afternoon and began to melt.
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She didn't see Damian until afternoon, when he strolled into the library from sparring, ear to a cell phone.
It was only two thirty in the afternoon, but she didn't want to go back to sleep.
Dean asked, as he shaded his eyes from the late afternoon sun.
Jake Weller presented it to Dean one sunny afternoon while the two were sharing a diet-breaking ice cream on the stoop of a Seventh Avenue candy store.
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I'm not having a good afternoon.
I foresee a day when, on a Sunday afternoon, a family might drive (or actually be driven by their car) out to a farm to see where food comes from.
After hoeing, or perhaps reading and writing, in the forenoon, I usually bathed again in the pond, swimming across one of its coves for a stint, and washed the dust of labor from my person, or smoothed out the last wrinkle which study had made, and for the afternoon was absolutely free.
One afternoon I amused myself by watching a barred owl (Strix nebulosa) sitting on one of the lower dead limbs of a white pine, close to the trunk, in broad daylight, I standing within a rod of him.
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It was afternoon in Maryland, where Hannah was.
Standing on the smooth sandy beach at the east end of the pond, in a calm September afternoon, when a slight haze makes the opposite shore-line indistinct, I have seen whence came the expression, "the glassy surface of a lake."
If you don't like the weather, hang around until this afternoon.
Dad had a heart attack this afternoon.
They rode into Ashley in the late afternoon.
They finally arrived in Springtown in the early afternoon.
They could argue like this all afternoon.
I dug in a tub of iced beer and Quinn and I toasted the two cans as we sat back on Adirondack chairs to enjoy the late afternoon.
None of us felt the excitement of the afternoon.
Now at least Betsy and I had time together before I returned to New York Sunday afternoon.
It was with much anticipation we drove north on another Friday afternoon.
It was a beautiful morning and there was plenty of time to kill as Howie wasn't schedule to return to the house until late afternoon.
I watched her all afternoon.
Quinn set Howie up for late the prior afternoon at Mr. Cooms' home.
No. My stuff won't get here until tomorrow afternoon.
She even visited Martha and Claire with Molly each afternoon.
It was a warm late afternoon as I stood out on the sidewalk and looked up at the six massive columns towering above another busy and impressive train station.
His look was intense, much different than the warmth he'd displayed earlier that afternoon.
How about we go into Montrose this afternoon and buy a real suitcase?
Dean breathed deeply as he watched the late afternoon sun filter through the curtains.
They paused on the front porch, taking off their boots and shaking their clothes in the afternoon sun.
Dean arranged to pick up Jennifer Radisson at her hotel later that afternoon, after the parade and the water fight.
Fred patted him on the back and apologized on behalf of his friends who spent the afternoon in the court house attending Fred's jury session.
Supper was picked-at leftovers, and neither felt like socializing with Bird Song's guests, who came and went on their own, without their usual afternoon goodies and conversation.
Death curtseyed back, gave Gabriel a final look of warning, and followed the woman in grey to afternoon tea.
They called back and will be here tomorrow afternoon.
She tried to call you this afternoon.
On the afternoon of that eventful day, I stood on the porch, dumb, expectant.
We had hurried through the dish-washing after luncheon, in order that we might have as long an afternoon as possible for the story.
I should like very much to see you to-day Is the sun very hot in Boston now? this afternoon if it is cool enough I shall take Mildred for a ride on my donkey.
Late in the afternoon, as he was resting in the thick woods south of Walden, he heard the voice of the hounds far over toward Fair Haven still pursuing the fox; and on they came, their hounding cry which made all the woods ring sounding nearer and nearer, now from Well Meadow, now from the Baker Farm.
Between four and five in the afternoon, having made all his calls, he was returning to Bilibin's house thinking out a letter to his father about the battle and his visit to Brunn.
The clubhouse serves as a family fun center during the day and afternoon, adopting a nightclub atmosphere late in the evenings.
Those words stayed in her mind all afternoon.
We're checking DNA against the LeBlancs and are to get word this afternoon.
Yully followed him out into the cold, rainy afternoon.
He'd spent the morning vomiting blood and was able to remember Jule and Dusty by afternoon.
The whole troubling business snarled up his mind through the otherwise pleasant afternoon.
Cynthia suggested an outdoor barbeque for dinner and Dean began preparations in the late afternoon.
Then he added, I bumped into your opponent this afternoon.
There followed a call from Groucho, whose name Dean learned was Coleridge, telling of a report that the Boyd pair was sighted in Kansas, stopped for a tail light violation on Sunday afternoon.
It was a blissful late afternoon and the Deans were alone in the kitchen—Fred had taken Martha to a movie— when Cynthia raised the subject.
He's supposed to come by this afternoon.
She discovered the toaster this afternoon.
Their first afternoon of love was more than she ever thought possible.
We have the entire afternoon alone for once.
The afternoon was theirs to use as they wished, and he always knew the best way to use it.
A few hours had passed since he left Deidre's bed this morning; it was early afternoon in the mortal realm.
Nothing made sense to her numbed mind, aside from the fragrant ocean, the fine sand that slid through her fingers like silk, and the warm-cool sensations caused by a combination of afternoon sun and sea breeze.
They sat in silence throughout the afternoon, until the sun sank far enough out of the sky to perch on the ocean.
Obliviously unaware that half his thoughts this afternoon and evening were on her naked, Deidre melted into his arms the moment he touched her.
They had a flight out yesterday afternoon.
A yellowish glow emitted from some unseen light source in the grey walls reminded her of a late winter afternoon that never ended.
He carried it with him to the long, pointless Council meeting, to his afternoon sparring session with Jetr, to the banquet and introduction of his nishani to the clan leaders.
How about getting outdoors this afternoon?
The afternoon sun bathed them like summer, and Dean, in spite of being coatless, was embraced by the warmth.
He has a game this afternoon, too.
She's coming this afternoon.
Fred was absent when they arrived home, but returned just as Cynthia was cutting a warmed apple pie for a late afternoon snack.
The balance of the afternoon was spent on household chores and packing away the last remnants of the holiday.
Janet finished her chores and hurried off to her afternoon soaps.
It looks like we have the second afternoon in a row to ourselves.
Cynthia had received a phone call from the Boston sisters telling her their flight was delayed and they weren't now expected until late afternoon.
While there remained much of the afternoon, the shortened days of winter dipped the sun below the towering mountains as the tired couple finished the loop, returned to their jeep and left for home.
Just then, the high point of excitement of the late afternoon was orchestrated by Mrs. Lincoln, Dean's cat, who had emigrated with him from Pennsylvania.
Dean put away the groceries and set out a tray of afternoon brownies for the returning guests.
The Deans joined the ice climbers and others in the living room for afternoon snacks and chatter just as Edith Shipton descended the stairs.
She was here alone this afternoon.
They brought the remains down in a wagon this afternoon.
I was a lady for a long and lovely Sunday afternoon while a tan mare serenaded us with her tinkling bells as the runners wooshed along on the packed snow.
Dean pulled Janet aside and asked if she had let any strangers into Bird Song the prior afternoon.
Dean, cognizant of this, suggested they take the afternoon off.
She was as pleased as they at her freedom to trot away the afternoon.
But perhaps this one afternoon when they were out here together, just like we are, alone in the world, it was different.
Thank you, Reverend Martin, for taking me away, even for just an afternoon.
It was probably the happiest afternoon of her life.
I cook, but mostly toast and tea, and soup in the late afternoon.
Her son has been called from Denver and is to arrive tomorrow on the afternoon train.
Dean spent the balance of the afternoon doing bookkeeping for the lodging establishment.
Dean spent the afternoon busying himself with the chores of Bird Song, partially out of guilt for having dumped the morning duties on Fred and in part to take his mind off the ever-present feeling he'd caused long term or, heaven forbid, permanent damage to his seven-month marriage.
Jake Weller said he'd look into it and that afternoon he stopped by the inn.
I finally got a hold of him at the airport in Richmond that afternoon.
It's possible he waited around hours, until the afternoon when the police had left and it was quiet.
Should I go find a little afternoon delight or kill some time here and wait for tonight?
No. I'm having some art supplies delivered this afternoon.
I was thinking we could go out for a drink this afternoon.
I didn't think you were coming in until this afternoon.
Take a count this afternoon after the hub's clear.
I guess she wouldn't play this morning at all but changed her mind this afternoon.
The first word on the case Sackler and DeLeo were arguing about had come by way of a call from the Norfolk, Virginia Police Department the prior afternoon, Dean's day off.
Dean had hoped to make it as soon as possible so he could beat the worst of the late afternoon traffic when he returned from his chores in Philadelphia.
She had received notice from Parkside's police officer McCarthy the prior day, Tuesday, late in the afternoon.
The late afternoon was delightful as he wound his way through the city streets north of town.
Janice Riley will be by this afternoon.
Hunter opened the drape, painting Jeffrey Byrne's sparse belongings in early afternoon sunlight.
It was mid afternoon when Dean returned home.
It wasn't yet midnight and his afternoon nap had worked so well he was far from ready for bed.
I couldn't tell you who was here this afternoon.
I talked to your Mrs. Byrne this afternoon.
Cynthia paused, and added, I saw your attorney friend this afternoon...Ms.
Dean stopped by the office later in the afternoon to clean up a few details as he wouldn't be back in the office for two days— tomorrow, the safe house, Thursday a day off.
His son was riding it this afternoon.
She had stopped by that afternoon but when she heard the music and the doorbell went unanswered, she assumed Fred was entertaining the competition.
The investigation killed the entire afternoon and part of the evening before they finished checking the neighborhood.
By Wednesday afternoon the matter was settled and the disposition of the case was in the hands of Bobby Witherspoon, the assistant DA, and the juvenile court system.
Paperwork kept Dean chained to his desk until after lunch and he spent the afternoon pacing the courthouse corridor until plea-bargained to freedom shortly before five.
By Tuesday afternoon, the Colombians had retaliated.
Amid backslapping and handshaking, the station assumed a party atmosphere for much of the afternoon.
By Wednesday afternoon police business had fallen back to routine.
Sighing deeply, he told Rita he was finished for the day, jogged down the stairs to his car, and fought the late afternoon crosstown traffic to Ethel Rosewater's office.
This afternoon, after work, I'll call you, disguising my voice.
The afternoon was a blur as Dean's mind alternated between the task at hand and the sobering fact that he might be within miles, or perhaps yards, of Cynthia Byrne's missing husband.
The two pedaled together most of the afternoon, enjoying the pine-scented air, the cool breeze that hugged the base of the mountains and the yellow sunshine of a perfect spring day.
After I checked out the list I spent the afternoon at a rest stop squinting at a couple of a thousand bikers' numbers trying to spot him, but no luck.
Was there anything unusual about Byrne's demeanor the afternoon the two of you were together?
There was another concern—once the bikers hit the lower elevation and the heat of the afternoon, they would be shedding outer gear and perhaps identifying numbers with them.
Standing there, in the afternoon sun, with a look of shock on her beautiful face, stood Cynthia Byrne.
It was only late afternoon and if Dean was right, he had plenty of time to find his prey.
I didn't recognize it this afternoon.
Then, this afternoon, you didn't act or sound like the Jeffrey Byrne everyone described.
Things were a little slow this afternoon and Dr. Worthington offered to stay.
The next afternoon, when Alex got off work, they transferred the chickens to the new shed without incident.
It was afternoon in the mortal world.
He has the afternoon reporting already.
I've reviewed the afternoon scouting reports.
Memon inspected the hold and the city until late afternoon, when the scent of roasting meat wafted from the massive kitchens behind the hold through the city.
He grew more uneasy as the afternoon progressed.
Even though her ten year class reunion was scheduled for Saturday afternoon, Alex chose that morning to start her training.
She was looking forward to an afternoon of riding with Felipa and the others.
They talked for a little while and then Carmen set up an interview time for that afternoon.
I have a girl coming out here this afternoon for an interview.
The flight is this afternoon.
It was a solemn affair and they spent most of the afternoon talking to people she had never met.
I tried to call you this afternoon, but I couldn't get through.
Her mind was too weak to talk to him anymore; she'd gone silent this afternoon.
Music blared from the rooms of both cousins, as it did every afternoon when they were studying before dinner.
Xander spent the afternoon with Toni and then made the journey he didn't want to.
We're fuzzy on the dates and times, but he's planning something tonight and Friday afternoon.
It had been afternoon when she left the West Coast, and it was clearly in the middle of the night here.
At some stations the minimum in the afternoon is indistinctly shown, but at Tokyo and Batavia it is much more conspicuous than the morning minimum.
All three Paris curves show three peaks, the first and third representing the ordinary forenoon and afternoon maxima.
In summer at the Bureau Central the intermediate peak nearly disappears in the profound afternoon depression, but it is still recognizable.
The afternoon minimum at Kew gradually deepens as midsummer approaches.
Simultaneously the forenoon maximum occurs earlier and the afternoon maximum later in the day.
At Freiburg, Gockel found I + and I_ decidedly larger in the early afternoon than in either the morning or the late evening hours.
When John Knox visited Calvin at Geneva one Sunday, it is said that he discovered him engaged in a game; and John Aylmer (1521-1594), though bishop of London, enjoyed a game of a Sunday afternoon, but used such language "as justly exposed his character to reproach."
In the afternoon he dissolved the council in spite of John Bradshaw's remonstrances, who said, "Sir, we have heard what you did at the House this morning ...; but you are mistaken to think that the parliament is dissolved, for no power under heaven can dissolve them but themselves; therefore take you notice of that."
He died on the afternoon of the same day, his day of triumph, the anniversary both of Dunbar and of Worcester.
For the first few days the operation proceeded satisfactorily, though slowly, but on the afternoon of the 11th, when 380 m.
In the time of Irenaeus the fast before Easter was very short, but very severe; thus some ate nothing for forty hours between the afternoon of Good Friday and the morning of Easter.
In the modern Roman Catholic Church, outside monastic services, the office is usually said on the preceding afternoon or evening.
On the morning of the 27th of January 1859 a second attack occurred, and he died in the afternoon of the same day in his sixty-third year.
It is the general rule, with frequent exceptions, that the quotidian paroxysm comes on in the morning, the tertian about noon, and the quartan in the afternoon.
But late in the afternoon of the 13th of February 1883 his friends were shocked by his sudden death from heartfailure.
The equability of heat throughout the day is masked and relieved by the afternoon sea breezes.
At length in the afternoon they suddenly fell upon Dupont's isolated division at Albeck, which was completely surprised and severely handled.
As soon as their strategic purpose of cutting him off from Vienna became apparent, the emperor moved his troops into position, and in the afternoon issued his famous proclamation to his troops, pointing out the enemy's mistakes and his plan for defeating them.
The whole army, upwards of 120,000 men, could therefore have - been concentrated against Lannes and Augereau by the afternoon of the 13th, whilst Soult could only have intervened very late in the day, and Davout and Bernadotte were still too distant to reach the battlefield before the 14th.
The defeats undergone by their outpost detachment had profoundly affected the nerves of the troops, and on the afternoon of the 11th, on the false alarm of a French approach, a panic broke out in the streets of Jena, and it took all the energy of Hohenlohe and his staff to restore order.
Napoleon passed the night in a house in the western suburb and next morning rode to the Kremlin, the troops moving to the quarters assigned to them, but in the afternoon a great fire began and, continuing for two days, drove the French out into the country again.
On the 25th of January, Blucher entered Nancy, and, moving rapidly up the valley of the Moselle, was in communication with the Austrian advanced guard near La Rothiere on the afternoon of the 28th.
One stirring social incident at least marked this part of his life, for, during the revolutionary insurrection in March 1848, the young mathematician, as a member of a company of student volunteers, kept guard in the royal palace from 9 o'clock on the morning of the 24th of March till 1 o'clock on the afternoon of the following day.
The Prussians followed on the 29th, but, owing to the iie of the roads, they had to march in two long columns, separated by almost a day's march, and when the advanced guard of the left column, late in the afternoon, gained touch with the enemy, the latter were in a position to crush them by weight of numbers, had they not suddenly been ordered to continue the retreat on Miletin.
The growth of popularity of the cycle, and later of the motor-car, has been a principal factor in the wide development of a tendency to leave London during the ” week-end,” that is to say, as a rule, for Saturday afternoon and Sunday.
Late in the afternoon they were attacked by about 4000 Zulu.
Additional infantry was got ashore at " W " and " X " beaches, the first elements of the French division began disembarking at " V " beach in the afternoon, and before evening touch had been gained with the battalion that had made good at " S " beach.
With the object apparently of ascertaining the strength of their opponents, the Ottoman forces on the afternoon of Jan.
On the afternoon of the 21st he succeeded in paying a third visit to the Tuileries, stayed there till m.idnight and succeeded, with great difficulty, in regaining Brussels on the 27th.
In the afternoon the doors were found guarded; the secluded members were not permitted to pass, and a vote was at once taken that they should not again be allowed to enter the house.
In either case leaves should not be gathered when wet with dew or rain, or in very hot sunshine; the afternoon is usually the best time.
In the morning the Tehama, as seen from the mountain tops, appears buried in a sea of white cloud; towards noon the clouds drift up the mountain slopes and cover the summits with wreaths of light mist charged with moisture which condenses on the trees and vegetation; in the afternoon they disappear, and the evenings are generally clear and still.
After a long parley, in which a truce of two days was even said to have been agreed on, the Scottish earl of March, fighting on the royal side, forced on the battle in the afternoon, the royal right being commanded by the prince of 1 The dissatisfaction of the Percys seems to have been chiefly due to the money question.
Every Wednesday afternoon he made a reverential pilgrimage to her tomb, and three times every day he invoked her memory in words of passionate expansion.
Cymbeline, the play he had been reading on the last afternoon, was laid in his coffin, and on the 12th he was publicly buried with great solemnity in Westminster Abbey.
So far, however, from being ahead of the Germans on the road to Verdun, the French were actually, late in the afternoon of the 15th of August, bivouacked on the plateau of Rezonville, and there their outposts were placed, not where they could see the surrounding country, but at the regulation distances of 600 to loon paces from the bivouacs.
It is now time to return to the southern theatre of the battlefield, where an entirely independent engagement had been raging all the afternoon.
On the afternoon of the 25th he decided to break out to the northward by the right bank of the river, and orders to this effect were duly issued.
It was not till late in the afternoon that Anneux and Graincourt fell into Allied hands and the S7th Div.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Dahlberg leading the way, the army reached Grimsted in Laaland without losing a man.
Their leading ships were severely mauled, and their whole force so crippled that they could make no pursuit of the Dutch when they drew off, their injured ships being towed by the Spanish galleys, in the late afternoon.
Finding he could not get the boat till next day (Monday) he attended afternoon service (he would probably have got into trouble if he had not done so), was recognized at church par quelques freres, and immediately arrested.
About the middle of the afternoon Hancock arrived on the field with orders from Meade to assume command and to decide whether to continue the fight there or to fall back.
The afternoon sermon, which fell to the lot of the canon in residence, had usually been delivered in the choir, but soon after Liddon's appointment it became necessary to preach the sermon under the dome, where from 3000 to 4000 persons used to gather to hear the preacher.
Throughout the dry or cool season the wind blows steadily and almost uninterruptedly (except for an hour or so forenoon and afternoon) from the south-east.
About three in the afternoon the Swedes were slowly bearing back Wallenstein's stubborn infantry when Pappenheim appeared.
San Antonio was easily taken about noon of the same day, and in the afternoon the main division of the Mexican army was driven from the stone church and intrenchments at Churubusco.
Blucher wisely shifted his own headquarters to Sombreffe on the afternoon of the r 5th.
He tells of the English observance of Saturday afternoon as holy to the Virgin, and has much to say of popular amusements, which become sins when they keep people away from church.
Here he remained from the evening of the 9th to the afternoon of the 18th of July.
The available evidence points to the irresistible conclusion that on the afternoon of the 18th of July 1762, Peter III., with his consort's connivance, was brutally murdered at Ropsha by Alexius Orlov, Theodore Baryatinski, and several other persons still unknown.
About 1689 his health, never very strong, began to fail seriously and he gradually withdrew from his public engagements, ceasing his communications to the Royal Society, and advertising his desire to be excused from receiving guests, "unless upon occasions very extraordinary," on Tuesday and Friday forenoon, and Wednesday and Saturday afternoon.
In the afternoon Schofield's outposts and advanced lines were attacked by the Confederates in full strength, and instead of withdrawing as ordered they made a determined stand.
The Passover was kept at the full moon of the lunar month Nisan, the first of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; the Paschal lambs were slain on the afternoon of the, 4th Nisan, and the Passover was eaten after sunset the same day - which, however, as the Jewish day began at sunset, was by their reckoning the early hours of the r 5th Nisan; the first fruits (of the barley harvest) were solemnly offered on the 16th.
Stuart discovered a position which commanded the Federal camp, and maintained his cavalry and horse artillery in this position until the afternoon of July 3, when, his ammunition being expended, he was compelled to retire before a Federal force of infantry and a battery.
This custom, long fallen into disuse, has largely been revived during recent years, the children going to church for a special afternoon service of which catechizing is the chief feature.
If, then, this afternoon meal did not include it, Pliny's remark that their food was ordinary and innocent is unintelligible.
At once Wellesley pressed on with the cavalry and an infantry battalion in light order, and after a forced march of 32 hours entered Poona on the afternoon of the loth, in time to save the city.
The battle of the first day began late in the afternoon, for Schwarzenberg waited as long as possible for the corps of Klenau, which formed his extreme left wing on the Freiberg road.
The Lord's Supper was observed weekly; and between forenoon and afternoon service every Sunday a love feast was held at which every member was required to be present.
Turenne's march (August 3rd, 1644) was slow and painful, as had been anticipated, and late in the afternoon, on passing Wittnau, he encountered the enemy.
Tobacco of a high grade, especially for wrappers, has been grown at the Agricultural Experiment Station's farm at Hamakua, on the island of Hawaii, where the tobacco is practically " shade grown " under the afternoon fogs from Mauna Kea.
The provisional government called a mass meeting of citizens, which met on the afternoon of the 6th and ratified its action.
The Vernal, about half a mile below the Nevada, is famous for its afternoon rainbows, At flood-time it is a nearly regular sheet about 80 ft.
As the afternoon wore on their force began to melt away by desertion and to break up for lack of discipline.
The practice of " closing up " early in the afternoon, i.e.
Watering, which, except during the resting period, should generally be copious, is best done in the forenoon; while syringing should be done early in the morning before the sun becomes too powerful, and late in the afternoon to admit of the foliage drying moderately before night.
After 1675, he passed his time at his patron's seats in Derbyshire, occupied to the last with intellectual work in the early morning and in the afternoon hours, which it had long been his habit to devote to thinking and to writing.
He was at liberty, after thirty years of anxiety and drudgery, to indulge his constitutional indolence, to lie in bed till two in the afternoon, and to sit up talking till four in the morning, without fearing either the printer's devil or the sheriff's officer.
In the morning he was still able to give his blessing, but in the afternoon he became drowsy, and at a quarter past seven in the evening on the 13th of December 1784, in his seventysixth year, he passed away.
In calculating the percentages of forenoon and afternoon occurrences half the entries under noon and midnight were assigned to each half of the day.
Whilst daylight is the principal cause of the diurnal inequality, it is not the only cause, otherwise there would be as many auroras in the morning (forenoon) as in the evening (afternoon).
A squadron of the 9th Royal Lancers, which was dismounted in the thick bush, was driven back with the loss of 9 men; but elsewhere the Arabs never succeeded in closing, and the troops returned to Suakin in the afternoon, leaving the East Surrey regiment in a zeriba covering some low hills near Hashin village.
The same afternoon the guards in the streets and on the ramparts were doubled; on the following morning the gates of the city were closed, powder and bullets were distributed among the city train-bands, who were bidden to be in readiness when the alarm bell called them, and cavalry was massed on the environs of the city.
The same afternoon the king sent a message to the Rigsraad urging them to declare their views quickly, as he could no longer hold himself responsible for what might happen.
Here, in confidence begotten of friendly chats over afternoon tea, the disillusioned autocrat confessed his mistake.
The depressing effect of the heat and humidity is greatly relieved by afternoon breezes from the sea, and the nights are invariably comfortable and generally cool.
It was not until the afternoon that Badoglio heard that his front lines were gone and his main positions threatened.
They do not need shading, but should have plenty of air, and be syringed daily in the afternoon.
On the following day, the Van der Spijcks, having no thought of immediate danger, went to the afternoon service.
When they came back Spinoza was no more; he had died about three in the afternoon with Meyer as the only witness of his last moments.
Should these rules be insufficient, then (4) proteid and farinaceous food should be taken in separate meals - farinaceous food at breakfast, proteid alone at lunch; farinaceous in the afternoon, and proteid again in the evening.
Every afternoon, especially from October to May, a stiff breeze sweeps the city; every afternoon in the summer the fogs roll over it from the ocean.
The enemy was well prepared, position after position had to be stormed and it was not till the afternoon of the 16th that the detachment secured the height, at the cost of heavy losses.
Of this army, however, one division only was involved in the frontal fight, and it became evident to the Turks in the afternoon of the 30th that enough enemy forces remained over to roll up their left wing and interpose between the main body and Constantinople.
Armistice proposals were already under discussion, and the battle was broken off in the afternoon of the assault.
The operation is usually performed about three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and the opium collected the next morning.
They arrived at Huddington at 2 in the afternoon.
During the summer months the general course of the wind along the sea-coast is interrupted about midday by an incoming current of air, the " sea breeze," which gradually increases until about three o'clock in the afternoon, and then gradually lessens until the offshore wind takes its place.
A compromise was at last arranged, whereby the friars were to preach in the forenoon and Tausen in the afternoon.
The battle opened in the afternoon of the 13th of September.
On the afternoon of the 10th of April a force of about 3000 men suddenly poured down upon the English in the plain of Arogie, a few miles from Magdala.
During the afternoon there was a desultory cannonade, but neither side advanced.
After seeing the last of them, he is said, in the later accounts, to have spent the afternoon in his pleasure-grounds by the river-side; and having bathed, to have entered his chariot in order to return home.
In the afternoon the essential ceremony begins; it consists simply in "standing" on Arafa shouting "Labbeyka" and reciting prayers and texts till sunset.
Newton received this problem about 5 o'clock in the afternoon as he was returning from the mint, but, though he was fatigued with business, he solved the problem the same evening.
Some fasted till three in the afternoon, and then took whatever they pleased.
During even the least rigid of these the use of flesh and lacticinia is strictly forbidden; fish, oil and wine are occasionally conceded, but not before two o'clock in the afternoon.
The Great Fast continues fifty-five days; nothing is eaten except bread and vegetables, and that only in the afternoon, when church prayers are over.
But no effectual resistance was made by the Malagasy, and at length, on the 30th of September 1895, the French forces appeared on the heights north and east of Antananarivo, bombarded the city, which surrendered in the afternoon, and on the evening of the same day the French entered the capital.
The teaching of the tracts was supplemented by Newman's Sunday afternoon sermons at St Mary's, the influence of which, especially over the junior members of the university, was increasingly marked during a period of eight years.
This was his only regular meal; and he often prolonged the conversation till late in the afternoon.
This is becoming a rainy afternoon mystery.
It's not science and it's a waste of time but what the hell; it's a rainy afternoon, with nothing else going on.
We managed four positive sessions in the afternoon but only one exposed a time and location.
When I think back to that afternoon, and lord knows, I've pondered the incident a thousand times, I marvel at our collective wisdom in disregarding caution and acting as we did.
He spent half the afternoon on the phone with his psychiatrist doctor.
He was dressed in all black again from turtleneck to heavy boots despite the heat of early afternoon, the color emphasizing the zero body fat of his lean body.
But then the damn phone rang, and like a late afternoon shower on a summer picnic, turned the day to crap.
Dean then detailed the balance of his afternoon.
An old truck followed, with Pumpkin Green, Billy Langstrom, and other water fight participants aboard, all outfitted in heavy fire-fighting gear for their early afternoon combat.
Everything you've shown me this afternoon was unbelievable, but nothing can beat this.
Her bright spirits returned with effusive thanks; she offered to take the Deans to dinner in gratitude for her afternoon adventure, but they declined.
Dean continued to struggle with paper work throughout the afternoon, almost oblivious to the comings and goings of Bird Song as he shuffled unpaid bills and government forms.
After the feast and at least headline updates to one another, the trio migrated to the porch rockers for a serious early afternoon têteà -tête.
New guests were arriving at Bird Song—before others had vacated—and the duties of running the lodging establishment took up most of the afternoon, in mind and action.
It was a blissful late afternoon and the Deans were alone in the kitchen—Fred had taken Martha to a movie— when Cynthia raised the subject.
Wynn heard the commotion from his place on the terrace taking afternoon tea.
Well aware afternoon had faded into night, she kept her cup in her lap to keep from fidgeting under his intensity.
Neither had mentioned, or even thought about Edith Shipton for the entire enjoyable afternoon.
For the balance of the afternoon, Dean felt pangs of guilt for summarily deciding not to even consider seeking the position of sheriff without so much as discussing it with his wife.
This afternoon, we're learning some basic survival shit, since it's clear you don't know any of it.
Although Dean didn't say it, he figured God must be partial to roasting temperature and off the scale humidity that quickly drenched his clothes like an afternoon shower.
Dean and Winston would transport Baratto northward that afternoon.
Dean stopped by the office later in the afternoon to clean up a few details as he wouldn't be back in the office for two days— tomorrow, the safe house, Thursday a day off.
Efficient Rita, in spite of it being Saturday, arranged for a return flight north with reservations for early afternoon.
Sackler and Dean spent the afternoon listening to the exaggerated tale of a variety store owner who had been held up at gunpoint, and supposedly relieved of $1,500.
There was another concern—once the bikers hit the lower elevation and the heat of the afternoon, they would be shedding outer gear and perhaps identifying numbers with them.
Seeing the contrast between him and his environment, she suddenly realized what it was about her surroundings that made her uneasy all afternoon.
The indirect light of the late afternoon sun was hot without being overbearing, like it would be in a few months.
Had the refugees known their eventual destination, their prayers on Friday afternoon would have been especially fervent.
On my first afternoon in India, I saw a man levitating six feet off the ground--repeatedly.
The Asr prayer is said when the sun has further advanced in decline, in the late afternoon.
We also spent an afternoon canoeing which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Mel and Jason arrived early afternoon and were eager to get into the water.
A couple of boats were on here enjoying the sunny afternoon.
A half-day drive brings us back into Nairobi where the trip finishes mid afternoon.
In the late afternoon we'll drive back to Cusco for a night in the old Inca capital.
They arrived back home in Newark late yesterday afternoon.
The new Citycard will be free of charge and will no longer have the weekday afternoon travel restrictions for elderly people.
It is 28 degrees on a hot Sunday afternoon.
It turned up on a friday and i'd finished the series by the Saturday afternoon.
These events normally take place in our seminar room every Friday afternoon at 4pm.
It would take quite some enticement to make me go tomorrow afternoon.
I did a few months as a TV agony aunt on an afternoon TV show.
In the afternoon I did crafts and I made an anklet out of beads, which rolled all over the floor.
Each day I wrote an article for the newsletter; doing research in the mornings then writing the article toward the afternoon.
It will involve talks by practicing internet artists with a hands-on session in the afternoon.
Early morning visitors can enjoy bacon baguettes - afternoon visitors a traditional cream tea.
Off the dining room area, a full width south-facing balcony offers the chance to enjoy the late afternoon sunshine.
The park had a bandstand used for Sunday afternoon concerts.
Passed a lot of boats this afternoon including a broad beam wooden Dutch barge with lee boards.
Discover Padova in the afternoon with an introductory guided tour of the center including the basilicas followed by free time.
The Magnelius Grandcourts were evidently preparing for the brilliant charity bazaar to be held there that afternoon and evening.
Endeavor to find billets for No 1 in the afternoon and get wet through.
The rest of the afternoon is spent on a shopping binge.
Later we'll drive down into the Imperial Valley for some afternoon birding at the south end of the Salton Sea.
Early afternoon I had a single bleep from my left hand rod.
A late Queens ' goal following a Jesus defensive blunder spoilt what was a very good afternoon for Jesus.
Even in London the sun, on that summer afternoon, was dazzlingly bright.
At 11am and 1pm we crack the bubbly for midnight back in NZ and Oz, then party on well into the afternoon.
Arrangements were made for water cartage to operate on the afternoon of Monday the 24th.
Johnson and I got six cartload of hay this afternoon.
Opportunity this afternoon to visit the tiny coral cay of Two Isles.
Most low level cloud cleared away by mid afternoon leaving only cirrus, but returned from the W later.
The sky partially cleared during the morning revealing jet stream cirrus and there were some good sunny spells that lasted into early afternoon.
The clouds were at their maximum around noon and then began to disperse in the afternoon becoming almost cloudless by evening.
Official opening for Westray marina Westray ' s new marina was officially opened on Tuesday afternoon by former Westray yachting club commodore Norman Cooper.
The afternoon was spent by most members of the Unit in exploring the countryside.
Gosh, it was the most intriguing attraction of the afternoon - until a quartet of young cowboys hove to.
Little crake A small Crake disappeared into reeds at the Aguas estuary late afternoon 9/11, this bird was almost certainly a Little Crake.
They get their revenge by revealing their own bosses ' indiscretions - such as the leading criminal lawyer who secretly cross-dresses every Friday afternoon.
Had the best afternoon sitting in the pub, read all the papers and I'm feeling very cultured and full.
Some passing fair-weather cumulus over Anglesey gave way to almost clear skies during the afternoon.
Later in the afternoon into the evening the sky cleared over most of the island leaving towering cumulus over the mainland mountains.
In the afternoon cumulus clouds were well-developed and showers heavier.
Morning tea, lunch and afternoon cuppa are all included.
The scenery is even more spectacular in the afternoon as we walked past avalanche debris into the tiny village nestled under huge walls.
Equally perfect as a scrumptious dessert after your Wedding Breakfast or as a Buffet for your Guests in the afternoon or evening.
At Waverley station, a number of passengers detrained for an afternoon's shopping.
They stripped it during the afternoon and found the planet wheels had seized onto the shaft, effectively locking the diff!
I put a dollop of honey down on the concrete near my shed, one hot sunny afternoon.
Even a mid afternoon downpour did not deter the crowds in Weavers Field estimated to be in excess of 20,000.
Feel you need to have a quick doze at your desk in the afternoon?
Do a little flying, turns dud in afternoon.
Throughout the afternoon the wind was north easterly at 34 knots.
Our afternoon was spent driving along the coast road eastwards toward Hamningberg.
Team-mate Jenson Button finished the afternoon eighth while B.A.R Honda third driver Anthony Davidson was 12th at the end of the day.
The afternoon proved entertaining with a rather more free experience.
The shooter thing was great fun, actually, the girls were looking quite envious in the garden late this afternoon!
On Wednesday afternoon I asked him what he would like for tea, and I went out for the purpose of going an errand.
Meaning that about 200 boys were playing fives on one afternoon.
Confirmation of the starting eleven and substitutes named for this afternoon's fixture away to Plymouth Argyle.
The government's flagship White Paper, due to be published this afternoon, has been criticized for pandering to the middle-classes.
In the afternoon, land on Floreana where we may find flamingos, pintail ducks and various shorebirds.
Four of us spent an afternoon collecting flotsam and debris left by visitors, but we made very little impact!
Throughout the day the weather remained foggy with the wind freshening from S.E during the afternoon and the sea rising in consequence.
In the afternoon we will explore the extensive Nothofagus forest in the Andean foothills.
He set off from St Mary-le-Bow at 6.00 on Friday evening and arrived, somewhat footsore, at about 2.15 on Saturday afternoon.
The " Defense " a screw steamer war frigate was launched in the afternoon.
In actual fact, cruising round the streets of a cold, sunny Stockholm afternoon, the Cadillac XLR looks vaguely futuristic in design.
Wednesday morning saw two sessions devoted to plant disease resistance genes, followed by social activities in the afternoon.
In the parlor the table is set for afternoon tea and there is a rosewood piano a sure sign of Victorian gentility!
In the afternoon we plan helicopter flights over Devon Island, viewing the tidewater glaciers on the eastern coast and ideally making landings.
Surrey Walking Club had a good afternoon at Dartford Track on Sunday to gain silver team medals in the Southern One Hour.
In fact we had a discreet guffaw regarding the matter when I met him on Saturday afternoon for High Tea.
The small isles lay sunbathing in the late afternoon sun, Canna playing hide-and-seek behind Rhum's big shoulders.
The Rainton 10K forms part of the Black Sheep Brewery series and took place on a blisteringly hot afternoon.
In the afternoon we visited Tony & Barbara's place for more hummers ($ 5 per person entrance ).
The climax of the afternoon was a highly practical session on hypnotism by Andrew Newton, a famous stage hypnotist.
Or Ella Guru from Liverpool, whose blend of pedal-steel and good old gloomy indie, provided more perfect afternoon fare.
I'm, catching a flight out there this afternoon to see the in-laws who have moved out there on masse.
On Wednesday afternoon an adjourned inquest took place at the Canning Inn, Fenton on the victims that had been recovered.
We arrived at Yala in time for lunch and an afternoon jeep drive, during which it was overcast with heavy rain.
We had a small gray kangaroo snacking in our top house paddock most of the afternoon.
On 1 April, while his family was taking the afternoon siesta, he poured kerosene all over himself and then lit a match.
Wandering Swan was on the stage in front of us, but when were awoke from our afternoon kip, it was gone.
And this afternoon I blew a kiss to my wife, and she slammed the door on my face.
In late afternoon, we climb to a rocky knoll above the town to enjoy an exquisite sunset on the lake.
In the afternoon Leonard and I surgically removed a giant lipoma from a lady's back.
Our hotels has a stunning loggia overlooking the golf course, perfect for afternoon tea.. .
In the late afternoon we'll walk toward the nearby river to watch Chestnut-fronted macaws fly in to roost.
In late afternoon, we find majestic Gullfoss and nearly get wet.
If time permits we'll explore some freshwater marshland and orchards before returning to our hotel in the late afternoon.
K.H.R. OLD BOYS ' DAY, 1973 The afternoon was very pleasant for the most interesting soccer match with the School for many years.
Or kicking off my shoes, with curtains closed to watch an afternoon matinee is a treat.
Tottenham Hotspur became the first premier league club to ' spin the managerial merry-go-round ' when they sacked Glenn Hoddle on Sunday afternoon.
By day three we were in the modest town of Douentza after a magical afternoon bus ride through towering mesas and unlikely sandstone pinnacles.
They arrived back mid afternoon in high spirits and collected a team certificate and bronze medals.
The only other scarce migrant seen was a Hen Harrier that flew north over Weston in the afternoon.
In the afternoon she may well have spent several hours pounding millet for the family's meal that evening.
During the afternoon however, western coasts may become misty with some sea fog possible.
Gentlemen wear morning dress, lounge suits or uniform, while women wear afternoon dress, usually with hats.
Giving them a good soaking late in the afternoon helps, and our decorative bark mulch will also help keep moisture in.
The afternoon was cloudy with a slight shower later and became murky toward evening.
Relaxing days on the beach, an afternoon browsing designer shops or visiting fascinating museums?
In any case a quick afternoon nap is no hardship for most people.
We will meet the orangutans and trekking for about 30 minutes to feeding station for the orangutan afternoon feeding time.
My big problem this afternoon was just too much oversteer.
The singles order and doubles pairings were exchanged by the team Captains on Wednesday afternoon.
The afternoon flights were now make or break with teams deciding on the maximum payload they would carry.
Anyway if we seemed peculiar to Howard Johnson's that afternoon, the feeling was mutual.
That Sunday afternoon, once the unusually persistent headache had cleared, I staggered in to try the food.
The afternoon was spent at a rocky canyon with ancient petroglyphs.
The hot chocolate is a perfect afternoon pick-me-up, and if you need a snack try the yummy fennel soup with the fresh-baked bread.
I recommend the seafood platter and a bottle of Australian Dry White for afternoon tea.
The afternoon plenary session built on the earlier workshop presentations and suggested some action.
Beginning around midday, the afternoon session will include a singaround, an audio-visual presentation about Bob, and a concert.
Most of these men have been in the betting shop for much of the afternoon having spent lunch in a nearby pub.
At that stage (Thursday afternoon the real Thursday, that is) it seemed quite quaint.
However, the site remained quiet except for the weekly protest every Thursday afternoon.
In the afternoon the children painted rainbows in different shades of color and painted their cardboard dinosaurs.
As compensation for the mixed weather of the day there's a bright rainbow in the late afternoon.
During this time of year in particular there can also be daily afternoon rainstorms.
In the afternoon we go for a " nature ramble " in the woods (not the pine forest itself ).
Maud was due with afternoon refreshments, therefore I dismissed Hodges from his duties turning the machine.
Afternoon game drive here with an excellent chance of seeing the rare rhino.
The afternoon was soon upon us and some cross-country running was on the agenda!
Some very scruffy travelers were enjoying a beer in the last of the afternoon sun.
A similar pattern occurred in the afternoon session with 2 sets of lectures on-going simultaneously.
Shabbat afternoon is a quiet time; families will sit and chat, read or sleep.
Once the glaring afternoon sun fell into his eyes, he flipped down the aviator shades from his mesh hat.
The library room is an ideal area for relaxation, reading a book or to enjoy afternoon siestas.
The covered rear terrace is an ideal area for lazy afternoon siestas.
Our days will usually be broken up into a series of short outings, with a midday or late afternoon siesta.
Visit a cheese farm and see how clogs are made on our afternoon sightseeing tour.
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Protein rich foods make you feel more alert and help combat afternoon sleepiness.
In the afternoon there were heavier showers including sleet across Anglesey's higher ground around 1410 GMT.
One afternoon one of these symptoms was strongly manifested in a long, profound slumber.
Many enjoy mixing Spirulina powder in a green fruit juice smoothie as an instant breakfast, or a vegetable juice smoothie in the afternoon.
Afternoon tea or a light midnight snack may also be offered in the Grand Saloon, depending on itinerary.
Racing and revving as if enacting a Doppler Effect experiment, the wheelie artist puts paid to hopes of an afternoon snooze.
Sperm whale off North Grampian coast A solitary sperm whale off North Grampian coast A solitary sperm whale was seen off Kinnaird Head, Fraserburgh on the afternoon of 29th August.
She wasn't the only woman in the city that Saturday afternoon with very short, very spiky, very red hair.
The team spirit was the best I've ever known making it a real pleasure to turn on a Saturday afternoon.
Dozens of windows were smashed during the senseless wrecking spree at Monteagle Primary, Burnham Road, Dagenham, on Saturday afternoon.
In many harbor areas or at the mouths of large river systems, these summer afternoon or evening breezes give rise to sudden squalls.
Dodging a charging cheetah or causing an elephant stampede is just a typical afternoon for tiny Tarzan!
The entrance block provides some shading to the wings to prevent overheating in the summer afternoon sun.
In the afternoon sunlight we walked to the greatest temple of them all, Angkor Wat.
They spent the afternoon with us by the rooftop swimming pool.
On Wednesday afternoon, I held a tarantula in my hands at the insect house.
Monday 25 June will long be remembered at Bream for the violent tempest which visited us in the afternoon.
Peter Day also managed a few tench during an afternoon trip mid week.
On one recent afternoon the offerings included Nicky Clarke electric hair straighteners, a leather three-piece suite and a barely used 20GB iPod.
The same party got attacked by an afternoon thunderstorm on their second day out.
So the afternoon we went for a stroll up Glen Steall then tootled off for an evening on the Garry.
That afternoon, the British top brass came to stroll in triumph along the now British occupied Messines Ridge.
Late on Sunday afternoon David Coleman puts the finishing touches to the pedestrian walkway across the newly installed turnout.
You are to debate costs later today this afternoon with a formidable trio of past and present APIL Presidents.
We did feed the triplets later in the afternoon.
Simon and Debbie deliberately chose a quiet pub away from the village for their afternoon tryst... and so did Tommy and Kirsty.
It is slightly unconventional that we're all gathered here on a Thursday afternoon.
First up, Danny Gabbidon met an Oakes boot upfield with the best piece of skill of the afternoon.
They make afternoon visits to local industry and legal and medical centers and are introduced to the Bodleian Library.
In the late afternoon we spent some time at the very high canopy walkway.
He remained in the house all the afternoon drinking whiskey.
Watford took three giant steps toward the play-off final in Cardiff with an emphatic win over Crystal Palace this afternoon.
Children's Activities The focal point is a splendid lake where you can try windsurfing or spend a quiet afternoon fishing.
In the afternoon visit a family owned winery " Cavas del Maipo " where you can enjoy some more wine tasting.
We decided to start the afternoon with a search of the wood where we had heard the woodpecker earlier in the day.
Exner attributes the double daily maximum, which is largely a consequence of the 12-hour wave, to a thin layer near the ground, which in the early afternoon absorbs the solar radiation of shortest wave length.
At KremsmunsterZolss (41) finds a considerable similarity between the diurnal variations in q and in the potential gradient, the hours of the forenoon and afternoon maxima being nearly the same in the two cases.
The formation of dense banks of cloud in the afternoon, when the up wind is strongest, along the southern face of the snowy ranges of the Himalaya, is a regular daily phenomenon during the hotter months of the year, and heavy rain, accompanied by electrical discharges, is the frequent result of such condensation.
It is usually held in the afternoon or evening, sometimes at the conclusion of Vespers, Compline or the Stations of the Cross, and consists in the singing of certain hymns and canticles, more particularly the 0 salutaris hostia and the Tantum ergo, before the host, which is exposed on the altar in a monstrance and surrounded by not less than ten lighted candles.
Ladmirault, commanding the French 4th Corps had seen, during the afternoon of the 15th, the terrible crowd and confusion prevailing in the defiles leading to Gravelotte, and resolved to disobey his orders and to move direct from his bivouacs by the road from Woippy to St Privat, disregarding altogether the alleged danger from the Prussians supposed to be advancing from Thionville.
By what means Talleyrand brought him to do so, whether by persuasion, threats or bribes, is not known; but on that afternoon Barras left Paris under an escort of soldiers.
He had invited Miss Sullivan and me to call on him one Sunday afternoon.
Did you know that the blind children are going to have their commencement exercises in Tremont Temple, next Tuesday afternoon?
Mr. Westervelt gave us a reception one afternoon.
We left the city last Thursday night, and arrived in Brewster Friday afternoon.
Yesterday Helen took off her clothes and sat in her skin all the afternoon.
I said, "Very well, we will go shopping this afternoon."
With the air of a practical Petersburg lady she now, keeping Pierre close beside her, entered the room even more boldly than that afternoon.
We had expected, as I told you, to get at their rear by seven in the morning but had not reached it by five in the afternoon.
It was by now late in the afternoon.
It was two o'clock in the afternoon.
Blues Connection got the sunny afternoon off to a great start with their laid back country blues and ragtime music.
The afternoon was mainly sunny to but there was a shower of rain at 1830 GMT.
As compensation for the mixed weather of the day there 's a bright rainbow in the late afternoon.
Unfortunately we could n't bring the Sevens as they were grounded on Saturday afternoon after rainstorms of biblical proportions hit Norfolk !
Good thing to do on a gray, rainy afternoon !
In the afternoon we go for a " nature ramble " in the woods (not the pine forest itself).
In the afternoon, from 5pm, there are opportunities to participate and learn more of Morris, clog and rapper dance.
The remainder of Saturday afternoon was spent in the laboratory learning about the analysis of sediment cores to reconstruct past climates.
The children were regaled with a free tea during the afternoon.
On returning to the School we were quickly back at work for the remainder of the afternoon.
The afternoon was soon upon us and some cross-country running was on the agenda !
Afternoon tour to James Bay to see fur seals, land iguanas and sally lightfoot crabs.
Scarlet Pimpernel, beautiful colored scarlet with a purple eye in pairs that close in the afternoon.
The sun shone in the windows from late afternoon which did n't help either.
The ' siesta syndrome ' and a drop in concentration seem the most likely reason why accidents soar in the afternoon.
Watch out tho, most Greeks siesta in the afternoon so there are n't many then.
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