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Meanings of broad daylight in English

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Usage of broad daylight in English
1
It's a perfectly legal business meeting in broad daylight, for heaven's sake.'
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
2
You were seen going into his illegal gambling parlor in broad daylight.
Driving Heat
3
The sight of those uniforms in the broad daylight had cowed him.
Pee-wee Harris on the Trail
4
Two people had been murdered in their own home in broad daylight.
The Mansion of Mystery / Being a Certain Case of Importance, Tak...
5
Night after night, getting back to my cousin's house in broad daylight.
A Time of Gifts
6
The Duchess of Datchet could scarcely have been eloping in broad daylight.
The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories:...
7
Stealing the cattle in broad daylight right in front of the house.
Big sky standoff
8
They thought that the Americans were crazy to bomb in broad daylight.
The Biography of a Rabbit
9
Even I know smugglers don't bring their shipments ashore in broad daylight.
Destined to last
10
Jupiter was beautiful, and in broad daylight the belts were plainly seen.
Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals
11
The moon had risen and shone upon the belfry like broad daylight.
Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence
12
The Howth gun-running was a daring operation carried out in broad daylight.
The Irish Times
13
Said he: 'I saw vases thrown from the mantel-piece in broad daylight.
The Tyranny of the Dark
14
Then she lay down in bed again and waited for broad daylight.
By the Light of the Soul: A Novel
15
In Oxford, a few yards from Sir Charles's house, in broad daylight.
The subtle knife
16
Near Vereeniging in Gauteng, an attack has been reported in broad daylight.
The South African
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United Kingdom
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Australia
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