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Meanings of know the hour in English

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Usage of know the hour in English
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The gendarme demanded to know the hour when I proposed to leave.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, ...
2
Did you mark if he had a watch to know the hour?
The Red Redmaynes
3
Personally, I would rather not know the hour of my death.
Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales
4
Some time afterwards, her watch having stopped, she rang to know the hour.
The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 11
5
I know the hour is late; but it is not too late for wisdom.
Vittoria — Volume 8
6
And, jesting apart, every one was anxious to know the hour of our departure.
An Inland Voyage
7
He said I should have ten pistoles when I let him know the hour.
The Helmet of Navarre
8
But how would they know the hour for the uprising?
The Adventures of Kathlyn
9
Didn't you know the hour of assemblage was ten o'clock?
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction
10
Then I bethought me that I had better not know the hour of the murder.
The Helmet of Navarre
11
He guessed it, but did he know the hour?
The two towers
12
I shall be all impatience to know the hour you will arrange with Tyrrell's second.
Pelham — Volume 05
13
But hold-ereI quit thee, I would know the hour that the land-breezewill serve?
The Bravo: A Tale
14
I shall no longer want to know the hour!
The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 08
15
He did not know the hour and never wore jewelry or a watch when he worked.
Rain gods
16
You will have a score of guests; mind you let them know the hour of the repast.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 1...
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