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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 121 Þis nicht ȝe maȝen habben uch time of þedei, þet alþe good þet ȝe eauer doð, beo idon albinichte.

c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §3. 15 To knowe..euery tyme of the nyht by the sterres fixe.

1483 tr. Adam of Eynsham Reuelation xiii The ordyr wil not that we shuld haue gone that tyme of the night in to the chaptur howse to geue discyplynys.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. lxv/2 The captayne..came to the walles and sayd: who is that calleth there this tyme of nyght.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1226 When was it ever seene..that the Polemarchy or chiefe captaines sent for a prisoner at this time of the night?

1653 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. New Test. 82 The time of evening when every one gets him to his Inne and provides for his supper, is already past.

1719 E. F. Haywood Love in Excess ii. 53 She..was not over willing to venture her with the Count alone, at that Time of Night.

1781 Compl. Mod. London Spy 59 We now drank our tea, which..is at that time of the evening generally very agreeable.

1840 G. Barret Theory & Pract. Water Colour Painting 104 The sky at this time of the afternoon frequently exhibits a tender spread of yellow.

1891 Wilson's Photogr. Mag. 5 Sept. 521/2 At that time of the forenoon..the use of this stop would necessitate a time exposure.

1901 G. B. Shaw Caesar & Cleopatra i. 105 What are you doing here at this time of night? Do you live here?

1993 G. F. Newman Law & Order (rev. ed.) 240 I've got to get up, Jack. No. Stop it. I mean, taking me back to bed at this time of the morning.

2007 Independent 19 Jan. (Extra section) 3/5 The phone-in day never ends: whatever you have to say, at any time of day or night, somewhere on the airwaves, there is someone waiting to take your call.