midday - use in sentences

Preposition: on

  • Saturday: Post offices are open from 8 am to 7 pm and from 8 am to midday on Saturdays.
  • day: The best time to visit is about midday on a clear day.
  • date: Jobcentre Plus must receive all questionnaires by 12 midday on this date.

Converse of subject

  • receive: Applications must be received by midday Thursday 13th July on WDM's application form in hard copy.

Adjective modifier

  • past: Both days I slept past midday, despite going to bed at reasonable times the previous night.
  • near: As far as I know the flight lasts four hours so I should turn up at Heathrow near midday.

Converse of object

  • approach: A very entertaining talk, done at some speed as it was now approaching midday - time for 3rd contact!
  • come: Take a piece of cake, then come home midday.
  • start: The Convention will be held this Sunday at Vanbrugh starting midday.
  • arrive: We arrived midday at the end of May in basking heat and were warmly welcomed and shown to our beautiful and vast suite.
  • serve: When staying Saturday night, enjoy a lie in with cooked breakfast served til midday on Sundays and late checkout.
  • sleep: Both days I slept past midday, despite going to bed at reasonable times the previous night.

Modifies a noun

  • sun: LEADER: Jonah lay down in the midday sun, hoping to die.
  • kick-off: Cardiff's 1,500 traveling fans made huge sacrifices to support the Bluebirds at Luton for a midday kick-off and we deserved better.
  • meal: High School children receive tokens to purchase their midday meals at school on a weekly basis.
  • supervisor: At lunch time, midday supervisors are employed to care for pupils.
  • heat: The midday heat burns with the furiously battling storm.
  • sunshine: The midday sunshine can be a mixed blessing look for dappled shade for best results.

Preposition: in

  • bar: Soon after midday in many bars the cake trays on the counter are replaced by trays of hot and cold tapas.

Noun used with modifier

  • til: Around 60 people visit Storehouse every Friday in the hall from 10 am ` til midday.

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