Punctual

( "Punctual," whispered Miss J), "but something seems to have detained him.

The Red Eric 1859

Punctual and thrifty, he sought to instill his own values in his children.

Helene Simon. 2009

Punctual to her time, the messenger came again, and, after an interview of rather longer duration than usual, departed.

Nicholas Nickleby 2007

Punctual Delivery Company, capital five millions, in five hundred thousand shares of ten pounds each; which sums were duly set forth in fat black figures of considerable size.

Nicholas Nickleby 2007

Punctual people know too well the unfair advantage of dawdlers, diddlers and piddlers: One late person can dictate the schedule of many colleagues.

I'm Not Really Late, 2007

Punctual to its time came the promised vehicle, which was no hackney coach, but a private chariot, having behind it a footman, whose legs, although somewhat large for his body, might, as mere abstract legs, have set themselves up for models at the Royal Academy.

Nicholas Nickleby 2007

Punctual to my appointment, I rang at the Castle gate on the

Great Expectations 2007

Punctual to the moment, Little Dorrit appeared; punctual to the moment,

Little Dorrit 2007

Punctual to the minute, the coach crowded inside and out, the guard blowing his accustomed tune on the horn — the

Vanity Fair 2006

Punctual to my appointment, I placed my foot on the first notch of the zigzag next night, as the distant clocks were striking eleven.

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