The break-in had occurred just before midnight.

这起强行闯入事件刚好发生在午夜之前。

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We left the party in a good mood before midnight, singing and laughing.

我们在午夜前唱唱笑笑、心情愉快地离开了派对。

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The hours of sleep before midnight are thought to be the most helpful.

午夜前的睡眠时间被认为是最有帮助的。

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This offer was carried to Fort Sumter a few minutes before midnight, April eleventh.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

Every day at midnight God destroys the old soul and replaces it with a new soul that has the very same personality as the one before midnight, similar personality,same beliefs,desires,and so forth and so on.

每天午夜上帝都毁掉旧的灵魂,用一个与午夜前相同人格的灵魂代替，相同的人格，相同的信仰和欲望。

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Engineers say the closure of the Ignalina plant in the town of Visaginas happened on New Year's Eve shortly before midnight local time.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

Linklater and Hawke met for weeks to develop the script for "Before Midnight, " she said.

WSJ: 'Before,' and After | Julie Delpy | Cultural Conversation by Martin Johnson

Mr Mandela was admitted to hospital just before midnight, the office of President Jacob Zuma said earlier.

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The suspected cause of the incident, which occurred just before midnight Tuesday, is a cracked well casing.

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