1 In the late summer yet another of Snowball's machinations was laid bare.
2 Boxer's twelfth birthday was due in the late summer of the following year.
3 Four days later, in the late afternoon, Napoleon ordered all the animals to assemble in the yard.
4 By the late summer the news of what had happened on Animal Farm had spread across half the county.
5 As yet no animal had actually retired on pension, but of late the subject had been discussed more and more.
6 In past years Mr. Jones, although a hard master, had been a capable farmer, but of late he had fallen on evil days.
7 By late summer a sufficient store of stone had accumulated, and then the building began, under the superintendence of the pigs.
8 Of late the sheep had taken to bleating "Four legs good, two legs bad" both in and out of season, and they often interrupted the Meeting with this.
9 Too late, someone thought of racing ahead and shutting the five-barred gate; but in another moment the van was through it and rapidly disappearing down the road.
10 She was late for work every morning and excused herself by saying that she had overslept, and she complained of mysterious pains, although her appetite was excellent.
11 He was twelve years old and had lately grown rather stout, but he was still a majestic-looking pig, with a wise and benevolent appearance in spite of the fact that his tushes had never been cut.
12 One afternoon in late February a warm, rich, appetising scent, such as the animals had never smelt before, wafted itself across the yard from the little brew-house, which had been disused in Jones's time, and which stood beyond the kitchen.