on the clock

It was six o'clock on the clock. His own watch had stopped.

I discovered after my arrival that I wouldn't be able to start working for six weeks. . . . The Beverley Hills Post Office finally worked my status out with the Chicago Post Office. I was back on the clock.

Money earmarked for services and repairs often found its way to payroll, to put yet more unskilled workers on the clock.

If a fare paid him no more than what was on the clock, he'd shout out: "If you can't afford cabs you should take the 'bus."

With only three seconds on the clock and the Knicks about to win, 102-96, in their playoff opener against the Philadelphia 76ers at Madison Square Garden last night, Rick Pitino enjoyed the moment.

There were 26 minutes on the clock before Scotland had their first real opportunity.

The obvious advantages of this method of new motor vehicle delivery over long distances,, which the L.M.R. says dealers and ultimate customers are beginning to appreciate, are all-weather reliability, arrival in mint condition and with only a very small mileage "on the clock", and the assurance that the car has not been mishandled during its running-in period; ….

Alas, the delivery boy is on the clock; he could and would work much faster on commission!