11.   A few weeks ago, a friend and I burned the midnight oil as we listened to our lives.

12.   Afterward, he gave full credit to the midnight oil he burned the night before.

13.   Burning the midnight oil to meet that tax deadline?

14.   Business executives burn the midnight oil before an important presentation.

15.   But Mackovic spent yesterday burning the midnight oil, just in case.

16.   But that requires hard work, midnight oil.

17.   Cut to Kevin Bacon in his apartment, burning the midnight oil in front of his computer.

18.   For the immediate future, however, programmers such as Slivka will be burning not just the midnight oil but also the candle at both ends.

19.   For the past six months, Murphy has been burning the midnight oil editing the movie.

20.   Forty-thousand people burned the midnight oil to control possible complications in all aspects of civil infrastructure.