Possible Clues:

• The symbol ending every statement in computer languages like Java and C
• Army officer in house on short break
• Is monocle ruined? There's a little mark
• Lions come running; this is the end
• Lion comes skidding to less than a full stop
• Punctuation for a pause
• Stop house officer discharging the last two
• Monocle is adjusted half a stop
• Mark climbing positions beset by bad omens
• Lions come circulating; there's one!