Example sentences of "[vb base] at night " in BNC.
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| 1 | How anyone can tax ill people and sleep at night is beyond me . |
| 2 | Well over half of those killed are young children or elderly people who are overcome by smoke and fumes while they sleep at night — people whose chances of survival would be drastically improved if only they were able to reach safety in time . |
| 3 | If this is how bands who openly admit to being influenced by The Clash sound today , poor old Strummer and Jones ca n't be getting much sleep at night . |
| 4 | If this is how bands who openly admit to being influenced by The Clash sound today , poor old Strummer and Jones ca n't be getting much sleep at night . |
| 5 | ‘ I really do n't know how these people sleep at night . |
| 6 | This nest set up on the flat lands beyond the power stations on the south east coast will provide the evidence to Bill and his bird watching colleagues It 's not only the owls that fly at night , waders will feed at any time , but the rising tide will force them to leave the mud flats day or night |
| 7 | Or , if they fly at night , they use the stars as a guide , just like ancient sailors used to do . |
| 8 | Gervase of Tilbury , writing about 1214 , has stories of people who fly at night , of witches who enter houses and have intercourse with sleeping men , who steal infants , and who take the form of animals , especially cats and wolves , at will . |
| 9 | For your £3 entrance fee , you were invited into a dingey outer bar , packed to capacity with strange anarcho-punk types who only appear at night . |
| 10 | Both spiders hunt at night , and the sounds of the insects ' wingbeats are their only guide to the position of their prey . |
| 11 | They hunt at night , and can not use light to help them find prey and avoid obstacles . |
| 12 | An electric blanket is also useful for keeping you warm at night |
| 13 | Thermal underwear , bed socks and a night cap will also help to keep you warm at night . |
| 14 | An electric blanket is also useful for keeping you warm at night , but remember that for reasons of safety nearly all electric blankets ( with the exception of some modern overblankets ) need to be switched off before you go to bed . |
| 15 | The village boasted a fleet of a dozen or so small fishing boats , which Ashley had seen setting sail at night and returning with their slippery silver haul in the mornings . |
| 16 | When you look at night you see ? |
| 17 | First , most of the fires where old people die happen at night . |
| 18 | Many small birds travel at night when they are safe from attacks by hawks . |
| 19 | Suffocating and wants doors and windows open at night . |
| 20 | Graham said : ‘ It is a fascinating pastime which we enjoy at night and on weekends and the brighter and more colourful the topic , the better . ’ |
| 21 | Well I take me Samamigram you know at night . |
| 22 | When you awaken in the morning hush I am the uplifting rush Of quiet birds encircled flight I am the soft stars that shine at night . |
| 23 | Soft-bodied , voracious molluscs that often shelter by day beneath leaves and plant debris , and feed at night . |
| 24 | But there was a lot of them they used to work with er the oil lamps and that out in the henhouses. the hens eggs , they feed at night . |
| 25 | Weave through the day , unweave at night . |
| 26 | Microwave techniques will enable ERS-1 to return data continuously : they can ‘ see ’ through cloud and operate at night . |
| 27 | Many of these are women who work during the day and solicit at night in order to earn a bit more money . |
| 28 | When the nymphs are hatched into young males and females , they each make a shallow burrow from which they emerge at night to search for a mate . |
| 29 | To improve condition , try the Ultimate Nail Mask by Elegant Touch , which contains protein , calcium and vitamin E. Apply at night before bed and peel off next morning . |
| 30 | Civil war hampers their efforts but rather than cease their work of ‘ renewing the earth ’ they often labour at night to avoid the constant threat of bombings from the air . |