Example sentences of "came at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Wyn came at lunchtime while Lydia was eating pheasant leg and wondering whether the goodness inherent in a broth made from pheasant carcase was sufficient to justify sneaking it , disguised as soupe bonne femme , on to the supper tray of an ailing vegetarian , and what her real motives were . |
| 2 | Moin , nightwatchman , was beaten for pace on the pull-shot , but no declaration came at lunch ( 480 for 5 ) , nor after a rain interruption during which 12 overs were lost , it being believed that the runs were best scored in the first innings , and England would probably have been offered the light soon after their innings commenced . |
| 3 | But she came at lunch time . |
| 4 | Action came at price rise time in January , when Ford upgraded all LX Escort/Orion equipment and introduced a new L model — in effect an LX at the old price . |
| 5 | He came at dusk , as soon as he dared , when everyone was gone . |
| 6 | The encounter came at dusk . |
| 7 | If you came at night , like a broken king , |
| 8 | Where he had been a child , when the fox came at night around the barricaded chicken houses then the old bugger always scented the chicken house sides , left his stirik , boasted that he had been there . |
| 9 | It often came at night as I subconsciously relived the tensions of the previous evening 's crises . |
| 10 | ‘ But they came at night . |
| 11 | A man she had never seen before or since came at night . |
| 12 | ‘ From Armidel , ’ writes Johnson , ‘ we came at night to Coriatachan , a house very pleasantly situated between two brooks , with one of the highest hills of the island behind it . ’ |
| 13 | yes that was at quarter past eight Saturday morning and at ten to eight my aunty came at night and went fucking mad she said I want a dressing and I want it now , twelve hours ago I asked for that dressing and were n't done then came |
| 14 | ‘ Like when the time came at school to plan his future after he left . |
| 15 | Interference came at dinner that night . |
| 16 | They all came at Christmas . |
| 17 | And laid them : thus he came at length |