Example sentences of "[adv prt] at [art] [adj] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Liberal Democrat leader , Mr Paddy Ashdown , asked her to reconsider the ‘ shameful example ’ set by her Government 's actions not only in sending the riot police in at the dead of night but in the blanket of secrecy surrounding the appeals tribunals which decided who were refugees . |
| 2 | ‘ You can see that the plant account has been ruled off at the thirty-first of March 1894 . |
| 3 | I can hardly stand up at the best of times — which is n't surprising when the only ice I 'm interested in is in my Scotch on the rocks ! |
| 4 | I have never been able to understand why anyone would want to wake up at the dead of night ( 5 a.m. ) to go and paddle a canoe , but I am assured that the challenge is worth it . |
| 5 | I feel that the PR team have their work cut out at the best of times without the likes of Mr. Wigmore and his cheap , sensationalist style of so-called journalism . |
| 6 | As Donna climbed the stairs slowly she looked around at the dozens of people entering and leaving the building , wondering how the hell she was supposed to find someone she 'd never seen before . |
| 7 | Cold , wet , tired shepherds , — trudging round at the dead of night — newborn lambs already suffering from exposure and ewes with wet coats often unable to give borderline lambs that vital warmth which makes all the difference . |