Example sentences of "[vb pp] at [adj] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they were discharged at eight in the morning , they were given back their belongings , with a sandwich of bread and cheese . |
| 2 | Their culture was not to be considered at all in the constitution . |
| 3 | The effects of the inversion decreases southeastwards and can not be seen at all in the south of Quadrant 53 . |
| 4 | This was partially accomplished at seven in the morning when the girls ran three times round the school grounds , unless a particularly heavy snowfall made running utterly impossible ; and again in a physical education period in the afternoons . |
| 5 | The baby was born at 7.20 in the morning , in the labour ward not the delivery room because Wendy failed to persuade any of the nurses that the baby was on the way . |
| 6 | ‘ The chief agent was awoken at six in the morning ; he had to ask John Wakeham , you know how good John is at this sort of thing , to quit his room at Topps Hotel ( he wo n't stay in the Grand for all the tea in China and who shall blame him ? ) and pop down to Kemp Town and arrange bail . |
| 7 | Not the best reason for flying home , but oh God , she was sick of the subzero temperatures , the fact that the sun rose at ten in the morning and set at two in the afternoon . |
| 8 | Before dealing with this , it is necessary to document what has happened to industrial land and shopping , two issues not linked at all in the Structure Plan but very much interrelated in subsequent developments . |
| 9 | A tiny circle of bright brass was found at last in the fishing tackle cupboard , slipped over Victoria 's finger and proudly displayed to the rest of the party . |
| 10 | The view that deaf children can learn through the auditory mode in exactly the same way as hearing children is not supported at all in the literature . |
| 11 | It is almost inconceivable that such a thing could have happened at eight in the morning in such a place . |
| 12 | Many today are not encouraged at all in the development of imagination . |
| 13 | And I 'd started at six in the morning . |
| 14 | Her voice could be heard at three in the morning at the Gargoyle solemnly announcing to Minton , ‘ We Capricorns must stick together . ’ |
| 15 | The dress rehearsal finally ended at four in the afternoon and everyone went home to rest . |
| 16 | There was a constant stream of them from early morning all through the day , but my work ended at five in the afternoon , when I was free to go and meet my friends . |
| 17 | Still being repeated at two in the morning on Scottish TV . |
| 18 | Strange , too , that Norman , for all his indifferent form in the past 18 months or so , is quoted at 16–1 in the betting , the same as Ian Baker-Finch , the Open champion , with shorter odds against only five other players . |