Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pain was experienced by 67 per cent of all patients , most of whom experienced more at night , suggesting that a number of apparently ‘ venous ’ ulcers may have a concurrent ischaemic component . |
| 2 | Out of the school , how many of them got in at Sound of Music out of those hundred kids ? |
| 3 | Canvas covered and drawn by up to eight horses , most of them moved along at walking pace , but some lighter vans or " fly wagons " with more regular change of horses were faster . |
| 4 | Can you tell me , do you know if it will be okay for me to come in at quarter past four ? |
| 5 | Like everyone else , I became equally at home with both systems , and I was doubly fortunate in that while I was still a student the metric system changed from being ‘ cgs ’ based ( centimetres , grams , seconds ) to ‘ MKS ’ based ( Metres , Kilograms , Seconds ) . |
| 6 | So , for example , someone met initially at work may be brought home to a meal , or arrangements may be made to go out to the theatre , perhaps . |
| 7 | ‘ And should any other prince or captain , Christian or infidel , of whatever law or sect or condition he may be , pretend to any right to these lands and seas , I am ready and prepared to deny him and to defend them in the names of the Kings of Castile present and future , whose is this empire and the dominion of these Indies , islands and mainland , northern and southern , with their seas , in the arctic pole as in the antarctic , on both sides of the equinoctial line , within and without the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn — so that each thing and part of it belong and appertain most completely to Their Highnesses and to their successors , as I declare more at length by writ setting forth all that may be said or can be said and alleged in behalf of their royal patrimony , now and for all time so long as the world shall last until the final universal judgement of all mortals . ' |
| 8 | As an interesting echo , the flight commander of the Fairey Foxes was a Lt Donnet , whom I met later at RAF Sylt , and I was very amused to hear his version , the Belgian 's claim was that a Whitley had fired on one of his Foxes and wounded the observer , although they were able to land safely . |
| 9 | C. P. Snow I met only at feasts at Churchill College , where he was a Fellow . |
| 10 | Would I stay on at night to go over some sales figures ? |
| 11 | As I checked in at Baghdad airport , I found that I had 100kg of excess baggage . |
| 12 | I got up at quarter to twelve I was starving so I had a er er |
| 13 | I 'm quite pleased with how I got on at work today with the amount of work I 'd done that |
| 14 | Yes , when I got home at night I I was er I had to I was sent to the hospital I was bleeding . |
| 15 | Er however , I got there at quarter past ten and he followed me in . |
| 16 | I took the coach , and after thirty-six hours of travelling I got down at Thornfield village , and almost ran across the fields in my hurry to see the well-known house again , and its owner . |
| 17 | I got back at quarter to four so erm |
| 18 | I tried hard at school because I was most happy there — not at home where girls are not allowed to go out even with their female friends . |
| 19 | I fly away at Christmas . |
| 20 | I mean to move on silently escaping , but I crash straight into a trolley , pushed by a bloke looking like one of the heavyweights in a James Bond film , so I leap away at speed as he snarls after me and knock over a pile of bean tins . |
| 21 | and I pig out at work |
| 22 | I stopped off at Jim Groeling 's place — a fine old barn — to discuss some architectural drawings with him . |
| 23 | I were , ah I says I came here at quarter past two , place was all shut up |
| 24 | The sugar was only fifty nine in the market as I came past at Charlie 's you know , I thought well I 'll get some of that and I got those jumbo eggs there , only a pound a dozen big ones , you know You done ? |
| 25 | When Jim and I came along at night time on Wednesday |
| 26 | Believe it or not , and I did n't before I came out at work , it is possible to change the people around you , just by honestly being who you are . |
| 27 | ‘ It would sometimes be ten o'clock before I came home at night . |
| 28 | I look carefully at Fairfax 's moist , fatigued eyes , which have seen so much , for signs of irony . |
| 29 | The puddle suddenly disappears and I look over at Marie . |
| 30 | I look sideways at Nathan who is lying motionless in a bag covered by an inch of snow . |