Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] at night [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women were forbidden to work at night in any industry ( a move opposed by some feminists ) . |
| 2 | Er , I 've been robbed and swindled , er I was burgled two months ago , my house was wrecked all my jewellery every thing taken simply because I had left my windows open slightly , now I 've got to sleep at night with all my windows closed and I do n't get a good nights sleep apart from feeling insecure any way and er the swindle er I trusted people and now I ca n't trust any body and that leaves you feeling very insecure . |
| 3 | She continued to go at night for his fish and chips , and on return had to submit to the smelling of her breath . |
| 4 | In order to arrive off difficult coastlines in daylight we often had to sail at night from the Outer Isles . |
| 5 | She kept rabbits in a hutch in the back garden behind the rows of cabbages and the clump of rhubarb and did not mind at all that in winter she had to wash at night in a bowl set on a sheet of brown paper in front of the living room fire because there was no heater in the bathroom . |