Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb past] at [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A man she had never seen before or since came at night .
2 Those denied an education remained in hospitals without any form of mental stimulation or simply stayed at home ; a few attended ‘ junior ’ training centres .
3 Something in the back of her mind was saying : shock , , you 're in shock , Bernice snap out of it , woman , but she tuned it out and just stared at Ace until the world came back into focus around her and she heard Bishop saying calmly :
4 From here we carried on along a river and soon arrived at Sokol which has just one house — a traditional forester 's cabin with deer antlers above the front door .
5 The Sergeant glowered at Rincewind , and then peered at Twoflower with interest .
6 The subject of Pippa better not discussed ( and then discussed at length ) .
7 The attacks were short and occasionally occurred at night ( she woke up before the attacks started ) .
8 The local overlords , the magnates of the neighbourhood , who had spent a frenzied few weeks petitioning and being petitioned by their would-be superiors , had not been invited and therefore sat at home , drinking behind closed doors and not available to enlighten their countrymen .
9 He named it Stegman ( a steg is a male goose ) and it spent most of the summer on the reservoir but always wintered at West Birk Hatt .
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