Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] at [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian , 49 , told friends : ‘ It may sound sloppy but the two of us will be able to sit down at home and have a jolly good cuddle listening to this . ’ |
| 2 | And er I was informed like that er I I had d stop till six o'clock at night , that night , and I was informed that er I 'd got to come back at night and bring me men . |
| 3 | And she used to come round at night and collect this stuff . |
| 4 | The two voices came in unison , but she ignored them , simply turning to smile back at Faye and Tom from the doorway . |
| 5 | What we 're also talking about , is elderly people being able to go out at night and not be too frightened to go out at night . |
| 6 | So the problem is , if your child wants to go , if one of our children wanted to go at midnight , I 'm fairly sure that everybody in this Council Chamber would have quite a reasonable way of er of retaining that child in the home but of course we 've all heard the stories of what happens when the unruly children in the children 's homes want to go out at midnight and I do think we we have a problem because with the report and the new legislation , we 're in the situation where there 's plenty of advice for us as to what to do , what not to do should I say , we ca n't we ca n't use pindown , you ca n't shut them in a room , you ca n't physically restrain them , so how does one of the workers in the home stop them from going out ? |
| 7 | I knew the people from the ship — the crew used to go out at night-time and some of them would come back merry . |
| 8 | He was altogether in a parlous state : the weather was bad , there was no water in the flat ; he did not care to go out at nights and was seeing fewer people . |
| 9 | ‘ You know , ’ he said , excitedly , ‘ right back before all this , right back when we used to live in the old hole , I used to sit out at nights and watch the moon . |
| 10 | We were waiting for them to turn up at Hamish and Tone 's but they never showed . |
| 11 | I was asked to turn out at Coventry and I agreed because I 'm a professional player and that 's my job — but I was n't feeling 100 per cent . |
| 12 | And then perhaps you would care to call back at noon and we can take a look at the city . ’ |
| 13 | I knew Granpa wanted me to stay on at school and improve my readin' and writin' , but on the last Friday of term in December 1913 I walked out of the gates of Jubilee Street Elementary , with my father 's blessing . |
| 14 | So I went to the council , I did n't know anything about social security , even that there was such a thing , so I was given benefit and a hostel to stay in at Elephant and Castle . |
| 15 | Andover pool was now the centre of southern skating , after a coup at Andover a few decided to stop off at Farnborough and were very surprised by the level skating by the locals . |
| 16 | If you are making a passage , laid-back local advice is to move off at dawn and motor in the calm for as long as you can . |
| 17 | Well she said that you 're going to join up at centre and that Lil , and that Lil so I said to me |
| 18 | Night Goblins have become so accustomed to the dark that when they come out into the open they prefer to move around at night and hide away during the day . |
| 19 | I envy people who do n't bother to wash up at night and leave stuff all over the place — I really enjoy going to their houses . |