Example sentences of "[adv] at his mother ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When at last he was alone , Peter went back to the sitting room and sat down at his mother 's desk . |
| 2 | The police had only recently organized a stake-out in a house just down the road , watching and waiting for a serial murderer to call in at his mother 's council flat to collect his laundry . |
| 3 | ‘ Madam my mother , pray permit me to go to my brother , ’ the prince pleaded , still at his mother 's elbow as she moved away . |
| 4 | Charlie stared up at his mother 's framed photo that Becky had hung on the wall . |
| 5 | After some prompting , the defendant gave the police his name and address , and then at his mother 's prompting began to leave the scene , using foul language as he went . |
| 6 | By the time she reached the gate at the top of the yard , he was striding dutifully at his mother 's heels . |