Example sentences of "and [adv] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of Romania , then right across Hungary into Austria — always down lanes or minor roads and mostly at night … ’ |
| 2 | He was at his best and most at home in the primary sector . |
| 3 | Efficiency about the house on the part of others always inspired wistful envy in Meredith who was efficient about the office and rather at sea about the home . |
| 4 | Transfer the 3rd and every following 5th stitch on to adjacent needles at left and right at centre 0 , that is , with four stitches for cable at centre . |
| 5 | Innovations are , after all , naturally and necessarily at risk , and can claim no exemption from the operation of market forces . |
| 6 | Their evil habits are illustrated in the following tale : a traveller , lost and alone at night on a craggy moor , was invited by a duergar to sit by his fire and warm himself . |
| 7 | And apparently at speech day she was talking to s do you know she had the cheek to say to me she had the cheek to tell somebody to say that I should at least have the decency to go out with someone who 's half looking , half good looking . |
| 8 | At other times , and especially at night , he seemed disturbingly different . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm so sorry , ’ said a high tenor voice , soft and mild in surprise , and apologising even for the surprise , ‘ but we do n't normally use this door , and especially at night . |
| 10 | Position on main rather than on secondary rail routes and especially at crossroads in the network ( nodal points ) was an important factor for growth . |
| 11 | In the very first hour one of Dorothea Gilberd 's little boys had told her , and naturally at lunch break in the Staff Common Room she told everybody else . |
| 12 | Gooch , and together at second , spinning it , it 's sort of back spin version frisbee , er puts it on his head , he 'll be happy with the way the morning 's gone hmm . |
| 13 | Discipline means having an agenda , starting and finishing the meeting when you said you would , answering the client 's questions with authority ( and if you can not give an answer , say you do not know but you will find out ) ; having your paperwork neat and easily at hand ; offering the best hospitality you can provide , such as telephones , a cup of coffee , a comfortable chair and a pad and pencil in case he did n't bring his own . |
| 14 | Tony Yates applied to the licensing committee to extend his music licence until 12.30am at Brannegans and 2.30am at Club Lucy . |
| 15 | United will be at home in the first leg on September the twenty second and away at Villa Park two weeks later . |
| 16 | … bloody man is in the fast-lane ; comes off at junction 7 for a year or so here , and then he 'll be off and away at junction 8 , on to his chief 's job somewhere else … and look at him ! |
| 17 | I am restored and utterly at peace . |
| 18 | No attempt was made , therefore , to calculate the delivery times of individual items from the Annexe , since it is known that delivery times range from an minimum of just over three-quarters of an hour , for requests submitted immediately before the majority of the van 's departures from the Main Building , to a maximum of around sixty-six hours , for requests submitted immediately after the van 's final departure on Fridays ( and longer at holiday periods ) . |
| 19 | They were taken aback to find her smiling and totally at ease . |
| 20 | Guy looked blankly inscrutable , and supremely at ease with his own formidable nakedness . |
| 21 | And always at night . |
| 22 | Another insight that has been coming to me consistently is that instead of beseeching God to undertake certain actions or to grant certain mercies or blessings we should state our faith that He is already and always at work in the way that we desire , so that our petition becomes an expansion of our address to Him , a relative clause expressing our conviction of faith that He is already doing what we were about to request Him to do . |
| 23 | The celebrated preacher , Edward Irving ( 1792–1834 ) , who was at the height of his powers and still at peace with the Church of Scotland , had returned from London one Sabbath evening to preach once more to his own people . |
| 24 | Alone with their books , and still at work with God — |
| 25 | ‘ In 1980 I was 15 years old and still at school , still a year away from O-levels , and drumming in my first band called Smallprint , playing at SWP benefit gigs ! |
| 26 | I was the junior tyro of the group and still at school . |
| 27 | The son of the Harijan village President , Sarat was then 18 and still at school , alternating between thoughts of a government job and staying in the village to work on his father 's land . |
| 28 | Despite the odds , the couple are still together — and still at war with their respective families . |
| 29 | Every day Westerners flush away between 150 and 500 litres of water at home and more at work . |
| 30 | Instead , try ‘ I am more and more at peace with myself , or ‘ I am healthy , and becoming more and more healthy ’ . |