We sat down at a table under a big tree and the king ordered whiskey and soda.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
He reported at Bologna, and I took him with me up into the Romagna where it was necessary I go to see a man.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
They shot the six cabinet ministers at half-past six in the morning against the wall of a hospital.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
They were swearing at him and flopping the cape in his face.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
Scared sick looking at it.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
“My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?”
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me,” said he.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
We were in a garden at Mons.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
They were about the hospital, and how much she loved him and how it was impossible to get along without him and how terrible it was missing him at night.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
On the train from Padova to Milan they quarrelled about her not being willing to come home at once.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
When they had to say good-bye in the station at Padova they kissed good-bye, but were not finished with the quarrel.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
Nick turned his head carefully and looked down at Rinaldi.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
They hanged Sam Cardinella at six o’clock in the morning in the corridor of the county jail.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
If it happened right down close in front of you, you could see Villalta snarl at the bull and curse him, and when the bull charged he swung back firmly like an oak when the wind hits it, his legs tight together, the muleta trailing and the sword following the curve behind.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
At two o’clock in the morning two Hungarians got into a cigar store at Fifteenth Street and Grand Avenue.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
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Merriam-Webster
— used as a function word to indicate presence or occurrence in, on, or near
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Macmillan
— used for stating where someone or something is
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Usage
364 uses of ‘at’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle