Example sentences of "[prep] once to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nothing , ’ he called at once to the others , whose view of the top car was obscured by the tall backs of their seats . |
| 2 | Yet Hitler himself referred to the S.A.S. as ‘ so-called commandos who are recruited in part from common criminals released from prison … captured S.A.S. troops must be handed over at once to the nearest Gestapo unit … these men are very dangerous , and the presence of S.A.S. troops must be immediately reported … they must be ruthlessly exterminated . ’ |
| 3 | She turns at once to the Women 's page , where there is a Posy Simmonds strip cartoon adroitly satirizing middle-aged , middle-class liberals , an article on the iniquities of the Unborn Children ( Protection ) Bill , and a report on the struggle for women 's liberation in Portugal . |
| 4 | When the stories reached Lysons himself , he wrote at once to the Duke of Portland , the home secretary , alerting him to the ‘ very suspicious business ’ taking place at Alfoxden , and on 11 August a government spy called James Walsh was dispatched to investigate . |
| 5 | Tobie , back in the villa and cascading with loud , screaming sneezes , had proposed marching at once to the dyeworks and shaking Bartolomeo Zorzi by the hand : le Grant dissuaded him . |
| 6 | Explain at once to the speechreader what the mistake was so that he can share the joke , otherwise he may feel uncomfortable and puzzled by the reactions to his remark . |
| 7 | Our lookout man on the forecastle reported her as close to our port bow , where also the officer of the watch from the bridge clearly saw her as did our quarter-deck midshipman , who was sent forward at once to the forecastle to report back . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're to go at once to the vicar 's study , ’ she announced . |
| 9 | To flush some out it is occasionally necessary to put a copy of the authority in a sealed envelope and insist it be conveyed at once to the chief executive . |
| 10 | Craig made his way at once to the study , the desk was locked as he had expected . |
| 11 | It so happened that the summer was an exceptionally hot one , the yield of tomatoes in the region was unusually high , and " taking advantage of this wonderful opportunity , two thousand 2 kilo cans of crushed tomato were manufactured and despatched at once to the Savoy Hotel . " |
| 12 | This brings me at once to the crucial issue in the case . |
| 13 | The barrister reacted to a situation created by the judge ; he felt that he must try to convey at once to the jury that his client was not being obstructive or reticent about disclosing a statement . |
| 14 | She ran at once to the door . |
| 15 | When she closed the door after letting Ellwood in , her eyes went at once to the document case . |
| 16 | The Law graduate who has gained full exemption proceeds at once to the Final ; this requires attendance for nine months at one of the law schools recognised by the Law Society for this purpose . |
| 17 | When Princess Flavia heard that the King was hurt , she refused to stay at Tarlenheim House and rode at once to the Castle of Zenda . |
| 18 | GUIL : ( Excitedly ) Out of the void , finally , a sound ; while on a boat ( admittedly ) outside the action ( admittedly ) the perfect and absolute silence of the wet lazy slap of water against water and the rolling creak of timber — breaks ; giving rise at once to the speculation or the assumption or the hope that something is about to happen ; a pipe is heard . |
| 19 | The oak door yielded at once to the key . |
| 20 | The only thing was to push me at once to the front ; and almost immediately , after a very few brief words from the distinguished chairman , I found myself face to face with an audience that evidently meant mischief . |
| 21 | He dialled Essex and , the gods relenting , got through at once to the man he wanted . |
| 22 | Belinda thrilled at once to the beauty of it all , and knew that she would enjoy the opportunity of finding out more about where all these lovely things came from … if she took the job , she reminded herself hastily , just as Dr Russell had recently done , even while she suspected that the matter was a foregone conclusion . |
| 23 | Almost instinctively , people worried that so outstanding a year might tempt Helen to switch at once to the professional circuit . |
| 24 | As a boy at Halton I had devoured every book available on the exploits of the RFC in World War I and my mind went at once to the great deeds of Ball , Bishop , McCudden , Mannock — why not Mahaddie , I thought ? |
| 25 | ‘ You 're a terrible man — ’ she managed to croak as he touched her in a way that transported her back at once to the heaven of the previous night . |
| 26 | There seemed to be something inevitable in the way her glance homed in at once to the familiar figure standing with his back to her reading one of the notices . |
| 27 | Her head gave a warning thump , but subsided almost at once to the now bearable ache . |
| 28 | Firstly , the offensive must be spread at once to the Left Bank ; not , now , because this might represent the best way to Verdun , but ‘ rather on the tactical necessity of relieving our main attack ’ . |