Example sentences of "they at once " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Willie came running , they at once dispersed around the site . |
| 2 | They at once proceeded to make a perambulation without authorization , and publicly proclaimed in the city of York that any forester who entered the forest would lose his head . |
| 3 | They at once set about lighting candles and lanterns and almost immediately found the body of their beautiful young mistress at the bottom of the main staircase . |
| 4 | When they heard that multitudes in Samaria had received the word of God , they gladly sent them Peter and John ; and when they heard that in Antioch a great number had believed and turned to the Lord , they at once despatched Barnabas who , when he came and saw , rejoiced ’ ( McGavran 1959:25 ) . |
| 5 | The adults emerge from the soil in May and June — hence the common name ‘ May Bug ’ when they at once attack open blossoms of many kinds . |