Example sentences of "at [adv] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost at once they heard the music of the hunt — the pack and the leaders , running crosswind a furlong or so downhill from the path . |
| 2 | Here at once we recognize the language of Anselm 's warmest and most demanding friendship . |
| 3 | I was flooded with joy , and all at once it seemed the most important thing in the world that he should know that I still loved him , too . |
| 4 | I mean some people adopt the approach of trying to d do it all in about two hours just before the deadline so they do n't have time to feel self critical erm I think perhaps if you can , you know , rather than , rather than trying to do it all at once I mean the business of , of going through successive drafts of things and gradually getting them better and better , I mean the first drafts of things that I write are , are usually just scribbles on the back of a piece of paper that 's , with something else on the front |
| 5 | At once I had the impression that we were two actors with the same doubts about the director . |
| 6 | At once I liked the way he treated her , coolly , not trying to hide he was bored . |
| 7 | The bell probably cut short her conversation for almost at once he heard the telephone replaced and she called out : ‘ Who is that ? ’ |
| 8 | At once he put the nose down and switched the engine of . |
| 9 | Then all at once he grabbed the phone and barked an order into it . |
| 10 | Then Sam asks at once who found the body . |
| 11 | All at once she had the uncomfortable feeling that he had found some deeper meaning in her remark and was silently agreeing with her ; then he laughed , and the moment passed . |
| 12 | At once she broke the contact , looking away and rising . |
| 13 | By Tuesday 20th Bob had blown away so at 5.30am we heard the clang of the chow bell to awaken us and we made our preparations to get underway . |
| 14 | At 1.47am he received the bell signal from Rose Hill Junction enquiring if the line was clear for the 2am target train , an express parcels and newspaper train . |
| 15 | At 11am they said the baby was in distress and the six people in the room all began talking about the possibility of a Caesarean . |
| 16 | she , which is what she did at well she had the five to six |
| 17 | This way , at least one has the best possible chance of survival . |
| 18 | Yeah , exactly cos at least they know the culture |
| 19 | At least they chose the lesser of two evils , but even so Tank managed to create havoc . |
| 20 | At least they did n't stand there looking stupid : at least they had the decency to look shocked and horrified . |
| 21 | But at least they had the car and , forcing one of the Germans to drive , they set off along the coast road towards Mersa Brega . |
| 22 | ‘ At least they had the plane crash in North Africa this year . ’ |
| 23 | The Bolshevik reputation stood high , and rightly so , for at least they acknowledged the question and officially embraced national independence . |
| 24 | ‘ At least we know the time of the murder , ’ said Sergeant Bird practically . |
| 25 | At least we reached the summit before the weather slipped across the glen from Ben Lawers to get at us , and we thrilled to the views south and west , with the seductive moss-green hills still sporting small patches of snow . |
| 26 | As it is there are thousands of girls like me , and at least we have the comfort of knowing that he belonged to no one , and can belong to no one . |
| 27 | In superficial conversation , on the surface at least we accept the image that the other person presents . |
| 28 | But at least he had the advantage of being able to cut across country . |
| 29 | At least he had the consolation of ending a five-game goal drought with a header in the 16th minute . |
| 30 | If Smart 's hyperactivity and conviviality were already causing comment — and the mention of Bedlam suggests a degree of exaggeration in these tendencies — at least he had the protection of his College and his friends while he remained in Cambridge . |