Example sentences of "at once by a " in BNC.

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1 There was a more brilliant flash of lightning followed almost at once by a great crash of thunder .
2 To this question , the common answer is that he neither quoted the forged additions nor produced them at Rome , because he knew they were forgeries , and knew also that the forgery would be detected at once by a competent critic .
3 May I suggest that the government abolish forthwith the Foundation for Sport and the Arts , and replace it at once by a Foundation for Gardeners , Handymen , Babysitters and the Arts .
4 Followed at once by a young man , dark-haired , sunburnt , wearing jeans and a T-shirt .
5 Eight rows of dots are printed at once by a single horizontal move of the print head across the paper .
6 Eustace himself offered huge sums for his life but , hated as he was by the men of the Cinque Ports , he was beheaded at once by an old enemy , Stephen of Winchelsea , an incident depicted in a graphic drawing by Matthew Paris [ q.v . ] .
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