Example sentences of "at [adv] we [verb] " in BNC.

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1 At 7pm we crawled along the last golden beach , clocked up the 19th mile , and collapsed .
2 Here at once we recognize the language of Anselm 's warmest and most demanding friendship .
3 And almost at once we started work on the Crabbe .
4 At once we encounter a problem , namely which legal theory do we contemplate ?
5 Working on three floors at once we decided to we needed to continue work on the seventh floor before moving up to the eighth and so on to the ninth by the information given us in the er we calculated that the men that were to get onto the programme by the end of the week calculated the production rate for various gangs to see how fast so that 's how it was looking .
6 First , in talking of adding all truths at once we seem to have moved firmly into the realm of fiction .
7 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 .
8 When at 10.45am we had resigned ourselves to a day of swimming and sunbathing a farmer pulled up and asked , in German , if we were waiting for him .
9 THERE was a time when , with other sides refusing to travel to Dublin because of ‘ the Troubles ’ and English skipper declared after a drubbing on Irish soil , ‘ We may not be any good — but at least we turn up . ’
10 She blew it and at least we 've given her somewhere out of the cold .
11 We 've not managed to clear the speaker 's part of the platform as entirely as the Americans do , but at least we 've managed to create a decent space around the speaker .
12 Sadly , nothing much has changed and they seem stuck in the same low level ‘ Well , at least we 've got a bit of a student following ’ rut .
13 And at least we 've been lucky enough to get a bottom bunk . ’
14 At least we 've got beds and not bunks . ’
15 Ditka , whose attacks on his players and the press are legendary , reacted to the latest setback by snarling : ‘ At least we 've made somebody happy — the malcontents and the lousy people in the media . ’
16 But at least we 've still got the ability to laugh at ourselves , and face our critics with a smile .
17 At least we 've got dates here for the Lyceum for
18 ‘ Well at least we 've got this beano thanks to her — Aunt 's been planning it for weeks , ever since she heard that this lady might be coming down here , you 'd think she were dining the Prince des Galles . ’
19 If it has n't , is it worth our er now sending it to them , because if they do n't come here , at least we 've then submitted something in writing .
20 At least we 've got dacent wet'er for ye , Crilly .
21 At least we 've found a suitable base on the French coast and the pilot looks promising . ’
22 ‘ I think , ’ said Owen , ‘ that at least we 've got bloody Zoser .
23 If may be one does n't respond at least we 've got a good er
24 I was going to say that , I mean if we do do that why do n't we move to a position when , I know it 's not finalized yet , the P As do the twenty six fives , and we try and adapt Sarah to do the whole s the whole of the four sub teams , ma maybe the threshold has to come down a bit , but but at least we 've got some sort of parity of working throughout
25 Yeah okay but at least we 've got the price on the table .
26 At least you wo n't have to carry it , at least we 've got the car and we can we can
27 At least we 've poured your tea and a have you ?
28 Well I think we 'll have , if the brakes have gone at least we 've recorded our last words for it
29 well at least we 've got a keep an eye on .
30 That ca n't be twelve pounds surely , it 's slightly imperfect , twelve pounds each oh well at least we 've looked have n't we ?
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