Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] at [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 When she closed the door after letting Ellwood in , her eyes went at once to the document case .
2 Inside , a lamp hanging from the apex of the roof was still lit , and because he had n't closed his mosquito curtain , her eyes fell at once on the slender golden body of Ngo Van Loc 's wife spread-eagled beneath him on his cot .
3 The Sheriff was of the opinion that the pursuers ' right to damages arose at once upon the default of the defenders , as every breach gave rise to a claim of damages irrespective of whether it was a breach sufficiently material to justify rescission .
4 There are two things to note at once about the remit .
5 so we 've got long red faces in Gloucester … while in Oxford we 've got dark blue flags flying at half-mast from the boathouses … yes the unthinkable happened on saturday …
6 The Poles hoped at least for the award of Danzig , the nearby town of Elbing , the Vistula delta and the tiny republic of Memel .
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