Example sentences of "at once the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At once the scene fell into shape in Alice 's mind . |
| 2 | All at once the shore was suddenly very close indeed , the grey smudge resolving into green fields and a sandy beach with houses in a grey and white arc behind it . |
| 3 | At once the crabber began to bounce about on the waves , as though the Angharad was dancing a jig over the water in her pleasure at taking a trip . |
| 4 | At once the boy turned and jumped head-first into the pool . |
| 5 | The rock jutted through the thin pelt of flowers and grass , and all at once the horizon concertinaed . |
| 6 | At once the teachers began running in Mould 's direction . |
| 7 | Almost at once the doorbell rang . |
| 8 | M oral philosophers are accustomed to start from the individual pursuing his own ends ; at once the question arises ‘ Why should I prefer anyone else 's to my own ? ’ , and until it can be answered the advantage lies with the egoist . |
| 9 | All at once the engine uttered a roar and the long silver pistons began to labour . |
| 10 | It spun as it went , and at once the spinning of earth and sky seemed to centre on it , as if on a vortex . |
| 11 | And , ‘ Dobrý večer , Paní Novakova , ’ she greeted the housekeeper with a smile when almost at once the door was opened . |
| 12 | All at once the stair lights came on . |
| 13 | It denies at once the sovereignty of the State , and that more subtle doctrine by which the State is at once the master and servant of law by willing to limit itself to certain tested rules of conduct . |
| 14 | He drew back , looking at her again , seeing at once the reflection of his love , there in her eyes . |
| 15 | At once the officers of the Kha-Khan 's guard came through the ranks of the troopers to Artai 's side . |
| 16 | All at once the range of plants we can grow has extended to include many of the magically evocative creatures that we encounter on our annual run for the sun . |
| 17 | All at once the range of available experiences is vastly increased , and it is not long before the apathetic , listless and relatively incompetent infant is transformed into an active , gay , intellectually capable child . |
| 18 | Then with great clarity and anguish he remembered the moment when Westerman had put his question about a moral lead from the press , and instead of answering at once the idea had come to him of leaning forward and judiciously stubbing out his cigarette . |
| 19 | The fact that the police are positioned as at once the backbone of the State and a pariah within civil society in a way that is similar , though not identical , to that of the working class adds a further twist to the tale . |
| 20 | Looking over his shoulder he saw at once the brass bedstead , and the sewing-machine table on top of which Stanley had said he would find the boxes of glass balls . |
| 21 | One can see at once the problem here is whether the faculties of , say , medicine and engineering are a good cross-section of the university . |
| 22 | It was still hot outside , and his house had at once the smell of summer and the smell of death . |
| 23 | Burun shot , and at once the torches flared . |
| 24 | At once the lights came up again . |
| 25 | At once the canopy of the wood erupted into screeching birdlife , fleeing from the sudden disturbance below . |
| 26 | Its view of a more civilized order involved at once the removal of unreasonable restraints and the sensible management of the necessary political and economic framework of life . |
| 27 | I wish it would n't go so fast ! ’ she thought — and at once the broomstick 's pace slowed . |
| 28 | But it appears that the jury 's note was shown to Miss Tucker 's barrister in the presence of the jury , and almost at once the judge said to the barrister ‘ I do n't require you to say anything Mr. H. , ’ and ( turning to the jury ) , ‘ The short answer members of the jury is , ‘ No . ’ |
| 29 | John Paris , in his biography of Davy published in 1825 , wrote : ‘ I have been able to present to the world a complete history of those proceedings which have so happily led to discovery of which it is not too much to say that it is at once the pride of science , the triumph of humanity and the glory of the age in which we live . ’ |
| 30 | Almost at once the construction of a new house was begun , Page 's ample fortune ensuring an astonishing rate of progress . |