Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] at [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other side of the stone circle , against the wall , a wide bench for sleeping was covered with a thin woollen blanket , and high up on another wall a shelf had been fashioned , hand-made and crooked , but functional nevertheless , and holding an assortment of objects and jars that drew Isabel at once . |
| 2 | I noticed Pemberton at least a year ago and thought what a good player he was . |
| 3 | The canons ' tower is still there ; indeed the citizens — by a strange romantic gesture — built it yet higher in the nineteenth century ; and it stands as a monument to the forces and struggles which made Milan at once a centre of intense parochial jealousies , and of international fame and meaning , in the eleventh and twelfth centuries . |
| 4 | ‘ Razors ! ’ tooted Tal at once . |
| 5 | ‘ Jitka , ’ replied Katya at once , and laughed , putting her head under the sheets . |
| 6 | Mr J. Daubney , who was a relief signalman at Wrawby and Barnetby , relieved Ted at about 5.30pm . |
| 7 | I am concerned that your correspondent rang Climbline at 7.15pm only to have to listen to that day 's forecast . |
| 8 | ‘ No police , ’ repeated Julius at once . |
| 9 | Jacob saw Seb at almost the same time . |
| 10 | ‘ We have , ’ answered Nessie at once . |
| 11 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend at least give the hon. Member for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) the benefit of consistency ? |
| 12 | Christina liked Danny at once . |
| 13 | ‘ Why wo n't you be honest ? ’ cried Cathy at once . |
| 14 | ‘ Never ! ’ answered Sean at once . |
| 15 | The service was brisk but I was struggling to understand the drawn-out diphthongs of a heavy accent which gave Ja at least two syllables . |
| 16 | ‘ Put me down here , sir , ’ cried Tess at once . |
| 17 | He insisted on calling the child Christina , but of course she became Chris at once to everybody . |
| 18 | ‘ But I have a family connection , ’ said Raffaella at once . |
| 19 | She made none for herself , but left Rachaela at once with the mug in her hand . |
| 20 | ‘ I say his head would have ached fiercely after it , ’ said Hugh at once , ‘ but nothing worse . |
| 21 | From that date no trains ran beyond Blodwell Junction which , until 1979 , continued to be served by a mineral train which left Oswestry at about 11.45 am . |
| 22 | This lot , which included 85 signals , was the subject of a dramatic battle between a telephone buyer and a disappointed underbidder , who left Yorkshire at 3am to attend the sale . |
| 23 | We left Trier at 9.00am the next day . |
| 24 | Linkworth , sir , ’ said Draycott at once . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , that 's no problem , ’ said Wendy at once . |
| 26 | You left Chris at about 10.30 on Saturday night and cycled home ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Well , you must get some , ’ said Comfort at once , clutching his right arm . |
| 28 | " Yes , he does , " said Alice at once . |
| 29 | ‘ That means Edith and Cook liked her , ’ said Henry at once . |
| 30 | ‘ So there was no need to have anything highly scented or smelling strongly on the table , ’ said Henry at once . |