Example sentences of "[verb] at once [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And bringing up the end of the procession was a tribe of people whom she recognised at once as those who , like herself and Claud , had always had a little of everything and the God-given wit to use it right . |
| 2 | The first is that a clause will be implied if it is necessary for the " business efficacy " of the contract , and would have been accepted at once by both parties when making the contract : The Moorcock ( 1889 ) 14 PD 64 at 68 . |
| 3 | An audible groan rippled through the new Form Two , quelled at once by one of Miss Hardbroom 's piercing glances which always made each pupil feel that they had been noticed personally . |
| 4 | Which explanation , she was sure , had deceived neither Mama nor Papa , for both of them had written saying that if she needed them they would come at once after all . |
| 5 | Adapting his subject to his captive audience , he plunged at once into parliamentary small talk about the newly appointed committee , bobbing up and down between Berowne and Dalgliesh like a small craft on bumpy water . |
| 6 | In 1988 , she travelled around with an imposing security squad of African-American women , hinting at once of black nationalism , gay pride and eerie robotic conformity . |
| 7 | A cuckoo flew low over the reed bed , to be mobbed at once by two reed warblers . |
| 8 | Arghatun was shouting at the warriors who were grouped around the clearing , and twenty or so ran at once to one of the carts and pulled out a mass of folded fabric . |
| 9 | Some farmers were told that they could either settle at once for 60 per cent of what was due to them , or wait three years to fight for the full amount . |
| 10 | Serve at once with chosen accompaniments . |
| 11 | Toss well to mix , garnish with basil and serve at once with crusty bread . |
| 12 | He crossed to the library and entered , assailed at once by warm memories of the man who had been to him the nearest thing to a father . |
| 13 | Cain leaps at once to disastrous conclusions , and the consequence is not the eating of fruit now , but jealousy and cold , calculated murder , fratricide . |