Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pers pn] at [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sylvie moved towards them at once . |
| 2 | Riven struggled out of the blankets and the cold ate into him at once . |
| 3 | Early workings were always upon these outcrops , yet despite their equipment and methods ( all very labour intensive ) the " old men " sank up to 200 ft. on the Bonsor Vein prior to the Civil War , and drove into it at least two long adits or " stollen(s) " in hard rock without the aid of explosives . |
| 4 | The idea appealed to me at once , a plane full of women who , as soon as they arrived in Corfu would pounce on the natives of the island . |
| 5 | The girl came to him at once , her face a reflection of his own , eyes wide , her teeth biting on her lip . |
| 6 | Choco who came to us at about seven years old . |
| 7 | If they both came at him at once , from opposite sides , how would he deal with them ? |
| 8 | He shut the door of his apartment and turned to her at once , putting her shoulders against the wall , knocking her legs apart with his knee . |
| 9 | ‘ I fell for him at once and he seemed attracted to me , but that was all there was to it for a long time . |
| 10 | Three days after the coup , the provisional picture which has emerged from carefully phrased official clarifications , and unofficial leaks , is that the Bush administration did not initiate the rebellion but knew about it at least two days in advance and had promised , or at least hinted at , limited support . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought of it at once when you made your enquiries . |
| 12 | He went to it at once , looking for a catch , a way of releasing it , but there was nothing . |
| 13 | He took to it at once after the bull arrived in September 1388 . |
| 14 | In the kitchen a few unwashed dishes remained on the table , and Lucy dealt with them at once by washing , wiping , and then putting them away . |
| 15 | Quite clearly it was a thorough examination and members had before them at both county and district level , the implications er of the various projections . |
| 16 | He responded to her at once . |
| 17 | Defries had made it clear that she had n't abandoned her intention to destroy the heart of the Spinward Corporation , even at the sacrifice of her own life , and Bernice stayed alongside her at least partly to prevent her doing something rash . |