Example sentences of "come [prep] once " in BNC.

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1 Everything seems to have come at once .
2 Erm , well done er , the only thing that Eddie now needs is Hughie 's elocution pack and all his Christmases will have come at once .
3 All you had to do was telephone me , and I would have come at once to look after Kirsty . ’
4 The school was divided into Upper and Lower boys , and the Lower boys in each house fagged for members of the Library : they cooked their tea , ran errands for them , being sent perhaps as far as Windsor to fetch a cake from Fuller 's teashop , and they had to come at once when someone in the Library shouted " Boy ! " , the last arrival being given the job .
5 Distorted faces peered from walls , agonised limbs writhed from the pavements , and pillars of stone groaned with voices that came from once human lips .
6 Top : Escort and Orion line-up — not all came at once as Ford promised .
7 The thought of Joe came at once into her mind , but where could Joe be ?
8 And if you found that you had entered the company of players , of actors , of those descended from strolling vagabonds and historically always noted and envied for the looseness of their morals , then all your Christmases came at once .
9 He says it was coincidence that all these Mr Nasty roles came at once , but admits that for a while , playing a succession of evil characters had a rather bad effect on his personal life .
10 I came at once — ‘
11 An answering shout came at once .
12 It came at once in the form of none other than the mighty Lord 's Prayer ; but it was n't until I got to the line about daily bread that I saw the light — I had n't given her any !
13 Grooms came at once , and briskly , to take the bridles , and a spruce page came bounding down the steps from the hall door to greet the newcomers and discover their business here , but he was waved away by an older steward who had emerged from the stables .
14 The response came at once .
15 I can not stand it any longer , if someone does not come to me I will give up and be miserable for ever and perhaps go home of my own accord , write or wire to Uncle C. and say you are coming at once pleas darling , and come on Saturday or I will give up altogether and always wretched .
16 We will come at once , do not worry at all . ’
17 If you 're in trouble , blow it , and I 'll come at once . ’
18 I said I would come at once and made it , washed , shaved and tidy , in roughly ten minutes .
19 ‘ You must come at once .
20 It would be convenient if he could come at once .
21 You must come at once .
22 I 'll come at once . ’
23 You must come at once . ’
24 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 .
25 Did he come at once ?
26 I tell you if one comes , they 'll all come at once
27 I beleive that you will take pity and come at once , Your loving son Michael I am just crying like anythinke Come at once never mind anything else I am utterly miserable
28 I beleive that you will take pity and come at once , Your loving son Michael I am just crying like anythinke Come at once never mind anything else I am utterly miserable
29 THE VISITS of promising American rap acts seem to be inexplicably linked to the frequency of London night buses after the shows — you wait bloody ages and then they all come at once .
30 I called him in Aswan that afternoon , I said , " Majesty , do you want me to cone ? " he said , " Come at once . "
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