Example sentences of "at once [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As such , mimicry becomes , in Bhabha 's memorable phrase , ‘ at once resemblance and menace ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ I expect Lubor is busy beavering away back in his office ? ’ she asked as a warm-up question before she got down to basics — and immediately wished that she had n't because at once Ven 's expression darkened , and as he raised an aristocratic eyebrow she knew instantly that all affability was gone . |
| 3 | Instead he covered her quivering lips with his own , and at once Robbie felt the familiar tightness in her chest , the growing warmth in the pit of her stomach . |
| 4 | ‘ The welfare state is at once Britain 's proudest achievement and the biggest man-made disaster ’ , Sir John Hoskyns has written . |
| 5 | The most notable household items they had thought to bring with them were evidently ‘ some old Prints ’ , and almost at once Joseph Cottle was called upon to supply further essentials , including a kettle , a pair of candlesticks , a tin dustpan , a cheese toaster , two large tin spoons , a keg of porter , and a Bible . |
| 6 | For court musicians were at once household servants and courtiers , suitors for office . |
| 7 | Her husband at once carne in and shook hands with my wife and myself , saying , ‘ Whatever happens , we remain friends . ’ |
| 8 | At once Sixsmith showed himself to be a person of some candour . |
| 9 | The original was Francis Moore , a versatile citizen of Lambeth who was at once schoolmaster , astrologer and physician . |
| 10 | At once Alexei took her hand . |
| 11 | At once Martha shut the door . |
| 12 | Then all at once Luce caught her breath . |
| 13 | I prefer serving cold started and desserts because then all the food can be put outside at once buffet style . |
| 14 | And I heard Monks say that he 'd seen Oliver in the street , and that he knew at once Oliver was the child he was looking for , although I could n't hear why . |
| 15 | He knew at once Lee had taken it . |
| 16 | All at once Zen saw a vigorous bulky figure in a dark grey overcoat with a black arm-band walking towards him across the piazza . |
| 17 | He cast around for somewhere to put them , and at once Mei Ling took them and gave them to a waiting servant . |
| 18 | From here , where she stood orientating herself to the unknown photographer 's vision of Aurae Phiala , and sharing his revelation , even that violent force , at once protection and threat , seemed charmed into tameness , passing on tiptoe by this idyllic place . |
| 19 | ‘ Mentally , ’ said Grainne , half to herself , and at once Bec said , ‘ Yes . |
| 20 | At once Ellis went across and opened the door . |
| 21 | I would gladly say , ‘ Heil Hitler ! ’ and at once part company with him , realizing what a pitiable insult it is to such a great man to try to tlatter him with an imitation which he has always disdained . |
| 22 | All at once guilt fluttered and began to beat in her mind like dark wings . |
| 23 | Almost at once Ruth felt as if she were sliding into a dream ; the glade vanished behind them , and soon she seemed to have been walking this path all her life , through the vista of trees , with the tip of Fand 's spear faintly gleaming , and Adam ahead of her , treading like a king . |
| 24 | At once Lord Boddy did the same , and one by one , as they listened and nodded , everyone else followed suit . |
| 25 | It was only the third script to be completed ( Coburn 's ‘ The Tribe of Gum ’ serial , retitled ‘ Doctor Who and 100,000 BC ’ , and John Lucarotti 's ‘ Journey to Cathay ’ preceding it ) , but at once Whitaker felt he had found the right niche for Doctor Who 's presentation of science fiction . |
| 26 | Ethel spoke the words of the spell , and at once Mildred was standing before them . |
| 27 | The philosopher Sartre believed that , in the act of love-making , the lover becomes at once subject and object — for she sees herself partly as the body desired by the lover . |
| 28 | For his part , de Valera , prime minister for most of the period from 1932 to 1959 , pursued isolationist policies , economically , politically , and culturally , seeking at once self-sufficiency , neutrality , the restoration in part of Gaelic culture through the minimal enforcement of the Irish language , and the control of media consumption . |
| 29 | All at once Vincent swung round . |
| 30 | At once Bathsheba 's heart felt lighter . |