Example sentences of "at [adv] [pron] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And almost at once we started work on the Crabbe . |
| 2 | Our improvised seats were frayed by the wind but still identified the place with certainty , and almost at once I spotted Gareth 's camera , prominently hanging , as he 'd said , from a branch . |
| 3 | Damn him , damn him to hell ! she was thinking aggressively , when all at once she caught Jimmy 's eyes on her . |
| 4 | And at once she remembers Columbus , he envisions her remembering him , the invisible man who dreams of entering the invisible world , the unknown and perhaps even unknowable world beyond the edge of things , beyond the stone bowl of the everyday , beyond the thick blood of the sea . |
| 5 | That night , I read again their separate accounts of Raasay , to see what I had missed : the streams of which Johnson wrote , ‘ one of the brooks turns a cornmill , and at least one produces trouts ’ ; , the garden , described by Boswell , ‘ plentifully stocked with vegetables , and strawberries , raspberries , currants , etc. ’ ; and a swift passing observation in one of Johnson 's letters to Hester Thrale , a reference he does not include in his official text . |
| 6 | Many of them are in a dangerous condition and at least one contains asbestos . |
| 7 | Such projects may be pie-in-the-sky , but at least they enable Japan 's fledgling plane makers to rub shoulders with firms from Europe and the United States . |
| 8 | But at least they put stock in the bloody shops do n't they ? |
| 9 | At least they have spray now had a spray I do n't know how long it is I 've had it . |
| 10 | At last he said to himself , " Even the birds of the air and the fish of the sea have a better life than I , for at least they have companions . |
| 11 | At least they hid regiments of teeth . |
| 12 | ( At least they acknowledge God 's part in things . ) |
| 13 | They would rather watch American football on television ; at least we import success . |
| 14 | As Peter says : ‘ At least we remain champions for another year . ’ |
| 15 | At least we have Jack Charlton on our side . |
| 16 | Only five or six farms were involved in this tragedy ; but for a few minutes at least we traverse fields brought into being by the high-handed action of a fifteenth-century squire , and pass by the mounds where the hamlet of Holyoak once stood . |
| 17 | At least he shows initiative . |
| 18 | ‘ At least he has initiative , ’ she said . |
| 19 | ‘ At least he missed Eldorado . ’ |
| 20 | At least he missed Eldorado . ’ |
| 21 | At least she knew Adam was safe now . |
| 22 | But at least you 've sort of |
| 23 | I said well what you do in your private life it 's up to you if you want to get drunk and you want to spend money then that 's fine but once you step over that clock tower I said and you start interfering with my work it 's a different thing , I said well I 've and I 've just said nothing because although you ai n't worked right , at least you 've sort of you 've work in this factory sort of in the morning , you 've got over it but |
| 24 | I say , well , at least you made Arthur and 10 . |
| 25 | ‘ At least you left Fernando on good terms , ’ he went on as he pulled up in front of the stone steps of the mansion that Ruth had fled down a century ago . |
| 26 | But I can console myself that at least I had fun . |
| 27 | My hon. Friend will be aware that there is much disquiet in Warwickshire and elsewhere about the standard spending assessment and the result of the revenue support grant — At least I get support on some occasions from Labour Members . |
| 28 | But at least I have friends , Ian — Art Ed ) . |
| 29 | So she said well you know , at least I buy Aramis for Johnny and for you so the two purchases are not just to get the watch . |
| 30 | At least it got column inches — the worst reviews for years |