Example sentences of "at [adv] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If anyone thinks it is easy trying to get 30,000 cars out of a car park at once they should try it . |
| 2 | At once we can see that this is far to large to be stored as a single stitch pattern , as this number exceeds 16,000 . |
| 3 | At once I can see Annexe B , Summerchild 's list of possible members of the Unit , as clearly as if it had just come out of the porridge oats box . |
| 4 | And at once I could do it . ’ |
| 5 | And at once I could smell it on the tied-on head-cushion — that same elusive , old-fashioned perfume of the towel , of the glove . |
| 6 | Unwisely , I let Dana see my drafts of these poems , and at once I could sense his disapproval , his jealousy even , that I had written the poems myself . |
| 7 | All at once I could see Galway Bay . |
| 8 | At once he would sense my withdrawal , and was sad and silent for a while . |
| 9 | What a goose poor Scott ( who will get his liver fit for pâté de Strasburg with vexation ) must be , not to say at once he 'll build anything . |
| 10 | For all at once she could feel sweeping in on her a sense of utter desolation , the like of which she had n't known for years . |
| 11 | All at once she could breathe again . |
| 12 | At once you will have indulgence for all the sins which you confess with a contrite heart . |
| 13 | ‘ And if you manages to blow them all out at once you can make a wish , ’ said Carrie . |
| 14 | If we knew what price were at then it would give me more er confidence to know where we stand and how to go about it . |
| 15 | I think we 're in a nest of greedy , self-centred , corrupt old men , of whom at least one would stick at nothing to preserve his privileges . |
| 16 | Surely at least one would have been caught short at some point during the operation . |
| 17 | If you have an audience of about a hundred people at least one will have hearing problems , difficulty understanding English , or difficulty understanding your accent . |
| 18 | At least one can make more sense of this than in our first two cases . |
| 19 | Therefore these will always be lower , but at least one can compare town with town , and see the differences . |
| 20 | But at least one can attempt to say what form the reaction is going to take . |
| 21 | She thought : At least Mary and Reggie will pull their weight , at least one can say that of their kind … |
| 22 | And if a strange person is walking up the driveway with intention of breaking in at least somebody may notice it . |
| 23 | If there is to be a conspiracy , at least everyone will see that it exists and will know who is involved . |
| 24 | At least everyone can hear , right ? |
| 25 | They may not always exhibit the wisdom of Solomon but at least they might know where to draw the line . |
| 26 | At least they might have learned something about attitude , which John McEnroe believes to be the root cause of Britain 's tennis predicament . |
| 27 | Early contacts with leading Labour figures suggested that on this question at least they might prove more flexible than the Conservatives . |
| 28 | At least they 'll listen to what I have to say ! ’ |
| 29 | At least they 'll die happy wo n't they ? |
| 30 | At least they 'll know — ’ |