Example sentences of "at [adv] she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At once she burst into tears and hugging me for the first time in years ( it seemed ) , cried , ‘ If only I had their faith ! ’ |
| 2 | At once she thought : I could have taken two thousand , three — it would come to the same thing . |
| 3 | Her lips parted under his , she moaned softly , and all at once she knew that she had never , not for a heartbeat , stopped loving him . |
| 4 | All at once she looked and sounded uncertain and very much the sister Claudia had always loved . |
| 5 | All at once she had to notch her belt tighter , found she had hipbones , cheekbones , found her breasts were round and firm . |
| 6 | When the envelope had arrived she had put it on the mantelpiece in the small sitting-room , but almost at once she had decided to take it more closely into her possession . |
| 7 | All at once she had the uncomfortable feeling that he had found some deeper meaning in her remark and was silently agreeing with her ; then he laughed , and the moment passed . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're forgetting , I 've always known how to spell her name , ’ she said , and realised at once she had made matters worse . |
| 9 | Almost at once she came back into the kitchen , turned out the light , and left the flat . |
| 10 | All at once she fell back against her pillows , a grim smile playing about her mouth . |
| 11 | Julia 's shoulders tightened , and almost at once she heard her husband 's voice : |
| 12 | All at once she became achingly aware of the thinness of the cotton shirt that skimmed down over her thighs , the way the deep V where she had left it unbuttoned at the neck gave glimpses of the top curve of her breasts , and she immediately backed away . |
| 13 | Immediately on arrival she would put on her white coat , and at once she felt different , no longer young and uncertain , but a professional woman , almost like a scientist , a recognised member of the Lab staff . |
| 14 | But almost at once she felt a thrill of excitement . |
| 15 | All at once she felt oddly threatened . |
| 16 | His fingers moved gently and delicately up over her nipple , swollen and thrusting against the thin silk of her dress , and all at once she felt a startling , sharp thrill of pleasure as the enlarged aureole hardened beneath his hand . |
| 17 | Almost at once she began to feel better . |
| 18 | All at once she began to scream , turning her tiny head away , and Peg bounced her against her shoulder with soothing murmurs until the outburst ceased . |
| 19 | All at once she began to laugh , and her anger , never very swiftly roused at the best of times , left her entirely . |
| 20 | At once she bereaves me to money and cunt . |
| 21 | She shivered as she went to the door , but all at once she recalled what she had been about to do when Benedict Beckenham had made his astonishing appearance . |
| 22 | His fingers were sweaty , his touch proprietorial , and all at once she wrenched free and turned to the man who 'd come to her assistance . |
| 23 | At once she set a tone that would not be easily wrested from her . |
| 24 | At once she broke the contact , looking away and rising . |
| 25 | Almost at once she stumbled . |
| 26 | Damn him , damn him to hell ! she was thinking aggressively , when all at once she caught Jimmy 's eyes on her . |
| 27 | At once she turned and hit him over the ear as hard as she could . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | For one thing , she did not find the prospect amusing , and for another , all at once she found herself stricken , her muscles as though atrophied by his nearness . |
| 30 | At once she sat up and crossed her hands in her lap . |