Example sentences of "at once [coord] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They both apologised at once and sprang apart , then apologised again for over-reacting . |
| 2 | He fell back at once and lay quietly on the damp earth staring up at the now empty wall as his blood soaked into and congealed darkly upon the white of his shirt . |
| 3 | She had turned away at once and gazed again out to sea . |
| 4 | The problem is that at the beginning of each new year , we either ignore the tradition of making resolutions , or we try to do too much at once and fail dismally . |
| 5 | The man sensed his presence at once and turned sharply . |
| 6 | He started the engine at once and pulled impatiently out from the kerb , as if still trying to shake off that introspective question of his . |
| 7 | Drain at once and rinse under cold running water . |
| 8 | I accepted this distinction at once and have ever since regarded it as an indispensable tool of thought . ’ |