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Both of them would take a watch during the night, and would report anything strange to her at once.
Interest is normally charged at once, even if you pay the bill in full on time.
Played at a quickstep tempo, the dirge was at once transformed into a jaunty, comic, oompah version of the Scottish anthem.
I have never been accident-prone before and it's amazing how all these accidents have happened at once.
A musician who has mastered Fixed Do and acquired nearly absolute pitch is able to grasp an entire musical phrase at once.
All the inmates had to be protected and watched over, and any problems that arose would have to be sorted out at once.
The correctness of the principle on which we have proceeded is obvious; we have not taken the whole subtrahend from the minuend at once.
I must go down to the basement at once with my trusty two-by-four and administer a few more bracing wallops.
Throw all the ingredients for bechamel in at once and 10 minutes later you have perfectly velvety sauce.
It is at once confining and infinitely sinuous, so at Biennale-time it abounds with situations I call bonjour, Monsieur Courbet!
So finding that, and finding the arrangement that was forward and backward at once, was difficult.
As a cook, you are a chemist and you are a physicist and you are a cultural historian all at once.
We can be Irish and argentinean, or French and Australian, or Chinese and Paraguayan, or perhaps even all of them at once.
Suddenly all the indicators began flashing an angry red and several alarm signals went off at once creating a loud cacophony of buzzes, sirens and wails.
The taking of the waters and bathing in them stopped at once.
When it was first announced, I thought it was a catch-all visit designed to accomplish several objectives at once.
Whenever one of us needed a carrot for borscht or a hand to move a drunk out of the elevator, the help arrived at once.
William and Harald at once set about assembling troops and ships to invade England.
Unfortunately for Pythagoras, his theorem led at once to the discovery of incommensurables, which appeared to disprove his whole philosophy.
Fear thou a worse prison, if thou wilt needs wilfully live and die in a just indebtment, when thou mayest be at once free and honest.
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Examples from Classical Literature
All at once, Jason bethought himself of the galley's miraculous figure-head.
The bettor's friends at once began sympathizing with him, but he looked at Terry and asked if he considered that a good shot.
Mr. Beveridge at once went on shore with Martyn, and returned the next morning.
He saw at once that a small artery had been severed, and its adjacency to the jugular made it a matter of extreme danger.
All at once she was reminded of the storied tree hard by, the tragedy of which she had often bewept.
If I was to give the history all at once, I have so many things to say that I should bewilder you.
A cholagogue, on the other hand, clears away a great quantity of bile, and the skin of patients so treated at once becomes clear.
He returned at once to his house, which adjoined that of the Marchioness Caldariva.
Let it be understood at once that the appearance of this magnificent work is a bibliophilic rather than a literary event.
Such testimony, from artists so antipathic to his practice, is a curious tribute at once to his merit and influence.
But youre in big-league company now, and the wise birds on the other teams get on to you at once.
The three shook hands, all talking at once, and Kit and Billie forgot to let go.
The binocular was handed at once, and after a great deal of focussing, handed back.
The binturong, or bear-cat, as it is often called, may be recognized at once by the long tufts of black hair upon its ears.
Well, if you have any business, you may state it at once, as I am quite busy.
All at once the ant-thrush changed its tactics, and its louder note proclaimed a surprise.
The band of boys to which Michael was attached was marched at once to Adrianople.
No other painter has given to the soldier saints forms at once so heroic and so chivalrously tender.
Dr. blalock at once sought employment in order to replenish his depleted exchequer.
He had not thought of doing so, but the advisability of such a step at once appealed to him.
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