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Example sentences for "once commenced"

  • With a twist of a rope attached to the bulwarks John Marshall secured the tiller in position, and at once commenced to carry out Tyler's orders.

  • Then he staggered towards Christian van Sonerell, as if still suffering from the stunning blow which John Marshall had delivered, and at once commenced to address him.

  • Having given vent to his feelings, the boatswain moved gently along the gunwale till he joined Tyler at the stern, when the two at once commenced to push the dinghy towards the schooner.

  • Bragg at once commenced massing in the same direction.

  • He at once commenced to retreat, Wright following.

  • The work of ferrying over Sherman's command from the north side of the Tennessee was at once commenced, using the pontoons for the purpose.

  • All officers and men who had been on leave were recalled, and medical inspection of all ranks at once commenced.

  • Once commenced, the line, laid for the greater part on the desert sand by working parties from Wady Halfa, progressed with almost inconceivable rapidity, under the able direction of Captain Girouard.

  • Gordon at once commenced to demolish this Bastille.

  • Large bodies of rebels emerged from the cover of the woods, and at once commenced a brisk fire of musketry and artillery, driving in the picket line, and pressing forward against the Union line of intrenchments.

  • The process of unloading the wounded at once commenced; all the churches and other public buildings were first seized and filled.

  • The men at once commenced tearing up the track and burning the ties.

  • Word was sent back, and the advance of the whole army was at once commenced.

  • I at once commenced pursuit, until so wearied that I was compelled to lie down to sleep.

  • There were on the ground, seven killed, and nine wounded; and the dispatching of the latter was at once commenced.

  • A portion of the savages however, more resolute than the remainder, soon rallied, and seemed determined to hold us, till reinforcements arrived from the village; and they at once commenced a rapid and well directed fire.

  • The important railway bridge at this point had been destroyed by the Boers, and the Royal Engineers, aided by large working parties from the infantry, at once commenced to construct a deviation bridge.

  • April 11th, and the battalion at once commenced to embark.

  • The operation of entraining was at once commenced.

  • Montresor, however, had been warned of his approach, and at once commenced to strengthen his position.

  • He at once commenced to strengthen the walls, levelled all houses in the immediate neighbourhood, cut down all trees within musketry range, and dug a ditch round the place.

  • The Confederate troops at once commenced to loot the town and camps, and get drunk.

  • Work was at once commenced on a pontoon bridge two hundred and eighty feet long.

  • Skirmishers were then deployed and advanced towards the station, where the enemy was found on the open land, behind buildings and fences, who at once commenced a sharp fire.

  • This they knew and were prepared for it, and at once commenced to experiment upon the soil for themselves.

  • The construction of the railroad, which had been surveyed in almost a straight line between its termini, was at once commenced.

  • It at once commenced to develop a system of organized plunder.

  • The young republic at once commenced to compete in the carrying trade with Spain and Portugal, and to make inroads into the eastern commerce of the latter.

  • Moreover, a bridge might be at once commenced at some little distance, and might be pushed forward, so that, if the negotiations failed, there should be no great delay in following the Romans across the river.

  • The evacuation was at once commenced; and the wood of the cross, which had been carefully preserved by the Persian queen, Shirin, was restored.

  • The lion was then standing looking at me, and as I approached he lowered his head, and at once commenced to growl again, whisking his tail rapidly from side to side without cessation.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    consecrated ground; country gentleman; freight train; large sections; once agreed; once and; once became; once before; once came; once commenced; once found; once gave; once heard; once more; once observed; once recognized; once resolved; once sent; once taken; once thought; once turned; once wrote; stale bread; sweet smiles; these books; two men