Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] once [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She might have extracted Simon 's solemn oath that if she attended as he wished , the pretence that she was his girlfriend would be dropped for once and for all , but was that the whole reason ? |
| 2 | How did he know at once that we were guilty , she wondered later , that we were , all of us , conspirators ? |
| 3 | Anyone with Daemon Lore , Rune Lore or Theology will know at once that this room is used for Daemon summoning . |
| 4 | If she did , he would know at once that there were certain ways in which he could still get to her . |
| 5 | She would know at once when the right people entered the from the moment she looked upon them at the top of the wide staircase . |
| 6 | Merlyn Rees , Gregor Mackenzie and John Cunningham , all of whom were friends who had served me as Parliamentary Private Secretaries , rallied at once and with Tom McNally , my Political Adviser , formed a small inner team to conduct the contest on my behalf . |
| 7 | Noreen looked to her but Carmella rose at once and followed out after Mick and Joey at the opposite side . |
| 8 | All subservient reaction was forgotten at once as Nessie yielded to more primitive instincts and rushed to the car to see her youngest son . |
| 9 | Her own sleep the light , fragmented pre-waking kind by this time , Maria realised what was happening at once and merely gave him a sleepily complacent smile , pleased to see the disturbance in his eyes as he regarded her suspiciously . |
| 10 | But she moved at once and stood below the pounding clanking mesh wheel , looking up . |
| 11 | I say at once that I have considerable sympathy with justices called upon to comply with rule 21(6) of the Family Proceedings Courts ( Children Act 1989 ) Rules 1991 . |
| 12 | The piglets slowed their headlong gallop to a trot , then , as though controlled by telepathy , they all stopped at once and stood in a pink group in one corner , |
| 13 | The rest made Malta where on landing one aircraft 's engine stopped at once as all its fuel had gone . |
| 14 | The school was divided into Upper and Lower boys , and the Lower boys in each house fagged for members of the Library : they cooked their tea , ran errands for them , being sent perhaps as far as Windsor to fetch a cake from Fuller 's teashop , and they had to come at once when someone in the Library shouted " Boy ! " , the last arrival being given the job . |
| 15 | It would be solved at once if we were to abandon faith for something more solid which can be known . |
| 16 | Sir Laurie Barratt of Barratt 's Homes set his architects to work at once and , after a few initial hiccups , the message has filtered through . |
| 17 | He got down to work at once and even found another couple , both teachers , who wanted to ‘ settle up ’ in Church . |
| 18 | He stopped frowning at once and smiled down at me . |
| 19 | Such reminiscence of childhood presented at once as reality and illusion came frequently to Eliot around the time of his conversion . |
| 20 | With a keener sense of danger than the others , and finding it exhilarating , as they certainly would not , he had noticed at once that something was wrong , even before he had rubbed a clear patch on the steamy windows and , looking out into the night , had seen the horizon slowly rising , inch by inch . |
| 21 | Two men stood there and she recognised at once that they were CID . |
| 22 | I recognised at once that your chief is very important to your happiness . |
| 23 | he had instead been cultivating his acquaintanceship with Mercer , a game plan that would have come to an abrupt end if the Lorrimores had deserted the trip , which they would have done at once if the Canadian had ploughed into their home-from-home . |
| 24 | The water-proofed red notices warn drivers they have been reported and to get taxed at once or face a possible £1,000 fine . |
| 25 | As you passed through the iron gates you could feel at once that it would cost real money to have your temperature checked . |
| 26 | Of course some of those who are really willing to take 36s. rather than leave the market without selling , will not show at once that they are ready to accept that price . |
| 27 | A second attempt is made at once and now , out left , he can actually talk to the guide approaching along the crest . |
| 28 | It may be said at once that these questions can not be answered with complete certainty . |
| 29 | It must be said at once that nothing remotely as strong as this is required by the proposition that to explain an event is to find its cause . |
| 30 | It may be said at once that the earlier date , adopted by the the editor of the Istanbul edition of Asikpasazade and Danismend , may safely be ruled out , not only through the evidence of Molla Yegan 's involvement with Molla Gurani but also on the basis of an anecdote about him related in the tenth volume of the history by Kemalpasazade ( d. 940/1534 ) . |