Example sentences of "once from a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes , when he thought he might die , as Eileen had died , some deep and insatiable curiosity about life and living in him , some craving to take with him a deeper knowledge of women and their essence made him long to lie in love with her , to taste the sweetness of her mystery , to see the world just once from a vantage point where the lost and lonely flesh that is man and woman comes together in a healing synthesis . |
| 2 | She could never ignore them as she passed them on the street , and they , as if they sensed it , turned to her , picking her out at once from a throng of a hundred other pedestrians as the one who saw and heard them . |
| 3 | ‘ I did get a letter once from a girl asking if I wore my underpants , ’ admits a shame-faced Sam . |
| 4 | The challenge is to develop converters that will do this at once from a cold start and for the life of the vehicle . |
| 5 | Her old white dress and purple shawl She bought once from an ancient stall . |