Example sentences of "once to a " in BNC.

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1 The sheep were penned in the yard , a usual practice at clipping time , when fleeces were clipped and thrown up at once to a helper on the gallery for storage .
2 The first Russian to mount the wall fell at once to a bullet from one of Thiercelin 's men , but now a slavonic deluge swamped the wall in a wave of green and grey , bayonets fixed , overran the Frenchmen on the terrace and began smashing at the door .
3 Too much bran introduced all at once to a stomach that is unused to it could cause discomfort and wind !
4 I saw it happen once to a dear old woman who went around a group of people , gently offering her book , and everyone signed except one .
5 For he moved at once to a post-natal , ecological sorting wherein individual adaptive variants are retained , while the maladaptive are eliminated in the Malthusian crush of population .
6 You , you did give once to a group a few years ago .
7 He withdrew at once to a gracious distance , not to disturb in any way the privacy and composure of the next contender , and his two young squires , well trained to be equally unobtrusive in attendance , drew in silently at either shoulder .
8 It only did n't happen that way once to a friend of mine .
9 When they arrived they were taken at once to a private alcove .
10 He had warned the Assistant Commissioner , McPhee , and together they would ensure that for the next two or three days the City was flooded with agents who would alert them at once to an assembly .
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