Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] once " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it depends how many how many we can get together to issue at once , but I would like to have . |
| 2 | Do n't all rush at once . |
| 3 | He got down to work at once and even found another couple , both teachers , who wanted to ‘ settle up ’ in Church . |
| 4 | It can be read millions of times over , but only written to once — when it is first assembled at the birth of the cell in which it resides . |
| 5 | The fog lifted and the house became filled with a babble of excitable people , few of whom spoke English and who all arrived at once because they 'd been waiting for a clear passage . |
| 6 | Opening up , most managed to complete a circuit , although several ran out of fuel at that point and went down to land at once , while others landed at Hal Far . |
| 7 | The WRVS aim to run their tea bar whenever the court is sitting , usually three times a week , but provided the rota is working well ( ‘ which it does ’ , Mrs. Rooney said ) the organiser needs only to call in once a week . |
| 8 | I tell you if one comes , they 'll all come at once |
| 9 | Genetical evolution is necessarily slow , because genes are only passed on once per generation : gene frequencies can therefore only change once per generation . |
| 10 | Do n't all shout at once but just could somebody go and do it right okay . |
| 11 | Arghatun was shouting at the warriors who were grouped around the clearing , and twenty or so ran at once to one of the carts and pulled out a mass of folded fabric . |
| 12 | She 's nicely dressed for once |
| 13 | so I only have to once . |
| 14 | Now a huge one awaited him , liberals looking for expression , eager literati to put in sculpture , worn-out hippies , anyone who wanted to see right done for once . |
| 15 | She did not answer at once , but she went very pale . |
| 16 | Susan did not answer at once ; in fact , she was silent for such a long time that Breeze , who could not see her face , wondered if she had fallen asleep . |
| 17 | They did not answer at once ; they were too surprised . |
| 18 | Dyson did not answer at once . |
| 19 | They looked at him but did not answer at once . |
| 20 | Matthew did not answer at once and Wycliffe went on : ‘ When I spoke to you last you told me that you knew nothing of his intentions . ’ |
| 21 | At any rate she did not answer at once and Wycliffe had to insist . |
| 22 | Stephen did not answer at once . |
| 23 | ‘ Nurse Dungarvan , why did you not explain at once that Mr Leland was seeing a patient in here ? ’ |
| 24 | One of the event organisers , George Sproule , said : ‘ The idea behind the fun day is to show that being part of the church is not limited to once a week on Sunday . ’ |
| 25 | Two problems are thus solved at once : it becomes clear that terminology does not refer only to grammar , and the reasons for the terminology come before the terminology itself . |
| 26 | Like a person who walks beside you in a dream , she did not speak except once . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I waited a little and after weighing it in my mind continued , ‘ They think if they 're not shot at once , then they will be when they 're no longer useful . |
| 29 | The neighbour principle did not attain ready acceptance for some years after 1932 , whereas Lord Wilberforce 's statement in Anns became broadly accepted at once . |
| 30 | ( This casserole freezes well , if all is not needed at once . ) |