Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] once [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two men stood there and she recognised at once that they were CID . |
| 2 | I recognised at once that your chief is very important to your happiness . |
| 3 | He guessed at once that his son had been talking to Yuan , and even though the casual disclosure of information had been prearranged , he regretted the unavoidability of the confrontation which was about to occur . |
| 4 | I wo n't become your charity case because you discovered for once that I was n't lying . |
| 5 | When Hazel woke he perceived at once that it was morning — some time after sunrise , by the smell of it . |
| 6 | She decided at once that the orchid should be for Lally |
| 7 | But I saw at once that this was not what Mrs Girdlestone wanted to hear . |
| 8 | Turning swiftly , she saw at once that the Brownie was on the forbidden side of the fence . |
| 9 | She looked at the tyre and saw at once that even if there had been someone about who could have helped her , the tyre could n't be mended on the spot-there was a long split in the outer cover . |
| 10 | Poole , as one who had already thought of emigrating to America , listened sympathetically ; but he saw at once that the scheme could never succeed , remarking to a friend that however perfectible human nature might be , it was ‘ not yet perfect enough ’ for Pantisocracy . |
| 11 | Ruth saw at once that her grandfather was not in the room , but she took it for granted that by some miracle he had improved enough to get upstairs and was resting in bed . |
| 12 | She looked at them indulgently , saw at once that they were nothing notable , and said to him straight away that they would not do . |
| 13 | He placed me on the ground and saw at once that I could not fly . |
| 14 | Louisa opened the front door , and saw at once that her sister was upset . |
| 15 | She rolled over and saw at once that he was n't listening . |
| 16 | I saw at once that there were three chairs at the dinner-table ; and Conchis saw me see . |
| 17 | At Waterloo , the L&SWR headquarters , there was much to do ; many platforms had to be replanned and the rebuilding of the terminus speeded up , but Walker saw at once that he must entice more commuters , and his electrification of the London suburban lines , which was to be pursued long after he was running the future Southern Railway , was of lasting significance . |
| 18 | Even in his ignorance , Lucien saw at once that it was essential he make a favourable impression upon this man . |
| 19 | She had never been in such a place before , and she saw at once that most of the men had girls with them who were certainly not their wives , or the kind of girl one took home to mother . |
| 20 | I 've never been more than a dabbler but I 've always had an eye for a painter and I saw at once that he was one . |
| 21 | Marc saw at once that the bed had n't been slept in , but said nothing . |
| 22 | Leith accused angrily , and saw at once that he did n't appear to take too kindly to her accusation . |
| 23 | Leith saw at once that he was furious about something ! |
| 24 | Gabriel saw at once that a bell-shaped shift of her own design was being wrongly displayed , while Rose saw to her fury that a whole line of trousers and tabards had been wrongly priced . |
| 25 | She wondered if she should confess to Connor what she had tried — and failed — to do , but when he came into the bedroom at last , she felt at once that this was not the right moment . |
| 26 | The tone had hardly changed , yet he felt at once that this was different ; to this Isambard meant to have an answer . |
| 27 | I knew the face and knew at once that we had been intimate , but I had no idea who she was . |
| 28 | Virginia knew at once that the witch had seen her , for she stopped , as if in surprise , and then stared at her . |
| 29 | Penny knew at once that it was her lost budgerigar . |
| 30 | I knew at once that something was wrong . |