Example sentences of "she [verb] [prep] once " in BNC.
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| 1 | She turns at once to the Women 's page , where there is a Posy Simmonds strip cartoon adroitly satirizing middle-aged , middle-class liberals , an article on the iniquities of the Unborn Children ( Protection ) Bill , and a report on the struggle for women 's liberation in Portugal . |
| 2 | She attacked at once : ‘ I suppose she 's told you that this is no longer my home so you think you can come and go as you please . |
| 3 | And there was plenty to admire , she realised at once as her gaze travelled over the Regency bureau , the Chippendale cabinet , the Aubusson rug . |
| 4 | She realised at once that he could be forgiven if he reminded her that she had n't been too sugary herself during that phone call : but he did nothing of the kind , though he did allow himself a small smirk before all trace of a smile went from him . |
| 5 | She agreed at once . ’ |
| 6 | And she realized at once who it was . |
| 7 | ‘ Did you arrange all those lovely things in my bathroom ? ’ she asked at once , before an attack of shyness could take hold of her . |
| 8 | She understands at once . |
| 9 | But she moved at once and stood below the pounding clanking mesh wheel , looking up . |
| 10 | ‘ You do n't see , ’ she contradicted at once , her manner suddenly earnest . |
| 11 | She stopped at once . |
| 12 | And bringing up the end of the procession was a tribe of people whom she recognised at once as those who , like herself and Claud , had always had a little of everything and the God-given wit to use it right . |
| 13 | Two men stood there and she recognised at once that they were CID . |
| 14 | She recognised at once the well-built woman who turned from some chore at the kitchen sink as the woman who had opened the door to her last Friday . |
| 15 | She had already made arrangements with the sergeant in charge and when Devlin appeared , bag in hand , his papers ready , she intervened at once . |
| 16 | She withdrew at once . |
| 17 | She has slept in her clothes as usual , so she reaches at once for her birch-bark pail ( podoinik ) with its removable lid and spout for pouring out the milk once she has returned from milking her cow , or two cows if she is rich . |
| 18 | She replied at once . |
| 19 | ‘ Jack 's friend , ’ she replied at once . |
| 20 | ‘ Of course it would n't bother me ! ’ she replied at once , but she had the awful feeling that her denial lacked the ring of truth . |
| 21 | Ruth was there waiting when the hatches were raised and she escaped at once and went up on deck . |
| 22 | She decided at once that the orchid should be for Lally |
| 23 | But when Charles expressed that as his intention this very day , she softened at once , reminding him that today was his birthday and it would be a pity to spoil it . |
| 24 | It stung her deeply and she recoiled at once . |
| 25 | ‘ What sort of incident ? ’ she demanded at once . |
| 26 | She knew at once this was a trite remark . |
| 27 | She knew at once what he meant and looked nervously round at the others . |
| 28 | She knew at once it was serious because her father was still up . |
| 29 | But she knew at once why I had asked and went on with hardly a break for punctuation , ‘ Well , love , what 's with you ? |
| 30 | Like her husband , she had sharp and brilliantly intuitive instincts for people ; she knew at once whom Edouard could trust . |