Example sentences of "i [verb] [prep] once " in BNC.
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| 1 | I became at once possessive about it … there was already talk about the war ending and Sadler 's Wells reopening and it seemed to me entirely fitting for the Sadler 's Wells Company to reopen the theatre at Rosebery Avenue after the war with a new opera by a leading young English composer . |
| 2 | When I met Tobermory a week ago , I realized at once that here was an extraordinarily intelligent cat , a very special cat indeed . |
| 3 | ‘ It is true , ’ Dubois continued ‘ He asked me in as an advisor , and I realized at once that they were not the work of the Bizango . ’ |
| 4 | I concede at once , the language is ambiguous and I see the strength of the linguistic argument in favour of the average cost construction . |
| 5 | I knelt at once to pray and prayed most dutifully till morning when I expected a letter telling me Oreste had been taken . |
| 6 | I say at once that I have considerable sympathy with justices called upon to comply with rule 21(6) of the Family Proceedings Courts ( Children Act 1989 ) Rules 1991 . |
| 7 | I say at once that , as Mr. Roth accepted on behalf of the third party , R.S.C. , Ord. 18 , r. 19 appears to be inapplicable because a third party notice is not a pleading . |
| 8 | The other , whom I recognised at once from the camp at Southampton and from the training centre at Achnacarry was sitting u– on the stretcher cursing his bad luck in getting a piece of shrapnel in his leg . |
| 9 | I recognised at once that your chief is very important to your happiness . |
| 10 | I register at once that this place is different somehow … then I tell myself I am imagining it . |
| 11 | I came at once — ‘ |
| 12 | ‘ Why the Devil was n't I informed at once ? ’ |
| 13 | I did not know the name , but I guessed at once who she was . |
| 14 | I replied at once to say that I should be in London shortly and suggested a meeting on Thursday , 14 May . |
| 15 | I know at once that I 've made a fool of myself . |
| 16 | Aunt Bedelia had the bedroom underneath and I did n't want her knocking on the ceiling with a broom handle so I decided for once to put up with his snoring and deep breathing exercises . |
| 17 | ‘ That bitch … ’ said Surkov softly , and I knew at once he was referring to Imogen . |
| 18 | I knew at once I had never |
| 19 | I knew at once that something was wrong . |
| 20 | I knew at once . ’ |
| 21 | The cover of the directive features a cricketer in full protective kit , so I knew at once I had better find out what it was all about . |
| 22 | I knew at once I had seen its like recently . |
| 23 | I knew at once it was the pigeon again . |
| 24 | I knew at once that you 'd recognised the title . ’ |
| 25 | I knew at once by his tone that he meant — ‘ and I do n't think much of it ’ . |
| 26 | I knew at once that I could do it . |
| 27 | I knew at once that I could just walk up to you and we could start talking , as if it was the most natural thing in the world . |
| 28 | ‘ I knew at once that I must live here . |
| 29 | I knew at once that I was never , never going to pick up the pill . |
| 30 | I knew at once that George foresaw a lawsuit . |