Example sentences of "say [prep] once " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | For example : it can be said at once — and briefly — that the probability that she was massively involved in the murder of Darnley is very strong . |
| 4 | It may be said at once that these questions can not be answered with complete certainty . |
| 5 | It must be said at once that nothing remotely as strong as this is required by the proposition that to explain an event is to find its cause . |
| 6 | It must be said at once that fears as to this are greatly exaggerated : most incestuous activity does not lead to pregnancy , while , when it does , favourable genetic attributes can be transmitted as well as unfavourable ones . |
| 7 | And he , let it be said at once , is anxious to co-operate . |
| 8 | It may be said at once that the earlier date , adopted by the the editor of the Istanbul edition of Asikpasazade and Danismend , may safely be ruled out , not only through the evidence of Molla Yegan 's involvement with Molla Gurani but also on the basis of an anecdote about him related in the tenth volume of the history by Kemalpasazade ( d. 940/1534 ) . |
| 9 | It may be said at once that of these dates the most inherently improbable is the last , that given by the later Turkish tradition . |
| 10 | ‘ Nothing I choose to express , ’ she 'd said at once , without thinking . |
| 11 | It may be said at once that the doctrine of tenure , as developed in England , made it difficult , if not impossible to regard either [ the tenant ] or his lord as the owner of the land itself . |
| 12 | It was his way of saying at once that he knew the worst of what was to come , and had only the details to learn . |
| 13 | ‘ Our people are steeling themselves , Kenneth , ’ James Menzies said at once , talking excitedly . |
| 14 | This appalled Mrs Browning , who said at once that it was God using her as an instrument and that Wilson should have had more faith . |
| 15 | Minnie had written to her about how terrible it had been , how Captain Cook had brought his wife up to see a specialist who had examined her and said at once there was nothing to be done , there was no operation possible , and he must take his wife home to die . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm afraid our little arrangement must come to an end , Ruth , ’ she said at once . |
| 17 | ‘ Spent it , ’ Frankie said at once . |
| 18 | ‘ Of course we do , dear , ’ Aunt Lilian said at once . |
| 19 | ‘ I will , ’ Lavender said at once . |
| 20 | I must have looked crestfallen , for Reid said at once , ‘ It 's the heart of a person that counts , Laddie , not the clothes they wear . |
| 21 | ‘ It 'll be all right , ’ she said at once , ‘ I gave the sheets to Emily Grenfell herself , I know she 'll see that your name is cleared . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It 's impossible , Emily , ’ her father said at once . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't doubt it , ’ Ben said at once . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't want any charity , ’ Hari said at once , her chin lifted , her eyes angry . |
| 25 | ‘ She 's very clever , ’ William said at once , ‘ making lovely shoes she is for them actresses in the theatre . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ My apologies , ’ Ben said at once , ‘ I did n't notice you by there . ’ |
| 27 | " Oh no , " she said at once , decisively . |
| 28 | Laurence said at once , to the theatre at large , ‘ The bottle , the bottle . |
| 29 | They could n't decide what to call the animal , but Danny said at once that his name was ‘ Barker ’ — so that was that . |
| 30 | ‘ Are you married ? ’ he said at once , head turned toward the din from his workmen as he stepped past me over the rubble and put a key into the lock of the , I should have thought , not yet apt to be plundered building . |