Example sentences of "knew at [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew the face and knew at once that we had been intimate , but I had no idea who she was . |
| 2 | She knew at once this was a trite remark . |
| 3 | He knew at once Lee had taken it . |
| 4 | My kind aunty knew at once what she meant , but first she would invite Lucy to choose a sweet from the box on the counter . |
| 5 | He knew at once of a house to let for a whole year , the owners being abroad and failing to let it before they left last month and seeing my condition he took pity and had the caretaker prevailed upon to come to me at his premises . |
| 6 | ‘ That bitch … ’ said Surkov softly , and I knew at once he was referring to Imogen . |
| 7 | She knew at once what he meant and looked nervously round at the others . |
| 8 | Virginia knew at once that the witch had seen her , for she stopped , as if in surprise , and then stared at her . |
| 9 | Penny knew at once that it was her lost budgerigar . |
| 10 | Her shriek awakened the house , and Coleridge , who had been asleep when his father returned , knew at once what it signified , saying to himself in the darkness , ‘ Papa is dead . ’ |
| 11 | I knew at once I had never |
| 12 | I knew at once that something was wrong . |
| 13 | She knew at once it was serious because her father was still up . |
| 14 | But she knew at once why I had asked and went on with hardly a break for punctuation , ‘ Well , love , what 's with you ? |
| 15 | Like her husband , she had sharp and brilliantly intuitive instincts for people ; she knew at once whom Edouard could trust . |
| 16 | Looking at them he knew at once that his long search was over . |
| 17 | She ran to the window and knew at once — from the way they shut the car doors and walked across the gravel — that Minty had died . ’ |
| 18 | With a terrible dread , she knew at once what was about to happen and ran to the caravan door to prevent her unwelcome callers from entering it . |
| 19 | He knew at once why she was doing so now ; he knew nothing else could have made her argue with people on the farmhouse stairs at that time of day . |
| 20 | Ruth knew at once that she had seen one of the men before . |
| 21 | Most of us BURMANS who heard your slimy , slippery and soft propaganda talk — knew at once that your ‘ move ’ was a ‘ STOOP TO CONQUER ’ stunt . |
| 22 | Without having to be told , she knew at once two or , rather , three things : the Second Front had begun , John was in the vanguard of operations and that she would never see him again . |
| 23 | Freddie had never liked her , but he knew at once that she might be the one person who could give him valuable assistance with his research . |
| 24 | I knew at once . ’ |
| 25 | After a day of unsuccessful auditions , he went to a Barnsley nightclub , saw Lynne and knew at once this was the woman he wanted . |
| 26 | She did n't seem surprised to see him sitting there still in his cloak and obviously only just returned from Mass , and he knew at once that she had been told about the murders . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Ellie knew at once which door it must unlock , because the room at the end of the landing was the only room kept locked . |
| 29 | Alice knew at once they had failed . |
| 30 | She knew at once what he meant to do , for Aunt Liti had given the girls in camp enough warnings about the local gentry . |