Example sentences of "answer [prep] once " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am prepared to answer at once : ‘ Why Christ , of course , and our love for him which is fed and watered by the prayers of his people in his Church . ’ |
| 2 | It was answered at once in the basement . |
| 3 | She dialled Myra 's number and it was answered at once . |
| 4 | The phone was answered at once . |
| 5 | ‘ It would be a sad thing , ’ Angus answered at once , ‘ if Alex was taken away from his Mary into the army when they were not a year married . ’ |
| 6 | He answered at once , ‘ Whenever I 'd found the hole in the floor . |
| 7 | When a friend asked me the car 's name I answered at once — Anastasia Fyodorovna Romanova , Princess of all the Russias . |
| 8 | I answered at once that I hardly imagined such an arrangement would be acceptable . |
| 9 | Normally I would have taken time to think , and said something polite , but somehow I answered at once , ‘ No , sir . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't belong here , ’ he answered at once , stung . |
| 11 | ‘ To save my life , ’ I answered at once . |
| 12 | ‘ No , ’ she answered at once — and immediately realised her mistake . |
| 13 | She did not answer at once , but she went very pale . |
| 14 | Becky did n't answer at once , and when she did it was very quietly . |
| 15 | Her brother did n't answer at once . |
| 16 | Susan did not answer at once ; in fact , she was silent for such a long time that Breeze , who could not see her face , wondered if she had fallen asleep . |
| 17 | I did n't answer at once , pretending to be surprised . |
| 18 | He did n't answer at once so she prompted impatiently , ‘ Well ? ’ |
| 19 | When , discomforted , she did n't answer at once , he went on : ‘ You received nothing — interesting ? ’ |
| 20 | They did not answer at once ; they were too surprised . |
| 21 | Dyson did not answer at once . |
| 22 | They looked at him but did not answer at once . |
| 23 | Matthew did not answer at once and Wycliffe went on : ‘ When I spoke to you last you told me that you knew nothing of his intentions . ’ |
| 24 | At any rate she did not answer at once and Wycliffe had to insist . |
| 25 | Stephen did not answer at once . |
| 26 | Then with great clarity and anguish he remembered the moment when Westerman had put his question about a moral lead from the press , and instead of answering at once the idea had come to him of leaning forward and judiciously stubbing out his cigarette . |