Example sentences of "saw [prep] once " in BNC.
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| 1 | What it would n't do was ensure good pictures , and Herbert Wilcox saw at once that such legislation would create an ‘ awkward squad ’ of British films which would immediately become the laughing stock of the world . ’ |
| 2 | But I saw at once that this was not what Mrs Girdlestone wanted to hear . |
| 3 | Looking over his shoulder he saw at once the brass bedstead , and the sewing-machine table on top of which Stanley had said he would find the boxes of glass balls . |
| 4 | Commander Fairley saw at once the wisdom of keeping the two children of his first marriage together for the last years of their progress to maturity . |
| 5 | Many scientists saw at once its far-reaching implications and a whole spate of major papers were published in 1967 and 1968 , which quite suddenly added up together to make a completely new way of looking at the Earth 's main working parts : Plate Tectonics . |
| 6 | Turning swiftly , she saw at once that the Brownie was on the forbidden side of the fence . |
| 7 | She looked at the tyre and saw at once that even if there had been someone about who could have helped her , the tyre could n't be mended on the spot-there was a long split in the outer cover . |
| 8 | Poole , as one who had already thought of emigrating to America , listened sympathetically ; but he saw at once that the scheme could never succeed , remarking to a friend that however perfectible human nature might be , it was ‘ not yet perfect enough ’ for Pantisocracy . |
| 9 | Filmer , I saw at once , was placed opposite Mercer Lorrimore . |
| 10 | Ruth saw at once that her grandfather was not in the room , but she took it for granted that by some miracle he had improved enough to get upstairs and was resting in bed . |
| 11 | She looked at them indulgently , saw at once that they were nothing notable , and said to him straight away that they would not do . |
| 12 | I saw at once he 'd been drinking . |
| 13 | Kluck 's was a fateful decision , and Galliéni , studying maps and reports in his Paris headquarters , saw at once the manner in which to deliver a decisive blow . |
| 14 | The gentleman with the white waistcoat was standing at the gate with his hands behind him after having delivered himself having witnessed with the donkey he smiled rejoicedly when that the door , he saw at once it was Mr Mr smiled as he pursued the I am said the gentleman in the white waistcoat |
| 15 | His voice betrayed him ; she saw at once it was Jake he wanted to talk about . |
| 16 | He placed me on the ground and saw at once that I could not fly . |
| 17 | Louisa opened the front door , and saw at once that her sister was upset . |
| 18 | Saw at once how like a machine it was . |
| 19 | He saw at once how such an opportunity might have tempted one of the guards . |
| 20 | She saw at once . |
| 21 | She rolled over and saw at once that he was n't listening . |
| 22 | He saw what I saw at once . |
| 23 | Chen saw at once what he wanted and took one of the chips from his pocket . |
| 24 | I saw at once that there were three chairs at the dinner-table ; and Conchis saw me see . |
| 25 | At Waterloo , the L&SWR headquarters , there was much to do ; many platforms had to be replanned and the rebuilding of the terminus speeded up , but Walker saw at once that he must entice more commuters , and his electrification of the London suburban lines , which was to be pursued long after he was running the future Southern Railway , was of lasting significance . |
| 26 | Even in his ignorance , Lucien saw at once that it was essential he make a favourable impression upon this man . |
| 27 | ‘ A worthy virgin ’ , Trice had called her and Wycliffe saw at once what he meant . |
| 28 | She had never been in such a place before , and she saw at once that most of the men had girls with them who were certainly not their wives , or the kind of girl one took home to mother . |
| 29 | I 've never been more than a dabbler but I 've always had an eye for a painter and I saw at once that he was one . |
| 30 | Marc saw at once that the bed had n't been slept in , but said nothing . |