Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] once " in BNC.
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| 1 | The little room at the end of the paddock , where scores are received , became for once the centre of attraction . ’ |
| 2 | Jones , although supported by most official opinion , failed for once to influence Baldwin directly . |
| 3 | In both London and New York , the play has survived the departure of Pauline Collins , justifying for once the usually pretentious term of monodrama . |
| 4 | She might have extracted Simon 's solemn oath that if she attended as he wished , the pretence that she was his girlfriend would be dropped for once and for all , but was that the whole reason ? |
| 5 | Well camouflaged stick insects , whose concealment has for once failed to work and who are about to be snapped at by a hungry predator , will suddenly flick open their brightly coloured wings in a dramatically unexpected display that may shock the enemy into retreat . |
| 6 | Let them wait for once . |
| 7 | Leakages of saving , taxation , and imports will fall as income declines until once again total leakages equal total injections . |
| 8 | He sought out — he did not summon — those he wished to consult , and if persuaded would act at once . |
| 9 | Sam realised his adversary had most in his favour ; in previous such fights , he would have attacked at once with fists and boots , but this brave man-mountain was no pushover . |
| 10 | How did he know at once that we were guilty , she wondered later , that we were , all of us , conspirators ? |
| 11 | I have preferred Irish humour ever since I heard of the Dublin man visiting London who wrote to his wife … ‘ and if you do not receive this letter you are to let me know at once ! ’ |
| 12 | Anyone seeing her in your dressing-room would know at once . |
| 13 | Anyone with Daemon Lore , Rune Lore or Theology will know at once that this room is used for Daemon summoning . |
| 14 | I did n't know at once . |
| 15 | We ca n't go back , or they would know at once . |
| 16 | If she did , he would know at once that there were certain ways in which he could still get to her . |
| 17 | " None of my crew would , I 'd know instantly , " I told him , " I 'm a non-smoker and if anybody smoked in my aircraft I would know at once . |
| 18 | She would know at once when the right people entered the from the moment she looked upon them at the top of the wide staircase . |
| 19 | When asking guest Medau Teachers to teach at rallies please check that she holds own private insurance cover otherwise let the Office know at once so that cover can be arranged for her . |
| 20 | Merlyn Rees , Gregor Mackenzie and John Cunningham , all of whom were friends who had served me as Parliamentary Private Secretaries , rallied at once and with Tom McNally , my Political Adviser , formed a small inner team to conduct the contest on my behalf . |
| 21 | Frege , it should be stressed at once , interprets functions basically by analogy with machines , i.e. he sees a function as a kind of logical mechanism , such that if certain numerical constants or " arguments " are " fed " into it , it will produce certain values . |
| 22 | Other naturalistic views , Marxist and some which indeed call themselves ‘ evolutionary ’ , have often proclaimed themselves free from any such picture , but it is basically very hard for them to avoid some appeal to an implicit teleology , an order in relation to which there would be an existence that would satisfy all the most basic human needs at once . |
| 23 | The entire class at DRAYTON were all laughing at once during a broomstick session in NATIONAL SMILE WEEK , GRINNING FROM EAR TO EAR . |
| 24 | Noreen looked to her but Carmella rose at once and followed out after Mick and Joey at the opposite side . |
| 25 | Rachel rose at once . |
| 26 | They rose at once , and went . |
| 27 | Therese rose at once . |
| 28 | I remembered a night by the river when daylight faded , darkness fell and the moon rose at once with a new light and I had thought I understood everything and that everything was good . |
| 29 | They rose at once , extremely eagerly , shaking out their skirts and smoothing their waists with graceful gestures . |
| 30 | You will be when the background is drawn , and several of these creations appear at once ! |