Example sentences of "[prep] once [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daisy wished just for once that Drew could see her when she was n't looking awful . |
| 2 | Swiftly Miranda outlined her problem , grateful for once that her personal involvement with Adam was a secret . |
| 3 | I wo n't become your charity case because you discovered for once that I was n't lying . |
| 4 | I knew the face and knew at once that we had been intimate , but I had no idea who she was . |
| 5 | She knew all at once that the measured time , the false normality of banter , everything led to an end she dreaded . |
| 6 | Iain and Alastair Logan had agreed at once that Alastair must go into hiding . |
| 7 | I know at once that I 've made a fool of myself . |
| 8 | I could see at once that my parents and Aunt Lyallie had taken to him . |
| 9 | But I saw at once that this was not what Mrs Girdlestone wanted to hear . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | You might answer , ‘ Given the map in Figure 10 , I can see at once that the dotted line is the best route . ’ |
| 12 | The end result is an animal that looks very much like some kinds of oyster , although a glance at the internal feeding structures shows at once that they are brachiopods , unrelated to the bivalves they superficially resemble . |
| 13 | How did he know at once that we were guilty , she wondered later , that we were , all of us , conspirators ? |
| 14 | The box was always somewhere on the floor by his bed , and was tied up with a bow , as if it was a precious parcel or a gift intended for a special person ; the bow was tied from a length of scarlet nylon ribbon which Boy had seen in the dustbin outside a florist 's , and had stolen , and taken home and ironed , having sensed at once that its splendid colour made it suitable for the tying up of this very special box . |
| 15 | Lord Darlington called me into his study , and I could see at once that he was in a state of some agitation . |
| 16 | Turning swiftly , she saw at once that the Brownie was on the forbidden side of the fence . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Virginia knew at once that the witch had seen her , for she stopped , as if in surprise , and then stared at her . |
| 19 | Penny knew at once that it was her lost budgerigar . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I could tell at once that he was dead … |
| 22 | It will be seen at once that these statements are more specific and precise than aims , which raises an important question . |
| 23 | I knew at once that something was wrong . |
| 24 | Looking at them he knew at once that his long search was over . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Ruth knew at once that she had seen one of the men before . |
| 27 | Mrs Patten was waiting with a grave face , and he could tell at once that she knew . |
| 28 | She looked at them indulgently , saw at once that they were nothing notable , and said to him straight away that they would not do . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Celia could see at once that the place had distinct possibilities . |