Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [prep] [num] time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Although I do not speak English as well as I should , I did at one time know England well . |
| 2 | I had at one time abandoned hope that the little book would ever be published , for the only copy , typed laboriously by myself , was stolen from a railway carriage on Delhi Station . |
| 3 | He recalled tales about her , that she had at one time belonged to a respectable family of farmers ; unbelievable now , for she could certainly no longer be placed in that category . |
| 4 | Mr Hewitt , dying of cancer in hospital , said to Mrs Sen — his close friend for thirty years , with whom he had at one time cohabited — " The house is yours , Margaret . |
| 5 | He had at one time suspected his mother of doing precisely this . |
| 6 | I believe he had at one time worked with Cizek and he certainly knew of Tagore 's work and writing . |
| 7 | By taking my hand and giving signs , he had at one time wanted me to come to his house — an invitation no doubt to show his friendship . |
| 8 | There was Miss Sharon Hughes with whom the deceased had been very friendly and who , it is said , he had at one time wanted to marry . |
| 9 | He had at one time used the property as a guest house and a number of people , who had at one time or another resided in the guest house , had become friends of his . |
| 10 | The trio — all of whom had at one time endured menial jobs in factories , Stock making gaskets , Aitken fizzy drinks and Waterman manufacturing telephone dials — were now at the helm of the 1980 ’ s most phenomenal Hit Factory . |