Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] once [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , while the ‘ Marxist ’ note of liberation theology , though played up by old-fashioned conservatives , did not frighten the pope , the ‘ basic community ’ implications of liberation theology for the structuring of the Church and the ministry posed once more a considerable challenge to the structures of celibate clericalism . |
| 2 | She carried her haul up the hill to the cottage where she found the kitchen empty once again , although she could hear people talking in the living room . |
| 3 | But the shooting has once more raised Armenian passions to boiling point . |
| 4 | In the last week of January violence erupted once again in the autonomous ( Serbian ) province of Kosovo . |
| 5 | On Monday the figure rose once more when Frenchman Michel Bou passed away surrounded by the hi-tech machinery of Glasgow Southern General hospital 's neurological unit . |
| 6 | The home side equalised once more two minutes later when 17-year-old youth international Graham Potter ran clear before a Trevor Matthewson own goal gave Newcastle victory . |
| 7 | That Friday morning as we sat enjoying each other 's company and the fresh bread and pancakes , I was to see the rule practised once again . |
| 8 | Predictably , the main sufferers since fighting flared once more in June 1990 have been the civilian populations — Tamil , Sinhalese and Moslem . |
| 9 | Well , she 'd lost her bonus now , she observed ruefully to herself as the tall dark stranger turned once more to look at her and remarked in a scathing tone of voice , ‘ I would say that , considering the state your car 's in , about the only thing it 's good for is to be used as a battering-ram . ’ |
| 10 | Tony Visconti : ‘ Prior to the split with Tony deFries , our friendship developed once again . |
| 11 | As the blood began once more to course through George 's legs , his muscles went into spasms of cramp , so that they needed to pause every few yards . |
| 12 | The Association proved once again to be a formidable field force when helping the appeal , and provided an excellent point of reference for the media in respect of both the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and the work of the Association . |
| 13 | Accused of hen-stealing , fox and vixen had once again insisted on going back to their lair alone to look for feathers . |
| 14 | The wind had once again slammed the door shut . |
| 15 | A shroud of fear descended once more over Ulthuan . |
| 16 | Was he even now locked up in some prison cell to become once again the unkempt figure he had been when she first set eyes on him ? |
| 17 | On the accession of Henry IV , these Lancastrian forests of course came once again into the hands of the Crown . |
| 18 | Von Zwehl now dispatched his Chief of Staff to the Crown Prince to urge once again , and in no uncertain terms , that a full-scale attack be launched on the Left Bank . |
| 19 | This recommendation the Criminal Law Revision Committee has once again accepted . |
| 20 | It was thought that the Shropshire Country Council were the owners , but upon them looking through their records , it appears that Major Minton-Beddoes is indeed the owner , but work has once again started . |
| 21 | At present share levels , the company is a candidate for takeover ( Kingfisher ? ) , but failing that management has once again the task of rebuilding credibility . |
| 22 | The miracle man of Hong Kong rugby , George Simpkin , has been asked to work wonders once again — to win Hong Kong the elusive goal of acquiring the Asian crown . |
| 23 | It is as if humanity has once more been motivated by its instinctive awareness that its ‘ god ’ was not entirely satisfactory , and as a reaction against the exclusiveness of the male Christ , the female Mary has been taken in an effort to correct an imbalance which represented a completely unacceptable division of the human race . |
| 24 | At the city 's Bluecoat Concert Hall , dance has once again taken centre stage . |
| 25 | Thanks very largely to Neil Caldwell 's untiring efforts in commissioning ecological reports and co-ordinating environmental objectors , the Newport Council has once again withdrawn its Bill from Parliament . |
| 26 | The Food , drink and tobacco manufacturing sector has once more had an excellent year . |
| 27 | But wherever they have come from , I have no doubt that , as winter approaches once more , we shall again be standing , frozen to the marrow , on that blasted heath — waiting for the weather to improve to ‘ dreadful ’ . |
| 28 | The sun shone once more and our clothes steamed dry . |
| 29 | The question followed once again as the pain subsided . |
| 30 | Thereupon the world reverses its rotation and everything starts to deteriorate until God reasserts his control and lets the universe rotate once again in the same direction as before . |