Example sentences of "once [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The legality of money market dealings by Hammersmith and Fulham Council in west London , which once amounted to exposure of £5bn is being challenged by its auditor , Anthony Hazell , a partner in Deloitte Haskins and Sells , with the support of the Audit Commission , the local authority financial watchdog . |
| 2 | When in January 1645 the French agreed to give the Dutch representatives the coveted title of " Excellency " this at once led to demands from the imperial electors that theirs must be given it also . |
| 3 | The frenzied living for ourselves which we once used to value so highly now disappears before the far more vital longing to keep company with God in faith , hope and love . |
| 4 | She once reported to Robert Landgrebe , marketing manager , in a voice of genuine shock that she had just been on an aeroplane with three accountants ‘ and do you know , they tried to talk to me about design ’ . |
| 5 | Macmillan concludes his diary entry for 13 May : " I at once telegraphed to Churchill saying that the position seemed to me radically changed ( I wonder for how long ? ) … |
| 6 | six times I have returned to that country , demanding the past from the present , flogging my emotions , requiring of them , still , that freshness they once owed to novelty , and from year to year finding in my ageing desires rewards ever less vivid … |
| 7 | I once lied to Basil and this has been on my conscience for a long time . |
| 8 | Easily Accessible : Lewes is an interesting town dating back to the Norman Conquest with steep narrow streets and a mixture of Georgian and older buildings including antique shops , a ruined castle , museums and a house which once belonged to Anne of Cleves . |
| 9 | In 1912 he first used stencilled figures and letters in ‘ Guitare ’ , an oval painting owned by the Musée de Grenoble , and in 1913 adopted collage techniques , as in ‘ Tivoli-Cinéma ’ , a work which once belonged to Pablo Picasso . |
| 10 | The book once belonged to Henry II , Duke and King of Bavaria and later ( 1014–24 ) Holy Roman Emperor , but was presented to the cathedral at Bamberg at its dedication in 1012 . |
| 11 | One has a four-poster bed and another , a half-tester , which reputedly once belonged to Lily Langtry . |
| 12 | It once belonged to Isambard Kingdom Brunel and is extraordinarily large for a man so small . |
| 13 | Equally intriguing is the bronze pony cap , which once belonged to Sir Walter Scott . |
| 14 | Famous finds made by the use of Garrett machines include the ‘ Hand of Faith ’ nugget uncovered from an Australian goldfield ; and the Middleham Jewel a pendant that once belonged to Richard III . |
| 15 | Basil would get very excited at finding tadpoles and caddis worms in the Hampstead ponds but though he once took to fishing in a small stream when we were on holiday , and actually caught a small fish , which Marion cooked for his tea , he was quite unable to eat it , being stricken with remorse at its demise . |
| 16 | ‘ I once went to Japan to advise on a course , ’ he continued , ‘ and they wanted this bunker reproduced exactly as it is on the Old Course . ’ |
| 17 | And we once went to Scotland , then breakfast in it , when Pauline was with us did n't , were n't it John ? |
| 18 | Lennie once complained to George , |
| 19 | Galliéni at once wrote to Joffre , calling for a full report . |
| 20 | McMurdo likes to joke about an apocryphal exchange of letters with the Celtic chairman Jack McGinn , who once wrote to McMurdo telling him he was ‘ persona non grata ’ at the club . |
| 21 | When Preminger once said to Howard , ‘ You do n't like me , do you ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ These changes mean that there is without doubt an opportunity for many funeral directors to recover VAT they once had to write-off . |