Example sentences of "i [be] once [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was once a staunch defender of Dylan 's extraordinary voice , but now it 's such a cracked nasal whine it 's hardly bearable . |
| 2 | I was once a professional cook and I still love mixing sauces . |
| 3 | I get it form most of his kind , who remember that I was once a private investigator , and so to them not far removed for law . |
| 4 | ‘ I was once a soldier , and then a storyteller . ’ |
| 5 | I do not yet understand it , but although I was once a keen and proud European , there are things in it that would now make me one of the most sceptical . |
| 6 | ‘ Anyway , Corbett , you forget I was once a soldier . ’ |
| 7 | I was once a student too , you know , so I know what I 'm talking about . ’ |
| 8 | I was once a Member of Parliament and one day in the chamber at Westminster , a Puritan , a lozenge of sanctified humility , got up from his arse and roared at me because I called him a blackened turd . |