Example sentences of "once [vb past] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he once passed on to BitC an invitation he had received requesting him and the Princess to open the conference of a Brent Women 's Association , with a note saying , ‘ Do you think I should do it ? |
| 2 | Labov reports ( personal communication ) that in his early work he once played back to a woman a tape-recording of her own casual speech to prove to her that her image of her accent was inaccurate . |
| 3 | Indeed , it was on the road just outside Bid array and beside the Nive that I once came close to running a fish over , a glossy trout that seemed to be flipping its way desperately to the roadside and to safety . |
| 4 | Despite his sleepless night , de Castelnau at once went on to the Right Bank and plunged into the work of re-animating the defence . |
| 5 | She made supper for Jasper , who at once went up to his sleeping-bag on the top floor . |
| 6 | I once went out to dinner and discovered that the seven other people present had all just finished reading A Dance to the Music of Time . |
| 7 | The double windows , divided by twin columns , are the most pleasing thing in the room , with simply sculpted capitals , of a demon , the head of Christ , animals , birds , stars and flowers ; these , like the door between them , once gave on to the cloister , and it is nice to know that they will do so again , once that vital adjunct has been rebuilt . |
| 8 | She once summed up to a gathering of marketing specialists the extent of her success , which earned The Body Shop the award of business of the year in 1987 : |
| 9 | He has also concussed two linesmen and shot a dog that once ran on to the pitch at Leech . |