Example sentences of "once [vb past] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Islands around the world have often hosted odd dwarf forms of mainland creatures : pony-sized elephants once lived on Malta ; and it was reported by Adrian Lester of Cambridge University , in a recent Nature article , that red deer from the last Ice Age evolved into a dwarf form in less than 6000 years after being marooned on the island of Jersey . |
| 2 | The real price though , has been paid by the wildlife which once lived in Cannop brook . |
| 3 | The only other person in the bar was an old inhabitant of Cobham and during our conversation I mentioned that my beat-grandfather once lived in Cobham but had died many years before I was born . |
| 4 | ‘ My dear fellow , did I ever tell you about the way two men and two ladies I once met on Mykonos made love ? ’ |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | Alpha Saracouu , Sierra Leone 's High Commissioner in the UK , and team manager Major Kargbo made the trip to Ashton Gate to inquire about Rosenior , who once played for England schoolboys . |
| 7 | 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 ? ) … |
| 8 | You know , he once , he once came from Brussels and he , he stop , in , in . |
| 9 | Seeing just how comprehensive a work this is , with factory serial number , date of registration , date of next C of A expiry , owner's/operator 's name and probable base all listed , I can only surmise that the note-scribblers/pocket memo mumblers — many of whom seem not to have the slightest knowledge or interest in the type of aeroplane on which the letters are painted — are performing the latter-day equivalent of the sacred ritual which I and many others who have long since outgrown it once enacted in John W.R. Taylor 's ABC of Civil Aircraft Makings . |
| 10 | Through the Lousadas Minton was to an extent drawn into a Hammersmith circle of artists which included Victor Pasmore , Julian Trevelyan and Mary Fedden who once danced with Minton at a New Year 's Eve party until she literally dropped , whereupon he gently laid her down on the floor . |
| 11 | It was on the basis of this kind of observation that Morgan decided that there once existed in Polynesia a social order when sexual relations within one generation were so unspecific that all men of the ascending generation were ‘ fathers ’ and all women of the ascending generation were ‘ mothers ’ . |
| 12 | I once lied to Basil and this has been on my conscience for a long time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | One has a four-poster bed and another , a half-tester , which reputedly once belonged to Lily Langtry . |
| 17 | It once belonged to Isambard Kingdom Brunel and is extraordinarily large for a man so small . |
| 18 | Equally intriguing is the bronze pony cap , which once belonged to Sir Walter Scott . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Monks once walked through Bailey 's land on their way to the church in the hills . |
| 21 | I once walked from Shieldaig to Annat long before the two communities were linked by a modern road , a woodland path pointing the way . |
| 22 | Susan Smith , 33 , who once served on Lambeth Council in South London , made almost daily visits to Ronald Lineker 's flat for the kinky sessions , Southwark Crown Court heard . |
| 23 | The cause of all this activity was an illfated meeting in December , up north in the District of Columbia , between Mr Marion Barry , DC 's mayor , and Mr Charles Lewis , a St Thoman who once worked for Mr Barry 's government . |
| 24 | Since his last dismal points victory over an ordinary and overweight American , Levi Billups , in Las Vegas on Feb 1 , Lewis has dismissed his trainer , John Davenport , and recruited the flamboyant Cuban-born Pepe Correa , who once worked with Sugar Ray Leonard . |
| 25 | In the Russian Museum itself , Oskar Rabin and Valentina Kropivnitskaya , two artists who once worked in Moscow but now live in Paris , have their work on display at present . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 27 | And we once went to Scotland , then breakfast in it , when Pauline was with us did n't , were n't it John ? |
| 28 | ‘ It 's just an old chapel I once saw with Ken . |
| 29 | My personal thoughts are of a collection of official Junkers models I once saw in Frankfurt , these included an F.13 and most unusual , a Ju52/3m floatplane all sectioned-off to show not only technical , but also cabin accommodation details . |
| 30 | Lennie once complained to George , |