Example sentences of "[unc] [prep] one time " in BNC.
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1 | But I think you have to remember that a at one time the monarchy were very unpopular , you know er , cre , during the time of Queen Victoria they were very unpopular and there was I suppose , nearly a republic at the time , and in fact , the monarchy do have to make themselves popular . |
2 | Er there must have been a at one time it , it had been six o'clock I think it was a quarter to six we finished . |
3 | Erm well a at one time , when we put various arguments to him , he just turned round and decided that everyone over sixty would be surplus to requirements and er and sent down the road if you like . |
4 | They used to buy from Ghana a lot and er at one time they stopped it and this very nearly brought down Ghana 's economy right down . |
5 | And er , then I should go to the bobbin shop and ask them if they could get these done today and er , well we got this on , I said no but I , we want it if you could leave them on one side and erm I used to er I , I became , if I might say so and I 'm not boasting or bragging or anything , Michael , I 'm trying to tell you the situation as it was and er I was a very important man to and er they er got me er at one time to er figure out , they , they used to make what was called Woolworths locks . |
6 | And er at one time they were on the evening papers , opposite . |
7 | Er at one time there was just over about a thousand people employed in Brothers . |
8 | I think he was er at one time , head of the er Calvinistic Methodist Church and he was a great chapel goer . |
9 | Yes if erm two girls were in a toilet you were fined and they used to stop the money , oh yes two girls were fined it was a very strict there it was er quite as strict there as it was a H & T Hornes and erm you , you but you could have a drink there , but er at one time before they allowed a drink , a cup of tea , the men used to , someone to watch to see if , when we were working in the top shop cos we could see if anyone came up the , up the shop into , from the bottom shop into top shop then they put a can on erm on something to boil you see and er oh and we got a little sto coal stove to heat the shop , no central heating pipes or anything like that , and they put er someone you could see anyone coming up the , up the steps and er anyway there was someone , one of the bosses coming up so they erm whipped the can off , ran round the back of the bench wh where there were a lot of hand presses going and Mr walked straight he was only mad that off the can of boiling water |
10 | All the churches in Lothian were St Cuthbert 's at one time . ’ |
11 | Would you say erm at one time there were many more firms ? |
12 | What you do is i er erm At one time when business was booming you may have as many as twelve enquiries over one month for the London area . |
13 | Yes so i i at one time to get onto the to apply for the Enterprise |