Example sentences of "[unc] [prep] one time " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
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
  Next page