Example sentences of "[prep] [num] time [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clergy at one time might , for example , claim as many members as possible , forgetting , perhaps , to remove from the list those who have died or moved to another parish ; a subsequent introduction of ‘ potential giving ’ or per capita assessment for a maintenance -of-ministry-fund could result in their rapidly removing any ‘ dead wood ’ in order to reduce the costly membership figures to an absolute minimum . |
| 2 | The French gave support to the Scots who , from very early on in the new reign , caused trouble in the north ; while to the west , in Wales , where Owain Glyn Dŵr was to rise against English rule in 1400 , French troops landed and at one time might have been seen in the Herefordshire countryside . |
| 3 | Few men have been able to resist their strength and beauty , and at one time would congregate at the base of the zigzag path which led to the French village of Faye , hoping for a glimpse . |
| 4 | The new , strong-willed princess , who at one time would have crumbled under pressure , was alleged to have fired off a stiff , legalistic reply . |
| 5 | In recent years prisons have accumulated increasing numbers of mentally disordered people who at one time would probably been cared for in the old asylums . |
| 6 | and the building societies at one time would not take overtime into account , but in the eighties oh my God , you know , how much , oh have as much as you want |
| 7 | At one end is the raised stone floor which at one time must have been a sleeping area . |
| 8 | He was standing against one of the walls of the bedroom , one elbow resting on a long teak shelf which at one time must have contained books , but was now bare , resting his head against the palm of his raised hand in an attitude of relaxation . |
| 9 | Now I 've done removals before then , not so much now , but I at one time used to be out on the road doing removals myself very often and I would get in for about seven o'clock in the evening get a quick grab something to eat , rush round this place , put the fires on and get it ready . |
| 10 | One of the difficulties of long-term weather forecasting is that very fine details at one time can govern major patterns at a later time . |
| 11 | According to Edward Hyde , Earl of Clarendon [ q.v. ] , without him the king at one time could not have got bread . |