Example sentences of "[prep] [num] time a " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one time a fifth of the town was occupied by religious houses or mission centres . |
| 2 | Repton was an Anglo-Saxon town , on the south bank of the River Trent , and was at one time a chief city of the Kingdom of Mercia . |
| 3 | At one time a business proposition came up and , thinking it would help him kick his habit , I agreed to a joint overdraft . |
| 4 | Between the Jordan and Jericho is the site of Gilgal , at one time a sanctuary of the highest importance in ancient Israel . |
| 5 | At one time a fisherman 's village had stood not far from here , the Claddagh . |
| 6 | Martin was for some years tutor to the MacLeods of Skye , and had also been at one time a scholar at Leiden University in the Netherlands . |
| 7 | There were at one time a number of city-states , each with its own god . |
| 8 | Nitro-chalk was at one time a by-product of the gas and other industries , but now that manufacturing methods have changed , it is not so plentiful or cheap . |
| 9 | Some are better at controlling one pest than another , and at one time a well-stocked garden shed contained enough chemicals to stock a chemist 's shop — but no longer . |
| 10 | At one time a stern critic of art and the art market , later the darling of ‘ New Fauve ’ painting in the 1980s , Hacker won acclaim in his own right as a set-designer . |
| 11 | There was at one time a kind of folk-tale relating to this game in Suffolk . |
| 12 | The court was at one time a centre of licentiousness and depravity , of corruption and influence peddling . |
| 13 | The committee appointed to enquire into the copper trade and mining ( 1799 ) , said in their report that copper bolts had never been considered strong enough , and that the practice of copper bottoming was stopped by about 1750 , as a result of the losses , and the fact that at one time a third of the navy was in dock under repair . |
| 14 | At one time a sum of £20,000 was mentioned , but seemingly has never materialised . |
| 15 | At one time a we 'd pay a year 's salary or two year 's salary . |
| 16 | Let us remember that under Labour inflation was an average 15% and at one time a massive 27% . |
| 17 | At one time a footway was made from Skinnergate to North Bondgate to save people 's shoes . |