Example sentences of "[prep] one time [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course people in one time or place might be more aware of God , or more able to formulate their awareness in a way which persisted through further generations . |
| 2 | Is this getting more confusing and you can think of that as seventeen add minus one times and then we 're multiplying into the brackets . |
| 3 | There must have been text books around at one time but I can not even identify any titles let alone suppliers . |
| 4 | This lovely supple rubber here is exactly the same supple rubber here at one time but now it 's gone all hard and denatured because of the chemicals . |
| 5 | I could read music at one time but not now . |
| 6 | There were concerns about er that type of building at one time but er d' ya think it is quite suitable for Orkney ? |
| 7 | ‘ I think there was a sign at one time but it was knocked down . ’ |
| 8 | Yeah it is now , yeah they used to have private caterers at one time but I believe it 's , it 's part of the club now and the profit making concern . |
| 9 | She was very unfashionable at one time but I remember reading and enjoying her books . |
| 10 | ‘ Most of us use the booths at one time or another , and they are the obvious place to go if you need a picture for your identity card . ’ |
| 11 | Pearce nevertheless made a point of visiting every single British Aerospace factory at one time or another during his seven years as chairman , some of them more than once . |
| 12 | Some twenty per cent of all Oscar-winning actors , actresses and directors have been married to each other at one time or another . |
| 13 | Although the subject was something not discussed , almost everyone in the road had at one time or another been confided in and had helped Mrs Browning as far as they could , although she seemed to feel she should not worry any particular neighbour too much so went from one to another , as it were in turn . |
| 14 | Lord Shawcross , who at one time or another was chairman of the Bar Council , the Press Council , the Medical Research Council , the Takeover Panel , and assorted royal commissions and tribunals of inquiry , claimed when questioned that the consideration uppermost in the minds of such figures was ‘ the national interest ’ . |
| 15 | People who have spent a lot of time with horses will have seen most of these emotions in horses at one time or another . |
| 16 | Many of the country 's senior religious leaders sat at one time or other in the shade of its trees and listened to the Ayatollah Khomeini 's lectures on the intricacies of Islamic law . |
| 17 | All of us have at one time or another contributed to the Great Bores of Today , with our moans of the other night when we sat down to watch television and ‘ there was nothing on ’ . |
| 18 | This is an absolute treasure house for any editor or writer unsure of a common foreign phrase , an abbreviation , or the spelling of a tricky name — which means all of us at one time or another . |
| 19 | It is now common in most accounts to begin with the proviso that the designation ‘ nouveau roman ’ is merely a convenient quasi-journalistic or even marketing label attached to an otherwise heterogeneous collection of writers , sharing little other than the same publishing house at one time or another ( Editions de Minuit ) . |
| 20 | Resorts : French speaking Verbier can lay a justifiable claim to be the best skiing in Europe — and to attract the most gung-ho British visitors ; all addicts must visit Zermatt , Grindelwald /Wengen/Murren and Davos/Klosters at one time or another ; Andermatt is an off-piste paradise ; Engelberg is recommended for intermediates , as is Champery , a pretty village with good access to the huge Portes du Soleil circuit : beginners do not need to go to Switzerland , but Saas Fee is a good place to learn if you must . |
| 21 | Although nobody ever remarked upon the fact , it was tacitly acknowledged now that Nails slept with Firelight ; he had been discovered by them all at one time or another early in the morning still asleep . |
| 22 | In the Western world ( though not often in developing countries ) many public library users read recreationally at one time or another , and large numbers of people read in this way almost exclusively . |
| 23 | Anne , the Pixie Second , often ran errands for her , and at one time or another most of the Brownies in the Pack had done a good turn for the little old lady . |
| 24 | Of course , all parents ( and teachers ) are beset at one time or another by disobedient children . |
| 25 | All three countries have at one time or another during the 1980s had recourse to the IMF for standby loans . |
| 26 | Amongst the many who have owned pubs at one time or another , Willie Johnson runs ‘ The Port Rae Bar ’ in Kirkcaldy , Doug Smith the ex-Dundee United centre — half runs ‘ The Athletic Bar ’ in Dundee 's Hilltown , Joe McBride the former Celtic striker runs ‘ The Wee Mill ’ near Shawfield , Danny McGrain runs ‘ Danny Mac 's ’ at Parkhead Cross , Davie Hay briefly managed his own pub and Dixie Deans of Celtic runs Carluke 's ‘ Station Bar ’ . |
| 27 | The fact is that , in an age when players were never encouraged or expected to be adaptable , the only positions that Billy did not fill for us at one time or another were those of goalkeeper , centre-forward and centre-half . |
| 28 | Ignoring the remainder of the world 's population , Mechanic defines hypochondria as a disorder experienced at one time or another by some 70 per cent of apprentice doctors . |
| 29 | Ghosts , fairies , dragons , giants , the devil and visitors from space have all been brought in at one time or another . |
| 30 | Whilst a through understanding of AI is not required they should have a little background since all are likely to meet it at one time or another . |