Example sentences of "[prep] one time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above all we can not ignore it : whereas at one time we might have been able to smile at the perversity of the local watch committee in another town , the collective action of several dozen politically motivated local authorities to ban News International publications effectively took censorship in libraries well beyond the silly season in the Press ; and whereas we could once afford to hang back with our copies of Fanny Hill secure in the knowledge that we would be nowhere near the top of the prosecution list , Section 28 is in place and ready to pick us off should we try to share our enthusiasm for homosexual literature with more than a few of our consenting adult users . |
| 2 | At one time we would have to hire a man in for a month , eating with us but sleeping in the barn . |
| 3 | At one time we kept pigs and used to feed them up with the waste food and sell them in the market . |
| 4 | " Here are the Maplin Sands , off Foulness Island , where at one time we were going to have a great new airport complex , " he said . |
| 5 | At one time we contemplated incorporating the barn , but Russell needed a studio and it was ideal . |
| 6 | At one time we used to start the training courses on on both wallets and folders on a Tuesday . |
| 7 | At one time we said it was you know rewarded on the edge of technology when they like most things you know . |
| 8 | Yeah At one time we could n't get Jessy to talk , he 'd got a little girl with er and |
| 9 | At one time they hit 356p . |
| 10 | At one time they could turn to the Government 's agricultural advisory service , but now this charges for its help and is too expensive to consult in many cases . |
| 11 | At one time they hoped for a family . |
| 12 | At one time they were very much cultivated in Provence and are still popular there . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | And er at one time they were on the evening papers , opposite . |
| 15 | Erm I know at one time they were the motors were going to fast , the ball was . |
| 16 | ‘ At one time they 'd have thought it odd if I did n't have a girl in tow . |
| 17 | Oh they , they used to have several going through the hangers at one time they erm they probably had about six Harvards , and about nine Bostons which were , they were bigger than |
| 18 | At one time they 'd say , Oh just bid the whole parish . |
| 19 | No , I do n't suppose you do now , but , but I have would off worked for local authorities , because at one time they were very poorly paid . |
| 20 | and they say not to eat apples and oranges , er , at one time they told you to eat the lot did n't they apples a day keep the doctor 's away . |
| 21 | The reports prepared by the local authority 's social workers indicate that initially all the children made good progress with the foster mother and at one time their adoption by her was contemplated . |
| 22 | It was amongst this jumble of workings that the " Germans " had at one time their " Three Kings " — mines probably dedicated to the Magi … |
| 23 | At one time there were silver-winged ants . |
| 24 | ‘ At one time there were dozens of companies which specialised in renting out western paraphernalia . |
| 25 | At one time there were fine frescoes inside by pupils of Giotto , but even these have gone . |
| 26 | At one time there were three mills at Bourton itself , known as the Upper ( or Bourton ) and Lower Mills . |
| 27 | At one time there were 400 tin mines in Cornwall alone . |
| 28 | At one time there were no urban districts — they simply grow up around commercial and industrial interests . |
| 29 | At one time there would be more than thirty children and two teachers . |
| 30 | At one time there was a mill at Kexby , either a windmill or a horse mill , according to one resident . |