Example sentences of "[pers pn] at one [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She at one point quotes another , James Barr , who says : ‘ The true believer is a believer in God and in Christ … |
| 3 | Erm , good point , she did er , give them letters and she told other people to contribute , she erm , she at one stage ask everybody what they , what the record was . |
| 4 | ‘ I would 'ave agreed wiv yer at one time , ’ Sadie replied . |
| 5 | It is also possible to arrange with taxi-drivers to drop you at one point and collect you some hours later from another . |
| 6 | The one , the thing that I actually picked up on is tt erm in the greeting part of it you , you started very well and then Martin seemed to take control and you almost felt as if Martin was interviewing you at one point and erm you tried to get the control back and that 's when you went straight into the statement of purpose , because Martin was taking control . |
| 7 | You can not ask me to help you at one moment , and leave me out in the cold the next . ’ |
| 8 | Yes , I 've always , I 've always understood , understood more recently the reason why that there would always seemed to be enough prisoners , when we know there really must be enough prisoners throughout the world is that the betting procedure and they 're making quite sure they 're the right people takes time and money and effort , erm , that 's part and also there are some areas of the world now , where , where there are n't as many prisoners as there were , there are very few , there are very few prisoners of conscience in Latin America because they do n't put them in prison they just get rid of them , they just disappear and there are practically , practically none from Latin America countries , cos of these , these disappearances rather than being put in prison , erm , but it 's a sort of combination of reasons I think but er quite a long time now , ten , fifteen years I think groups have only had one prisoner , whereas when I first joined and Ann 's there , we had three did n't we at one time ? |
| 9 | Edward had remarked to him at one stage . |
| 10 | Comfortable Government majorities on two key motions followed a searing fightback by the Chancellor , Norman Lamont , during raucous exchanges which saw him at one stage on the ropes in the face of a furious tirade by , alternately , the Labour leader , John Smith , and the shadow chancellor , Gordon Brown . |
| 11 | There was a fairly large number of letters about him , sent in the last few months both to Jackson 's and to Viola Machin by people who had known him at one time or another . |
| 12 | Yes , well I was on a r a radio programme with him at one time and er and he was telling about some of his sticky stories , and there was one where he was doing a similar job from a farmhouse and he picked the furniture up and had to drive down this long drive to get onto the road and the the farmer , who presumably was the man who felt er an injustice to him was being done as it were , he was on his tractor , saw the van moving down the driveway , took a shortcut to the road edge , and fired a shotgun at his van . . |
| 13 | When I arrived ten minutes before her at one stop ( advance means a few minutes ahead as well as two months ) I found that two ladies in wheelchairs had positioned themselves at the foot of the stairs and were pleading with everyone to let them stay and shake hands with Mrs Thatcher . |
| 14 | He led her inside and left her at one side of the room , walking softly away and stopping to face her at the other side . |
| 15 | Teams of workers deliver food to her at one end and collect eggs from the other . |
| 16 | 's father was master of her at one stage . |
| 17 | This man she 's married finally came to his senses , but he was refusing to marry her at one point . |
| 18 | I think , does n't she ask her at one point about Grace Poole ? |
| 19 | she , she used to go on about it and all this and I , I sort of fell out with her at one time , but did n't actually speak to her about it |
| 20 | So far as English lawyers have theorized about the nature of corporate personality at all , they at one time for the most part accepted the doctrine of the Canon Law , that such personality is a mere fiction of the law with no basis in fact . |
| 21 | Most infants ( 92% ) excreting cotinine at three weeks were excreting it also at one year ; moreover , 61% of infants not excreting cotinine at three months were excreting it at one year . |
| 22 | She drank it at one gulp . |
| 23 | If a fond mum sends you back after a weekend at home with your favourite fruit cake , do you keep it in a tin under the bed and eat it secretly , or demolish it at one swoop by sharing it with others ? |
| 24 | Even from her high perch , Ace could n't see all of it at one glance . |
| 25 | But if you get a copy , save it for when you can read it at one sitting . |
| 26 | I read it at one sitting , and it scared me stupid . |
| 27 | ‘ Fish Street , ’ says Esme , ‘ did have 19 fish shops in it at one time . |
| 28 | However , as the table has to be moved out of the way whenever the patient gets up , it should not be too heavy , or have too many items on it at one time . |
| 29 | I thought I would never believe it at one time , but I now accept , along with every other carp angler , that carp can differentiate — given time — between a bait that is no more than a tasty morsel of carbohydrate and one that consists mainly of ingredients with a high nutritive value |
| 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 . |