Example sentences of "[vb past] at one time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither do you 'ave to pay a hundred quid like I 'eard it cost at one time . ’ |
| 2 | Erm we used at one time as you remember to have a full time education officer and er for a number of reasons er that er is no longer the case . |
| 3 | Professor Black 's TGAT report , for all its expensive complexity , has saved us from the test-led teaching that seemed at one time inevitable . |
| 4 | I 'm not trying to cast any blame here but handed over allocations on Innsbruck to at one time yeah and left us to carry the ball cos she sort of withdrew at one time |
| 5 | I worked at one time for a man who was incredibly able at doing his job , apparently effortlessly . |
| 6 | Historically , the town looked at one time as if would become the main centre of Thames Valley affairs . |
| 7 | I thought at one time I saw signs of a recovery ; but the event makes me fear that I was not heard … |
| 8 | I thought at one time Didi and I would get along well enough , but , after finding my sweet , simple , clumsy , courageous , honest , fiery … ’ his voice dropped to a husky whisper ‘ … beautiful , passionate Sagittarian , I know no other woman would have satisfied me . ’ |
| 9 | Well , my understanding is that the individual should have a job description as that 's what they are working too , and I thought at one time that it should be the individual who would sign the job description but apparently not , it should be the manager , who signs it to say yes , I confirm that this is the job I want the person to do . |
| 10 | The Hong Kong government fears the market may be thinking the same way : in late April it announced legislation to formalise the power of local banks to pay negative interest rates on Hong Kong dollar deposits ( just as Swiss banks did at one time when the Swiss wanted to discourage an inflow of foreign money into the Swiss franc ) . |
| 11 | ‘ Although I do not speak English as well as I should , I did at one time know England well . |
| 12 | No one could work as many as 35 hours per week since Age Concern was unable to provide full-time contracts ; however four support workers in Newham and three in Ipswich did at one time work 20 hours or more per week ( see Table 3.3 ) . |
| 13 | The only other thing to do is , is do what er er , we did at one time and just get a bright beer and open it up and er , and then pull it . |
| 14 | I did at one time I know I never I do n't I never touch a thing there and I thought and he would you mind opening your carrier and I 've got sanitary towels in there |
| 15 | Disabled Visitors : Narrow and uneven paths and many steps , not ideal for wheelchairs ; no more than 2 admitted at one time ; may be loaned at ticket office . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Jeremy Taylor , who had at one time been chaplain to Archbishop Laud , was no Calvinist . |
| 18 | The trio — all of whom had at one time endured menial jobs in factories , Stock making gaskets , Aitken fizzy drinks and Waterman manufacturing telephone dials — were now at the helm of the 1980 ’ s most phenomenal Hit Factory . |
| 19 | I would imagine that the site had at one time been occupied by a large merchant 's house as four of the houses were built over a medieval cellar . |
| 20 | The manager of Goddards , ‘ Wiggy ’ Harris , had at one time been a teacher at the local ‘ School of Art ’ where his father Mr. Joseph Harris was Headmaster . |
| 21 | Her general practitioner had at one time treated her unsuccessfully for this with an antidepressant . |
| 22 | It was apparent as the light grew that the rocks which lay scattered among the trees had at one time been arranged in order . |
| 23 | By taking my hand and giving signs , he had at one time wanted me to come to his house — an invitation no doubt to show his friendship . |
| 24 | I had at one time abandoned hope that the little book would ever be published , for the only copy , typed laboriously by myself , was stolen from a railway carriage on Delhi Station . |
| 25 | The ladies murmured reluctant agreement , since most of them had at one time or another tried to oust her from at least one of the appointments which they themselves coveted . |
| 26 | He recalled tales about her , that she had at one time belonged to a respectable family of farmers ; unbelievable now , for she could certainly no longer be placed in that category . |
| 27 | There is also the supportive evidence of a later Greek tradition that skins had at one time been used as writing paper . |
| 28 | Semenov had at one time been the Deputy Foreign Minister . |
| 29 | Expectations had at one time run high , but a parallel case of offence by weakness emerged from the accounts of the home . |
| 30 | She was a nurse , and had at one time been a nun . |