Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [prep] [num] time " in BNC.

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1 I worked at one time for a man who was incredibly able at doing his job , apparently effortlessly .
2 I thought at one time I saw signs of a recovery ; but the event makes me fear that I was not heard …
3 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 . ’
4 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 .
5 ‘ Although I do not speak English as well as I should , I did at one time know England well .
6 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
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 Jeremy Taylor , who had at one time been chaplain to Archbishop Laud , was no Calvinist .
10 Even nobles who had at one time covertly recommended such a union were alarmed by the unseemly haste , and realized that in any case the tide of national opinion was against the match .
11 He had at one time used the property as a guest house and a number of people , who had at one time or another resided in the guest house , had become friends of his .
12 When you had the blues erm near by you said at one time that it was just away from here , was there , was there any , was it , was there any bother after that after the blues then or was it okay ?
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 There had at one time , Agnes had told her , been a full complement of horses and hounds , for Sir John had been a keen sportsman .
16 On one occasion , when time had been scheduled in a departmental meeting for discussion of my questions , ten out of twelve members of staff present indicated that they had at one time or another received complaints from girls ( usually in the third or fourth year ) about the male bias of their overall literary ‘ diet ’ .
17 Neither do you 'ave to pay a hundred quid like I 'eard it cost at one time . ’
18 It had at one time been a larger crude producer than Saudi Arabia , with an output in 1964 of 2.3 million b/d against the Saudi 1.9 million b/d , only being overtaken in 1966 .
19 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 .
20 I believe he had at one time worked with Cizek and he certainly knew of Tagore 's work and writing .
21 He had at one time used the property as a guest house and a number of people , who had at one time or another resided in the guest house , had become friends of his .
22 There was Miss Sharon Hughes with whom the deceased had been very friendly and who , it is said , he had at one time wanted to marry .
23 He had at one time suspected his mother of doing precisely this .
24 Mr Hewitt , dying of cancer in hospital , said to Mrs Sen — his close friend for thirty years , with whom he had at one time cohabited — " The house is yours , Margaret .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 A further survey of men in the Camberwell Reception Centre one night in 1965 found that a quarter of them had at one time been in mental hospitals and a further quarter were heavily dependent on alcohol .
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