Example sentences of "[noun] had at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her general practitioner had at one time treated her unsuccessfully for this with an antidepressant . |
| 2 | All those who went through the ordeal had at some time survived an accident or illness when their lives had been despaired of . |
| 3 | Councillor Matheson also asked if any social workers presently in the employ of Orkney Islands Council had at any time in their careers , attended conferences , seminars or other courses organised by the Reachout Trust ? |
| 4 | Expectations had at one time run high , but a parallel case of offence by weakness emerged from the accounts of the home . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Against the $9.5 billion of deposit liabilities outstanding at the end of 1985 , the banks had at that time only about $1.5 billion of assets in the form of dinar credits . |
| 7 | There were two outbuildings across the yard ; one looked like a converted barn and the other had at one time styed pigs . |
| 8 | It was apparent as the light grew that the rocks which lay scattered among the trees had at one time been arranged in order . |
| 9 | This student had at one time worked in catering until her love for learning foreign languages prompted her to tackle French and Spanish as a mature student . |
| 10 | There is also the supportive evidence of a later Greek tradition that skins had at one time been used as writing paper . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Doug Jones had at this time , been split from his mates of the Wolverton Company and was on a working party with a group of Queen Victoria Rifles men , detailed to drain some marshes in Poland . |
| 13 | Busacher had at one time been surprised at Willi 's musical perception , but was no longer . |
| 14 | It is this belief that enables Fay to say that her tutor had at one time known ‘ everything there was to know about chemistry ’ and that ‘ history does n't change … apart from you add a bit on to what happened last year ’ . |
| 15 | Rome had at this time little interest in the lands beyond , which lay mainly in the highland zone and were inhabited by the earlier and less civilized peoples . |
| 16 | We are told that the animal had at some time been shot and wounded , so today it had been put out of its misery . |
| 17 | We are told that the animal had at some time been shot and wounded , so today it had been put out of its misery . |
| 18 | Schweppe had at that time suffered an apoplectic attack from which he died 18 November 1821 , at his home ( Les Petits Crêts ) in Bouchet , Petit Saconnex , Geneva . |
| 19 | When he sought to appeal , a preliminary objection was raised that an appeal did not lies , as the appeal was in a ‘ criminal cause or matter ’ in respect of which the Court of Appeal had at that time no jurisdiction . |
| 20 | Vietnam and the UK had signed an agreement in principle on forced repatriation on Oct. 29 , 1991 [ see p. 38531 ] , but Vietnam had at that time only agreed to immediate repatriation of new arrivals and so-called " double-backers " — people who had fled to the colony a second time . |
| 21 | Semenov had at one time been the Deputy Foreign Minister . |