Example sentences of "[be] [prep] one time [art] " in BNC.

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1 There were at one time a number of city-states , each with its own god .
2 Martin was for some years tutor to the MacLeods of Skye , and had also been at one time a scholar at Leiden University in the Netherlands .
3 It is said to have been at one time the world 's largest spinning mill under one roof .
4 Against a country who have yet to win a game in this competition , McCoist is at one time the biggest worry and the main source of inspiration for Roxburgh .
5 Repton was an Anglo-Saxon town , on the south bank of the River Trent , and was at one time a chief city of the Kingdom of Mercia .
6 Nitro-chalk was at one time a by-product of the gas and other industries , but now that manufacturing methods have changed , it is not so plentiful or cheap .
7 There was at one time a kind of folk-tale relating to this game in Suffolk .
8 The court was at one time a centre of licentiousness and depravity , of corruption and influence peddling .
9 It is noteworthy that Ralph Vaughan Williams was at one time the organist here .
10 A farming community , existing as a hamlet in ancient times , it probably developed its agricultural resources to fit in with Kilham , which was at one time the chief market town in this part of the East Riding .
11 The ancient church of St Mary , with its beautiful east window , was at one time the parish church of Drypool .
12 Park Court , which houses Hilda 's flat , was at one time an outhouse for a local manor , but in 1931 the owner left it to the local council who then converted it into a fire station .
13 Living on chalk is a mixed blessing , on the one hand the cement industry provides work for many local people and with the mechanisation of farming methods this has meant that what was at one time an agriculture community is now largely dependant upon local industries .
14 Now I do n't suppose that even Sir Geoffrey knows this , but Irwin Osnafeld , the payee of that £300,000 cheque , was at one time an associate of his .
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