Example sentences of "[prep] [num] time you [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well a tumbler is where they , the buckets used to go over the top and empty into a chute into the hopper and er went cos it was on a continual chain you see cos you had a bucket two links , a bucket two links , a bucket two links , all the way round and that 's how you used to dredge all the time round and round and round and that 's how it went over to the top tumbler cos you had a bottom tumbler on this layer and a top tumbler , otherwise you could n't dredge otherwise and that top tumbler , I am certain it had five , five sides to it because at one , at one time you 'd tip a bucket on one then you 'd get two lengths so it kept the tumbler more or less equal all the way round the wear and tear of it . |
| 2 | The same reasoning , I suspect , saw to it that at one time you could n't get olives , only peanut and crisps , in smart bars in Spain , because olives were what peasants ate . |
| 3 | At one time you could have travelled up the Aspe valley by railway , and entered Spain through a tunnel five miles long under the final ridge . |
| 4 | I know things have altered recently , but certainly at one time you could n't speak to God yourself and confess your sins direct to Him . |
| 5 | at one time you could of done , but now , you 've got to take the guards off |
| 6 | I mean even us we we 're going in and out intensive care having a fag , having a cup of coffee , walking in , we 're full of germs I mean at one time you used to have to have gloves you know , did n't you ? |