Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] at one [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She 'd thought at one time that it might be serious , be love or something weird like that , she 'd even thought they could get married .
2 If you wanted to kill someone , and you 'd struck at one kidney , you 'd certainly strike at the other .
3 Bach wrote all his in 3/4 , though they are by no means all meant to go at one tempo .
4 No , I 've I I did think at one time whether to pass a note , bye !
5 No , both my sister-in-laws did play at one time for Scottish women 's football .
6 But anyway , with her mind , and I understand she did write at one time , she would have made an impression in some quarter or other . ’
7 ‘ He did complain at one point , actual fact .
8 Ah yes , I ask you about those , erm cos we did say at one time that we thought some of you were going to the half yearly Council meeting and pick them up there .
9 He did n't come quite under the heading of despised male sex but she was sure he had done at one time .
10 They had all come to her , one by one , during the evening , an evening harried with telephone calls — ‘ I do n't think , ’ Anna had said at one point , ‘ that we have eaten an uninterrupted meal in twenty-one years ’ — and they had all explained to her how awful they felt , and how guilty they felt about feeling awful , because it was n't anybody 's fault , and that made it worse , having nobody to blame .
11 Wistaria Cottage was n't worth much and in any case he had talked at one point of trading it in for an annuity .
12 Here Revelstoke was in his element ; acute intelligence and charm , capacity for meticulous work , presence and eloquence , fluency in French and Spanish , and , above all , financial acumen made him a match for the wiliest of South American presidents , North American railway barons , European finance ministers , and the members of the British cabinet with all of whom he had to deal at one time or another .
13 They had stood at one set all , but Hammond held two service breaks in the third .
14 Also unaccompanied , like Nolan , though Harry had mentioned at one time that Lewis was married : his reclusive wife preferred to stay at home to avoid the fuss and fracas of Lewis drunk .
15 The snow had drifted at one end , at the beck of the wind , so that it reached almost to the eaves of the roof .
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