Example sentences of "one time [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A collective resolution of this sort of worry was at one time to employ someone to patrol the streets all night , calling out " Three o'clock and all 's well ! " or whatever , at regular intervals , providing reassurance to the sleeping citizens in their beds and even more so to any insomniacs . |
| 2 | Her general practitioner had at one time treated her unsuccessfully for this with an antidepressant . |
| 3 | Mind you , he 'd come home from university one time to see me in bed with flu , glasses and no front teeth , so I guess he was pretty immune to my charmlessness — or was too shortsighted himself to notice . |
| 4 | Mind you , he 'd come home from university one time to see me in bed with ‘ flu , glasses and no front teeth , so I guess he was pretty immune to my charmlessness — or was too shortsighted himself to notice . |
| 5 | An infant at eight months who retrieves a completely-occluded object has made a major advance in understanding the appearance-reality distinction , at least on the plane of action , because he now knows that , although the perceptual input at one time tells him that there is no rattle in his reachable space , really there is . |
| 6 | He specialised in gathering historical , topographical and genealogical documents and manuscripts , so was a great source of supply for Sir Thomas Phillipps ( see pp.29–30 ) who at one time owed him £3,000 . |
| 7 | The Phoenix Dance Company instructors told us several times that our movements were very good and at one time described them as ‘ nice . ’ |
| 8 | The Phoenix Dance Company instructors told us several times that our movements were very good and at one time described them as ‘ nice . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The work goes on , one week like another , and pretty incessant until Friday night , and then the break which gives one time to get one 's breath again , ’ he wrote to his mother two months after becoming Prime Minister . |
| 10 | He had at one time suspected his mother of doing precisely this . |
| 11 | 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 . |