Example sentences of "[conj] once i have " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than once I have seen a hapless opponent reaching down to scoop a front kick that never comes , and getting caught on the undefended side of the head ! |
| 2 | Much later it struck me as odd that I experienced no superstitious fear or repugnance in the presence of a dead body , although I am so squeamish that more than once I have had to ask a neighbour to deal with a dead rabbit that one of the cats had brought in during the night . |
| 3 | I 'll be fine once once I 've had another five minutes . |
| 4 | And I think that once I 've taken e a few of the local bigwigs , then when they want a photograph taken , my name 'll get mentioned somewhere along the line and they might come to me . |
| 5 | , he 's probably widdleing nothing , poor that was n't worth sitting down for , no to think that once I 've gone on , which I did on Friday , I 'm now on my way out the other end |
| 6 | I thought that once I had kids of my own I would stop oohing and gooing about other people 's children on the street . |
| 7 | I wanted to tell her that I had told Syl I would n't marry him , but I did n't , for I felt that once I had told Lili she would somehow prevent me from recanting and that , freed from Syl , I should be bound even tighter to my mother . |
| 8 | and once I 've got |
| 9 | ‘ We could share the driving and drive sedately through Germany , ’ she amended with a smirk of a glance to where Fabia was grinning , ‘ and once I 've done my interview we could make a holiday of it — stay longer , have a tour around . |
| 10 | for the first day of next term , and once I 've got that money and they 're registered |
| 11 | It 's not the appointments that matter , it 's the activity around the appointment , the fact that I 'm gon na get up on Monday morning , I 'm gon na go training , and once I 've done that , I 've got to nip down to the library , O K , and look up that electoral role , I 've got an appointment , and then I 'm gon na go back to the office , I 'm gon na to do my mail shots and then I 'm gon na to go home , mow the lawn , have a bit of tea , and then I 'm gon na to my approaching , and then I 'm gon na go , yes , on that appointment there . |
| 12 | Well he , he , they were on their way to Norwich but they stopped off at Ipswich for a lunch , you see , and er I had , I looked after them , so , so that it should n't interrupt the other girls behind the counter or , or the waiter who was looking after his regular customers in the dining room , you see , er and so I used to erm and once I had I remember there was six black doctors came in and er and I was glad because it was nice to move about and instead of sticking in the office typing and then going out all alone , you see , while the Manager was on the district , you see , I liked it and er anyway that was a long time ago . |
| 13 | I have an inexpressible longing to write another opera … and once I have composed for Naples I shall be in demand everywhere … |
| 14 | ‘ You have to motivate horses like these , but once I 've got Ghofar 's blood up , we should be cruising . |
| 15 | The dress is very nice but once I 've got it on I realize I 'm just not in the mood for it . |
| 16 | Yeah , that 's right well we 've got ta put them round anyway but once I 've got that on I can take the st steps in then no , I shall leave those there I 'll just go and have a look at the other frame . |
| 17 | But once I have passed my test , I am not allowed out on the road without insurance . |
| 18 | But once I have you , by God , that will be the end of it ! ’ |
| 19 | But once I have the thing and make it available , and say here is the gift that I promised it 's yours , it 's available , then , all you have to do is come and take it . |
| 20 | That makes me laugh , because once I 've written a song then I do n't tend to work on it too much — I 'm too lazy , basically . |