Example sentences of "who once [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A couple who once toyed with the idea of buying a door would rather do without than open up that time-consuming subject again . |
| 2 | The Sex Pistols ( who once touched on a similar subject ) also made sense , once , but although Johnny Rotten was a wry and clever ambassador for the feeling of the youth , he equally made it perfectly easy for the tabloids to pin him with yobbishness . |
| 3 | Oliver St. John Gogarty , who once prevailed upon Yeats to visit Toner 's pub in Baggot Street , was the man who introduced James Joyce to Guinness . |
| 4 | Monique Javer , now 23 , was born near San Francisco of an English mother , who once played at junior Wimbledon , and an American father , who is a distinguished brain surgeon . |
| 5 | Alpha Saracouu , Sierra Leone 's High Commissioner in the UK , and team manager Major Kargbo made the trip to Ashton Gate to inquire about Rosenior , who once played for England schoolboys . |
| 6 | Few , however , could have imagined that the man who once served as chairman of Clitheroe Young Conservatives would be asked to don the cocked hat and plumes of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda . |
| 7 | Susan Smith , 33 , who once served on Lambeth Council in South London , made almost daily visits to Ronald Lineker 's flat for the kinky sessions , Southwark Crown Court heard . |
| 8 | Tony , 47 , who once admitted to drinking up to twelve pints a night , just ca n't resist a good time . |
| 9 | The loss of Mr Moynihan 's seat marks the end of a career of one who once seemed to be a young Tory success story . |
| 10 | Asked where he 's been since he and Stephen Luscombe went their separate ways , the man who once lived on the ceiling claims : ‘ Apart from trying to find the best dog in the world , I 've worked on film scores , including one for an animated film , several pieces for Channel 4 documentaries as well as the incidental music for a Radio 4 play . |
| 11 | Demographic changes of a rather different kind have had the effect of substantially reducing the categories of people who once lived with kin . |
| 12 | But the Liberal Democrat leader , Paddy Ashdown , who once lived in the colony , said the governor had taken a series of moves which were supported in the territory and should be supported in Britain . |
| 13 | Fearful that the widower will take his life , she rushes back to London , to a man grieving for a woman who once said to him : ‘ do n't be silly , there 's no hurry , we 've all our lives . ’ |
| 14 | These loopholes remain despite the concern of some judges such as Mr Justice Boreham , who once said in judgment ‘ I know a little about life and even if [ the accused ] had had intercourse with the girl before , he does not have the prescriptive right to it thereafter . |
| 15 | Serafin , too , is thinking about Annexe B. He knows , just as well as Summerchild does , that these are big men who once rowed for their colleges . |
| 16 | Consumers who once stuck to favourite brands most or all of the time are now willing to try any item that catches their eye . |
| 17 | McMurdo likes to joke about an apocryphal exchange of letters with the Celtic chairman Jack McGinn , who once wrote to McMurdo telling him he was ‘ persona non grata ’ at the club . |
| 18 | She knows , now , who was the mystery woman in her husband 's other life — not , as it turns out , the Griselda who once wrote to him . |
| 19 | The areas in question , especially in the north and east , have been ‘ ethnically cleansed ’ of Muslims and Croats who once made up most of their populations . |
| 20 | The spotted mare came from Billy Smart 's and jumps a flaming hoop suspended at five feet , the chestnut in the horsebox is an ex-hunter who once belonged to the Duke of Beaufort , this one I 'm holding has been placed twice round Badminton , and Hoomey 's — ’ |
| 21 | ZOLA BUDD , the barefoot waif who once ran for Britain , was a South African disaster in the 3000- metre heats . |
| 22 | Since his last dismal points victory over an ordinary and overweight American , Levi Billups , in Las Vegas on Feb 1 , Lewis has dismissed his trainer , John Davenport , and recruited the flamboyant Cuban-born Pepe Correa , who once worked with Sugar Ray Leonard . |
| 23 | Walker was watched by Roxburgh on Saturday when Hearts beat Dundee United at Tynecastle and was rated ‘ outstanding ’ by the national coach , who once worked with the goalkeeper at Scotland Youth level 12 years ago . |
| 24 | The cause of all this activity was an illfated meeting in December , up north in the District of Columbia , between Mr Marion Barry , DC 's mayor , and Mr Charles Lewis , a St Thoman who once worked for Mr Barry 's government . |
| 25 | Fantastic facts will be a novel way to spend 30 minutes along with host Jonathan Ross , investigative globe trotter Fiona Armstrong and Wilf who once worked as an actor at Merseyside Everyman during Ken Campbell 's reign . |
| 26 | ‘ You are Miles Talbot who once worked as an ale-conner in the taverns round St Paul 's . ’ |
| 27 | In the Russian Museum itself , Oskar Rabin and Valentina Kropivnitskaya , two artists who once worked in Moscow but now live in Paris , have their work on display at present . |
| 28 | Outside the plant , middle-aged women who once worked in it spend their time methodically abusing every car , van or lorry that drives through the gates . |
| 29 | The firm was founded ten years ago by Mr Anderson , an investment consultant who once worked in the tea business , and ex-commodity broker Richard Illingworth , to provide Latin America with seed . |
| 30 | Joe was in good form , though the time for his retirement was drawing near , and he was already beginning to feel a bit lost and abandoned by people who once fawned on him . |