Example sentences of "[conj] once [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everybody loves weddings , dressing up , meeting and that , funerals , yeah alright we all get together again at funerals and the , after the coffin 's gone in the ground and all that , that really high emotion point or once it 's gone behind the erm curtains to be burnt , once you 've gone through that there 's that sort of erm |
| 2 | There are Houseparties on several other Greek islands , in Menorca ( with its own pool and tennis court ) , on the Algarve ( own pool ) , and at a lovely location in Kenya on Diani Beach , where once you 've gawped at the game there 's a centre to distract you with windsurfing , SCUBA diving and sailing just a few yards through the palm trees . |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Erm once that hurdle 's out of the way if it is a hurdle er once once we 've agreed on that er the next decision we 'll make is on er which company you and I think that you 're more be comfortable the environment in which you er we operate . |
| 6 | I 'll be fine once once I 've had another five minutes . |
| 7 | We found in the interviews that once we had got beyond some version of this public model of management , managers attempted to humanize this by drawing on metaphors from their own experience and inner resources . |
| 8 | Well , it , it might be that once we 've dealt , , once we have dealt and , and are dealing with the budget , it might be that we , we receive some , some papers erm , from the department for future social services reports . |
| 9 | A utilitarian of this sort holds that once we have adopted a fundamentally utilitarian standpoint all specific ethical questions become factual and can be approached empirically . |
| 10 | His argument is that once we have cleared the debt we could buy a car with another loan . |
| 11 | We will examine each of these misconceptions in turn , so that once we have torn away these layers of misunderstanding we can get to the kernel of doubt and see not only its dangers but its value . |
| 12 | It was almost as small as the circle of names and acquaintances of the average senior civil servant , and was reduced further by the fact that once they had got on to a board , many businessmen rapidly came to resent the amount of time the job demanded . |
| 13 | Floy thought they probably ought to be afraid themselves , because the Tree Spirits were so inHuman and so wild and so clearly filled with strange woodland magic that once they had finished with Balor they might very well turn to the two Renascians . |
| 14 | Equally , the management of British Coal once again have not honoured their undertakings , they promised me that once they had considered the Consultants ' Report into the reorganization , they would consult with us . |
| 15 | But I did n't realize that once they 'd said it like , you know , I just |
| 16 | For quantum systems it seems that once they have met there is never true parting . |
| 17 | If the staff of a school are required to ‘ do something about equal opportunities ’ and have read that a single-sex environment improves girls ' performance in mathematics and science , there may well be the belief that once they have reorganised their classes in this way , they have done all that is necessary . |
| 18 | One reason that many teachers find the idea of teaching in role worrying is that they feel that once they have embarked on a role they will have to stick with it for the rest of the lesson . |
| 19 | The South American porcupines ( below , left ) may not look as impressive as the great crested species from Africa ( below , right ) but their quills are sharply barbed so that once they have entered a predator 's flesh they can not easily be removed . |
| 20 | Many intending emigrants cheerfully imagine that once they have settled themselves in a dream villa overseas , they are safely out of the clutches of the UK taxman . |
| 21 | Most people find that once they have owned one there is no other breed for them , ’ said Alicia . |
| 22 | Another remarked that once one had seen the ostriches ( he meant the ospreys at Loch Garten ) , the Aviemore Centre , and been up in the chair lift to Cairn Gorm there ‘ was n't anything else to do ’ . |
| 23 | He can then argue that once one has advanced beyond the superstition that all desire is for oneself having pleasure , one has no reason of principle for denying the apparent fact that some desire is directed at occurrences not involving oneself at all , but rather the welfare of others . |
| 24 | On the other side , the revenue contend that once one has identified the benefit under section 61 , section 63 contains a code for establishing its cash equivalent . |
| 25 | None the less the brisk , no-nonsense manner implied that once she had found what , if any , they might be , like the good feminist she was , she would be out there dealing with them . |
| 26 | And to think that once she had accused him of having a shard of ice in his heart — some wound from previous love affairs that prevented him from ever revealing his real feelings to any woman . |
| 27 | After seeing him , because he thought that once he 'd seen the consultant it would then take some time to get the treatment started , but they must have got themselves over that . |
| 28 | Wickham suggested that once he 'd had his fun with the Linleys he could have owned up and put their minds at rest . |
| 29 | He had been promised that once he had obtained his colliery manager 's certificate , he would be made an assistant manager . |
| 30 | His anger was real but so continuously felt that once he had given it adequate ( in his own mind ) expression , it ceased to modify his actions . |