Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [prep] [num] time " in BNC.

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1 The popular Scot might not relish the thought of another 10 months on the road , but at least he departs his home in the West of Scotland secure in the knowledge that he has overcome the chronic putting problems which at one time threatened to end his career .
2 More ominously , there were dozens of signs saying Ladies which at one time had adorned public loos .
3 They were the sort of looks which at one time , if indulged in by children who 'd outgrown toddlerhood , could be guaranteed to attract a resounding ding around the ear and the terse instruction : ‘ Take that look off your face . ’
4 But he was taking far too many punches which at one time he would have slipped with ease .
5 Over time , the wets who at one time favoured a change in economic policy virtually disappeared .
6 Many of these insect-feeding birds have a line of bristles around their beaks which at one time were thought to channel weakly-flying insects into the open beak but now it seems more likely that they do no more than protect the birds ' eyes as they deliberately plunge through clouds of insects .
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