Example sentences of "it be [prep] one time " in BNC.
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1 | But , like its relatives in Devon , the Sussex has remained largely confined to its own region in spite of its potential , though it was at one time more widely used in several English counties as a draught animal . |
2 | It was at one time in the library of Darcy Lever Hall , Bolton and in the 1930s it was rescued from a junk furniture shop in Kent . |
3 | On the spiritual side it was at one time also considered self-evident that the Russians , adherence to the Christian religion put them automatically on a higher plane than the heathen , raw-flesh-eating ‘ savages ’ . |
4 | Certainly , it was at one time essential for certain musical movements to be of a precise length , for otherwise the dancers of gavottes and minuets would find themselves in sorry confusion . |
5 | Indeed it was at one time believed that the advent of the railways had signalled the end of the movement of live meat . |
6 | It was at one time said that statutes were drafted in such a way as to be intelligible only to lawyers . |
7 | I 'm sure it was at one time . |