Example sentences of "[vb past] once [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The English boy showed the others all the implements and products I had collected for cleaning and disinfecting , telling them I had a mania for cleanliness , and I 'd once decided to wash all his clothes and he 'd had to stay indoors the whole day . |
| 2 | He hated the room he 'd been given as his own , with the picture of Tony Greig that someone had taken from his room in Primrose Cottage and pinned up on the wall , and the pictures of Greg Chappell , who 'd once played for Somerset , and Brian Close . |
| 3 | I did spot an up-and-coming bass guitarist I 'd once played with , and in one corner , drinking champagne , was the author of what was supposed to be the definitive guide to the beers of the world . |
| 4 | Leonora shied a pillow at her sister , her face scarlet as she remembered how she 'd once pleaded with Penry to make love to her . |
| 5 | In my mind 's beady eye it was white with just a soupçon ( had I known the word soupçon ) of scarlet such as I 'd once seen June Allyson sport in a skating sequence in some Saturday morning picture . |
| 6 | We finally departed from the house as the pillager 's husband was scrabbling through the kitchen drawers in search of a rubber band he knew he 'd once seen in there somewhere … |
| 7 | She tried to break from his grasp , but as she spoke he released the arm still pinned at her side and placed his hand on the curve of her neck , fondling it in a way that reminded her of an actor she 'd once seen playing Henry VIII just before a beheading scene . |
| 8 | He could have become an Olympic long-jump champion , as he 'd once broken the world record . |
| 9 | She 'd once worried that when she saw him again the old feelings might come back , but she felt nothing . |
| 10 | He thought he 'd once heard someone saying that about her , but it now seemed that reason was n't the right one : the beach was hardly the place to catch a glimpse of Dr Greenslade , with his black bag and his stethoscope , which he sometimes wore round his neck on the street . |
| 11 | There was no way of explaining this , no parallel that he could reach for other than to say : that he 'd once made a wish , and the wish now appeared to have come true . |
| 12 | As he watched her , he suddenly thought how childish it had been to imagine you could play number three for Somerset just because you 'd once made seventeen in an over off the indifferent bowling of Philpott , A.J. |
| 13 | He smiled at her , but the concern she 'd once felt for him had wholly dissipated . |
| 14 | I even brought her here so that I could see your reaction to her , see if that spark of jealousy you 'd once felt towards her was still there . ’ |
| 15 | He 'd once thought of asking one of the Venetz sisters out , but they were pretty well inseparable ; a turndown did n't worry him so much as the prospect of being accepted by one and so giving offence to the other . |
| 16 | As he preceded what he now thought of as a mythical being down to the canteen , he thought about how he 'd once found the sight of Zambia 's adjustments repulsive and unnatural . |
| 17 | He 'd once used almost those exact words , and she seemed to recall that she 'd told him not to be so crude . |
| 18 | He 'd already lost any respect or hope he 'd once had for Changez . |
| 19 | He 'd once had a drink with him in the Shaftesbury — Johnny , not the dentist — and really , he 'd could n't have been sweeter . |
| 20 | He remembered a conversation he 'd once had with his brother , who had teased him about his interest in the works of Elinor Dove . |
| 21 | And people think more of you if you have nice things — as if you 'd once had a ‘ beautiful home ’ , ’ she gave the words a slightly scornful emphasis that made Ianthe feel uncomfortable . |
| 22 | I 'd once had to miss a rendezvous with him after he 'd done his own stripping vicar act for some giggling secretary 's twenty-first birthday and he 'd shot out of the pub stark bollock naked to find me somewhere else . |
| 23 | And he said something about he 'd once they 'd once had to work all one day and all one night a near the Regent Centre because er , something had gone wrong with the gas pipes because erm of flooding . |
| 24 | I 'd once helped her break a habit . |
| 25 | Although , since she 'd once experienced the so-called ‘ real thing ’ — a wild , tempestuous tide of overwhelming emotion and desire , which had brought her nothing but misery and unhappiness — well , maybe there was something to be said for a warm , calm and friendly relationship … ? |
| 26 | He 'd once walked out , in a sixteen-year-old child 's sulk , on a family dinner-party , and his father had always chided him about it — it had become one of those family memories that everyone always laughs at , always shares . |
| 27 | That night in bed , not able to sleep , she remembered she 'd once knocked on Miss Malabedeely 's door and when Miss Malabedeely had n't answered she 'd just gone in . |
| 28 | Worse even than Ted Hammond , who 'd once closed the yard for three days with the after-effects of a home-made chili . |
| 29 | ‘ Be brave , ’ he told himself , and laid the middle finger of each hand upon the rim , as Peccable , who 'd once owned such a Bowl and had it smashed by his wife in a domestic row , had instructed . |
| 30 | When Nora came she would get her to run up to the flat and root out that paste thing she 'd once bought on a whim at Selfridges . |