Example sentences of "[verb] at one time [coord] another " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was rich , beautiful , clever and amusing , and her wit became renowned ; she was featured in the picture papers , in the scandal sheets , and everyone of consequence was reported at one time or another to be going to marry her . |
| 2 | If we now turn our attention to the hero-literature of ancient Greece , it is notable that just about every prominent hero does battle at one time or another , and sometimes repeatedly , with Amazon women . |
| 3 | Of course , all parents ( and teachers ) are beset at one time or another by disobedient children . |
| 4 | For instance , who amongst us has not said at one time or another : |
| 5 | The vast majority of golfers have been told at one time or another how important the legs are in the game of golf . |
| 6 | Most of these have been used at one time or another but still the TL 072 op.amp seems to combine the best characteristics at a reasonable price . |
| 7 | These types of record have all been used at one time or another by the authors . |
| 8 | There were many routes from Earth to the Reconciled Dominions , some safer than others , but all used at one time or another , and not always by magicians . |
| 9 | Here Revelstoke was in his element ; acute intelligence and charm , capacity for meticulous work , presence and eloquence , fluency in French and Spanish , and , above all , financial acumen made him a match for the wiliest of South American presidents , North American railway barons , European finance ministers , and the members of the British cabinet with all of whom he had to deal at one time or another . |
| 10 | If you 've actually be wangling system on your way up , which is what most of us seem to do at one time or another . |
| 11 | The medical journals still present a variety of possible remedies , many of which sound most desperate and bizarre missionaries report from China that they have been cured by having needles stuck into their bellies and arms , yet this is not thought too strange to mention … and almost every variety of chemical substance has been proposed at one time or another , all of which is a sure sign that our profession remains baffled by this disease . " |
| 12 | Ignoring the remainder of the world 's population , Mechanic defines hypochondria as a disorder experienced at one time or another by some 70 per cent of apprentice doctors . |
| 13 | Coping and support networks can be built up gradually as part of a group exercise and on your own and can provide a forum for discussion and shared experience as well as letting off the inevitable steam and frustration experienced at one time or another . |
| 14 | Reading the old files , it is interesting to note how many well-known Institute figures have served at one time or another on the TAC . |
| 15 | Although the subject was something not discussed , almost everyone in the road had at one time or another been confided in and had helped Mrs Browning as far as they could , although she seemed to feel she should not worry any particular neighbour too much so went from one to another , as it were in turn . |
| 16 | The ladies murmured reluctant agreement , since most of them had at one time or another tried to oust her from at least one of the appointments which they themselves coveted . |
| 17 | He had at one time used the property as a guest house and a number of people , who had at one time or another resided in the guest house , had become friends of his . |
| 18 | On one occasion , when time had been scheduled in a departmental meeting for discussion of my questions , ten out of twelve members of staff present indicated that they had at one time or another received complaints from girls ( usually in the third or fourth year ) about the male bias of their overall literary ‘ diet ’ . |
| 19 | Although the Romans maintained a number of marching camps across the Lowlands such as those at Pennymuir , Roxburgh , and Glenlochar in Kirkcudbrightshire , signal stations on heights such as the Eildon Hills , and sentinel forts substantially reinforced at one time and another , these were subjected to repeated tribal attacks and occasionally a combined assault . |
| 20 | All of us have at one time or another contributed to the Great Bores of Today , with our moans of the other night when we sat down to watch television and ‘ there was nothing on ’ . |
| 21 | All three countries have at one time or another during the 1980s had recourse to the IMF for standby loans . |
| 22 | Subsequently , most Scottish rural areas , mid- and North Wales , the Pennines and parts of Devon and Cornwall have at one time or another been designated as Assisted Areas ( see figure 3.3a ) . |
| 23 | De Smith has adumbrated four different tests which the courts have at one time or another used . |
| 24 | It seems to me that all of us in this chamber have at one time or another , wanted to actually spend money erm it comes programme of committees , I do n't think it 's behoved upon me at the moment to transgress on what programme committees are actually er but to predict exactly where they will want their expenditure to go but I do know is that there is a huge backlog of member generated aspirations in terms of the environmental improvements , traffic calming facilities , particulary which I suspect were actually generated mildly in excess of the figures which we have before us tonight which is why we clearly leave open that further bids against capital can be made in the course of the next three years , erm which will be assessed against the overall financial position of the council and I think the council much more than that . |
| 25 | Thirty-four of the company 's reservoirs were contaminated with faecal coliforms , and drinking water was also found to contain excessive levels of pesticide residues. 80 per cent of its water supply areas failed at one time or another last year to meet statutory requirements . |