Example sentences of "[coord] once [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes two movements to operate the lace carriage , once to the right to transfer stitches then back OR once to the right to prepare and then back transferring stitches on the return to the left , leaving the main carriage clear to work two rows ; across , to place loops in empty needles and back to the right knitting all the stitches . |
| 2 | We climbed way up higher than the other balloons … and once above the clouds at more than seven thousand feet … |
| 3 | The widow told me that she went out twice a day — once very early for shopping and once for a walk towards evening — but never where the passeggiata took place . |
| 4 | ‘ Once when the Yard needed advice over a fraud case , and once over a theft ! ’ |
| 5 | Ben was there to help her down , and once on the ground , she said , ‘ I want to see you inside . ’ |
| 6 | Mindful of what John had said , she stopped to rest — once in the hall , twice on the stairs and once on the landing . |
| 7 | At the helm coach Tony Pullinger , former Worcestershire player and once on the staff at Lords . |
| 8 | Erika had been to church before : with Omi , once on her own out of curiosity , and once with the F.G.Y. as a prelude to a discussion on Modern Superstitions . |
| 9 | and once with the kids |
| 10 | In the last six years he had seen her occasionally — in the street , at the Ritz ( Plumford 's only cinema , which was known locally as the Fleapit ) and once at a party . |
| 11 | It was arranged that they would take the horses down to the railway sidings where there was enough light from the warehouses to school in the evenings , and Biddy would come twice during the week and once at the weekend , for two hours each time . |
| 12 | And once at the beginning , when the first few coins were exchanged , the first kings decided to mint the stuff , I daresay that was true . |
| 13 | So there 's no , even talking if necessary , once they get onto the fire engine , they pick up the receiver then and book-on mobile which tells the Control where they are going , and once at the situation then the conversation is done by , by radio telephone . |
| 14 | Take the curved pieces of waste , band-sawn off the underside , and notch them ; once parallel to the leg and once to the top rail . |
| 15 | Nogai swore and shot swiftly twice , once at the target , and once to the side where Burun had been standing . |
| 16 | through much of the year , he was , he said later , an intermediary between the Shah and once of the principal mullahs in Iran , Ayatollah Shariatmadari , who was les radical than Ayatollah Khomeini and who maintained contact with he Shah through 1978 . , |
| 17 | Colonel Lin Foh , formerly of the Military Intelligence Agency of his remote sub-tropical country , a man of wealth , breeding , and once among the most important functionaries of his State , was furious . |
| 18 | After removal of the guidewire the lithotrite was introduced in its collapsed form through the sheath and once within the gall bladder the lithotrite basket was opened and locked in the open position . |
| 19 | Although still on the top floor , they now had lifts , or rather elevators , to take them up and once inside the dressing-room each Girl had her own mirror well lit by bulbs surrounding three sides just as they had seen in the films . |
| 20 | They took a taxi to his place , and once inside the cab his hand wandered on to her knee . |
| 21 | The meaning of this troublesome phrase was a central issue in the English case of The State of Norway 's Application which was twice considered by the Court of Appeal and once by the House of Lords . |
| 22 | This is unfair , for it is a historic city and once in a while something does happen . |
| 23 | And we get songs that people send into the office and once in a while we 'll come up with something that somebody just sends us . |
| 24 | Both dishes may taste scrumptious and once in a while wo n't do you any harm , but foods like that eaten regularly are no basis for a healthy diet . |
| 25 | On two occasions he used the word " Jew " as a pejorative adjective — once in a letter to John Quinn , dated 12 March 1923 , and once in a letter to Ezra Pound , dated 31 October 1917 . |
| 26 | One of them was that the nurse , robbed of her pleasure in subduing the hair , turned her savagery more directly on to Harriet and once in a temper broke both of her charge 's thumbs when she was forcing her into a new pair of white kid gloves for Sunday School . |
| 27 | And once in a while Elvis did dash off on some divine business or other . |
| 28 | And once in the harbour , she can unload all she 's got through the sea-gate . ’ |
| 29 | We walked back together , and once in the hall of the hotel Robins dumped his small bag , shouted , ‘ Mollie ! ’ and at once drained a small glass of her whisky . |
| 30 | It climbs the palm with ease and once in the crest , cuts down with its gigantic pincers the young coconuts on which it feeds . |