Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a time [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean once upon a time nothing was , but I 've spent two and a half thousand pound if not more since I 've been off work . |
2 | Once upon a time we were all law-abiding citizens , and now we 've got football hooligans . |
3 | Once upon a time it was the stark factory with its towering smokestack and ceaseless assembly line which signalled North American economic superiority . |
4 | ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WERE NO ADVENTURE GAMES … |
5 | Once upon a time there were three little piggies . |
6 | Once upon a time there were three bears . |
7 | Once upon a time there was a man who thought he could be a dragon-master . |
8 | According to a Sumerian poet : ‘ Once upon a time there was no snake , there was no scorpion , / There was no hyena , there was no lion , / There was no wild dog , no wolf , / There was no fear , no terror , / Man had no rival . ’ |
9 | Once upon a time there was a film with a jolly popular song , sung as a duet . |
10 | Once upon a time there was a little boy called Steven Spielberg who refused to grow up . |
11 | Once upon a time there was something called soul . |
12 | Once upon a time there was the offer of a lifetime from Books for Children . |
13 | Once upon a time there was in the UK a Director of Flight Safety , but this office has been abolished . |
14 | Among modern believers , it is generally assumed that once upon a time there was a ‘ pure ’ form of Christianity preached by Paul , from which various ‘ deviations ’ — that is , ‘ heresies ’ — subsequently occurred . |
15 | ‘ Once upon a time there was a little chimney-sweep , and his name was Tom … ’ |
16 | Well , once upon a time there was no world at all . |
17 | Once upon a time there was a white cloud which drifted all by itself in the clear blue sky . |
18 | ONCE upon a time there was a stocky little ice skater who fell in love with her tall , fair-haired partner . |
19 | Or perhaps because I 've lulled her with bedtime stories embroidering our favourite theme : once upon a time there was a girl named Gittel , who had a curse called down upon her … |
20 | ONCE upon a time there was a postman called Pat and he lived in a village called Greendale , along with his black and white cat , Jess . |