Example sentences of "[prep] once in [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was preparing a series of six documentaries with the overall title of Once in a Lifetime and said the situation regarding the Women of the Year lunch fitted in perfectly . |
| 2 | Miss J. has pretty well run him and now he 's doing a roaring trade and has just married a daughter of Lord Lytton , he 's evidently right in with the right lot of people … and what a God 's mercy that for once in a way these people have got hold of the right man and what a thing for England . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ And I loved the ending , ’ she added quickly , turning back to face them with her familiar , brilliant smile in place , ‘ with the hero playing himself for once in a crowd of clowns , as though he could only be real in an unreal world and vice versa … . |
| 4 | Being for once in the mood to get things right , Phoebe had brought home from the library a book about dragonflies . |
| 5 | ‘ Luck was on your side for once in the form of this remarkable pugilist , this amazing pair of fists ! ’ |
| 6 | And , although I imagine a certain amount of tampering has gone on here ( I do n't recall the vocal being quite so clear , but we all like to be tampered with once in a while ) this is still a bloody mess . |
| 7 | The rest of her sentence died on her lips as Penry took her in his arms with a sound somewhere between a sigh and a groan as their lips met and their bodies flowed together in a deep , primeval need which united them almost at once in a storm of love and need as fierce as the one which raged , unheard , outside . |
| 8 | It was remarkable in the circumstances that the First Symphony sounds as though it was written all at once in a burst of sustained inspiration . |
| 9 | I felt the blood rush to my centre — legs , fingertips , head all emptying at once in a rush — |
| 10 | When everyone is speaking at once in a meeting , keep talking in a calm , reasonable manner . |
| 11 | Mary 's confirmation of her intended marriage reached Coleridge just before Christmas , and he replied at once in a letter which was his brave and gentle farewell . |
| 12 | I was enrolled at once in the village school which had two teachers who were sisters , one taking all the younger classes and the other the older children . |
| 13 | All at once in the ante-rooms of the palace were sources of people who had not been seen or allowed anywhere near the place in recent years . |
| 14 | Both the problem and the interest of the sociology of culture can be seen at once in the difficulty of its apparently defining term : ‘ culture ’ . |
| 15 | It was answered at once in the basement . |
| 16 | We are at once in the realm of ‘ when is a monster not a monster ? ’ |
| 17 | When I say " I " and add the past-tense verb , I am at once in the realm of untruth . |
| 18 | It came at once in the form of none other than the mighty Lord 's Prayer ; but it was n't until I got to the line about daily bread that I saw the light — I had n't given her any ! |
| 19 | It was thought they must have been conferred all at once in an act of divine creation . |