Example sentences of "[noun sg] once [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The car once achieved a speed of 62mph on a straight stretch of moorland road . |
| 2 | ‘ Because , ’ said Caspar patiently , but wondering where these three had come from , for goodness ' sake , ‘ because Reflection once had a bit of a — well , more than a bit really … |
| 3 | Indeed , the author once took a phone-in for 100,000 shares in Leading Leisure , which netted him a substantial commission , although he had to fight off an unscrupulous colleague who had tried to seize the telephone receiver . |
| 4 | A plaintiff once brought a defamation action over the allegation that he was a highwaym . |
| 5 | BELOW : From its source , the Avening Stream once powered a number of mills , the highest , Avening Mill , used for cloth manufacture , corn grinding and possibly silk throwing . |
| 6 | Just as informally , William the Conqueror once confirmed a grant ‘ while sitting on his carpet between the church and the forester 's house . ’ |
| 7 | Guns Mill is one of the most complete surviving examples of an early charcoal blast furnace , of which the area once had a number . |
| 8 | ‘ You would n't think that a young man once wrote a poem about my ankles . |
| 9 | ( Q : which England player once scored a hat trick for Marske United after coming on as a substitute ? |
| 10 | Somerville 's procedure subjects would-be MPs to argument , interview , drafting tests and debate , and has some similarities with the selection tests for the Foreign Office or civil service : where the Foreign Office once had a country house , the Conservative party has a motel . |
| 11 | This region once had a gold rush but is now a backwater , inhabited by quite a few ‘ alternative lifestylers ’ . |