Example sentences of "[noun sg] once [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I said , ‘ I know why you picked the name Roger Short , because Shorty Rogers did an album once on a label he was n't supposed to , and changed his name from Shorty Rogers to Roger Short . ’ |
| 2 | He had er , fourteen and a half thousand pound once in a building society four year ago there 's nine hundred pound left in his bu er , building society account ! |
| 3 | He does n't seem to be embarrassed by anything , except when you try to provoke him by telling him that surely he must thump his desk once in a while , or that although he says that a record company exists ‘ to guide your artists ’ most of them must hate him at some point . |
| 4 | I would never go out like what Tony was saying you know he does n't drink at all and like he 'd be in a pub maybe seven days a week but I would take a drink now and again and I might n't go into a pub once in a month maybe . |
| 5 | ‘ I remember she used to tell me stories of a wonderful place where she 'd had a job once as a lady 's maid . |
| 6 | It 's nice to see a keyboard bashing and mouse jerking game once in a while but this game lacks events and the numerous score board screens really frustrate me . |
| 7 | I think you should change your shampoo and conditioner once in a while to avoid product build-up . |
| 8 | Erm , I got interviewed on radio once , on , on television once with a friend and they asked , they asked us what we did , and this friend of mine said we were radio mime artists . |
| 9 | Everybody makes a mistake once in a while . ’ |
| 10 | ( The Countess of Clancarty , rumoured to have been the Earl 's cook once upon a time , charged £2,000 for the service , and Lady St John of Bletso , whose provincial protégées were known as ‘ the Blets ’ , the same amount . ) |
| 11 | You really ought to give the place a going-over with the Hoover once in a while . ’ |
| 12 | You can apply the tourniquet once in a life-time , but more often it can be fatal . |
| 13 | Predictably , Irish Terence Adair believes that ‘ if steamers come into vogue , they will do away with all the romance once upon a time supposed to belong to a naval life ’ but the Scotsman 's more practical view chimes in with Jack 's opinion . |
| 14 | ‘ Ca n't a fellah ask a favour once in a while ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I did get a letter once from a girl asking if I wore my underpants , ’ admits a shame-faced Sam . |
| 16 | In an atmospheric kind of sequence like this , you should keep your shots fairly short , pulling back to a wider shot once in a while to provide extra visual variety and to re-establish the scene . |
| 17 | It only did n't happen that way once to a friend of mine . |
| 18 | I believe the children should have their way once in a while |
| 19 | ‘ You should go to a good stylist once in a while and have that mane tamed ! ’ |
| 20 | well I had a Triumph Herald once upon a time , everything with that was bolted on |
| 21 | That dusty old painting on the wall could well be worth a small fortune once inside an auction house . |
| 22 | She had seen a horror film once about an archaeologist in Egypt . |
| 23 | She was slashed across the throat once by a man with a Stanley knife believed to have been bought earlier at a stall . |
| 24 | I painted the fire once as an allegory . |
| 25 | The author 's been unable to resist popping down to the set once in a while to keep an eye on how it 's going . |
| 26 | Perhaps Isabelle had simply visited the château once as a guest , in the old days , before the Baron became ill , and had kept the postcard and label as souvenirs of a happy day . |