Example sentences of "we once [vb past] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm amazed how difficult it is occasionally for a murderer to despatch his victim : in the Thames Valley we once had a case where no fewer than twenty-three vicious stab-wounds were insufficient to complete the sorry business . |
| 2 | We once had a neighbour who had and , I kept looking after that , that , and you know , I must say , I quite enjoyed it having . |
| 3 | We once had a horse who was as quiet as a lamb on the lunge and worked very well , but the moment he was ridden , he became very tense , grinding his teeth and constantly trying to run away . |
| 4 | We once spent an afternoon on our favourite Don beat , between Slatestone and Holly Bush Pot , by splendid Paradise Wood . |
| 5 | ‘ The poltergeist has tried to smother my boyfriend and we once found the baby 's cot turned upside down with the baby on the floor . |
| 6 | Her most ingenious moment on Whose Line Is It Anyway ? was one the public never saw : ‘ We once did the nativity play in which I portrayed a paranoid shepherd convinced I was n't following a star , it was following me . ’ |