Example sentences of "once [prep] a [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Once upon a time it could take several hours to install a network interface card . |
| 32 | Once upon a time it was the stark factory with its towering smokestack and ceaseless assembly line which signalled North American economic superiority . |
| 33 | Once upon a time he had read a quite terrifying number of books and accumulated an equally terrifying number of opinions about them . |
| 34 | Once upon a time he had instant access to anyone in the office ; now he would telephone and be put on hold . |
| 35 | ‘ Once upon a time she would have been jealous about the constant reference to Charles and Camilla but no longer . |
| 36 | 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 . ’ |