Example sentences of "once [prep] a time [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once upon a time a man could hang for setting fire to a hayrick ! |
| 2 | Once upon a time a ship was caught in a storm . |
| 3 | Once upon a time a sprinkling of fixtures with cross-channel clubs was normal , but these too have disappeared . |
| 4 | Once upon a time the position of the bedroom relative to those of female guests would have been far more interesting . |
| 5 | But once upon a time the ad pages of NME throbbed with the heady thrills of Loon pants ! |
| 6 | ONCE UPON a time The Face was the style bible not of gits in fake fur-trimmed parkas and yups looking for new big ties , but of crazy over-made-up early '80s youth , for whom mum 's old curtains and too much eye-liner signified SEX and REVOLUTION . |
| 7 | However , once upon a time the mathematician was a child too . |