Example sentences of "once [prep] a time [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Once upon a time magistrates had been dull , stolid figures , worthy but uninspiring , above all remote and anonymous .
2 Once upon a time man lived by hunting and by gathering .
3 Once upon a time muezzins had had to climb such towers to call the people to prayer , the little round room at the top giving resonance , enlarging the human voice .
4 Once upon a time Fenna had brooded on a hoard for so many years and with such desire that it had quickened and grown , diamonds breeding and bringing up their young under his weight .
5 ( There is evidence , though , that once upon a time Mars enjoyed running water . )
6 ONCE upon a time people indulged in the ages-old craft of telling stories to each other — but then television and video stepped in and took the words out of our mouths .
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