Example sentences of "[noun] once [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm indeed I saw him , I saw Ronnie once in a hotel in er in Washington , this was the time it was n't actually the time he was shot cos I got away that time but the |
| 2 | Many mourners at Père Lachaise made their pilgrimages once in a lifetime — and left eternally inert blooms , the insignia of melancholy . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | Where he had been standing had been a turning point for cars once upon a time — when there were still cars in the world — but this had never been a place for modern things . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I am able to escape the misery of golf in the south of England once in a while and go back to Scotland where sanity reigns and nobody condemns a high-handicapper ! |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Now I I remember talking to him for hours once on a programme about education and this was when he first said what we want is teachers to be accountable . |
| 10 | Tell her we all do the breast-stroke , refuse at water jumps , hit the bullseye once in a blue moon and get blisters when we run more than half a mile . |
| 11 | ‘ I remember she used to tell me stories of a wonderful place where she 'd had a job once as a lady 's maid . |
| 12 | And Eleanor was damn lucky to have him as an escort once in a blue moon . |
| 13 | I spent most of the day mooching around Winnipeg , seeing a couple of owners once in a shop selling Eskimo sculptures , but never coming face to face with anyone who might know me . |
| 14 | ‘ The Glynns were farmers once upon a time . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Things obviously , like herbs and stuff Steve only orders once in a blue moon . |
| 17 | I think you should change your shampoo and conditioner once in a while to avoid product build-up . |
| 18 | this trouble once with a with a young child and er I told this this this person er granny figure if you like , do n't talk to those children I 've told them not to they went on and on and on . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Everybody makes a mistake once in a while . ’ |
| 21 | Part of a manuscript depicting arms once in a stained-glass window in a church . |
| 22 | Most people only have shingles once in a lifetime but it is possible to have it several times . |
| 23 | ( 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 . ) |
| 24 | And a cassowary 's wing-bone through the nose of a handsome young fellow was a fine attraction for the girls once upon a time ! " |
| 25 | You really ought to give the place a going-over with the Hoover once in a while . ’ |
| 26 | You can apply the tourniquet once in a life-time , but more often it can be fatal . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ Ca n't a fellah ask a favour once in a while ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I did get a letter once from a girl asking if I wore my underpants , ’ admits a shame-faced Sam . |
| 30 | 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 . |