Example sentences of "[be] once [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been once to the one on the ground floor , that was all . |
| 2 | Whenever I motor past , I imagine what a joy it must have been once upon a time to see him in action around the commons and village greens , stroking that famous beard and then scattering the pony and traps with his magnificent blows . |
| 3 | And I had been once in a , a cruise liner to the Canary Islands and Madeira in nineteen thirty five . |
| 4 | Both Dada and Surrealism were once at the cutting edge of art and design . |
| 5 | The only outings I remember being taken on as a child were once with the school to the zoo and once by my mother to a seaside promenade . |
| 6 | The close identity between fans and their club has weakened as football has become big business and as the players , who were once from the same working-class community as the fans , have become rich superstars . |
| 7 | James Knights told me that he and his mate were once in a fight with two Burton men , and his mate — a Halesworth man — died in his lodgings two days later . |
| 8 | We were once in a dug-out , I recollect : there were only owd bits o' wood on the top of it . |
| 9 | This suggests that certain Third World countries , or institutional sectors within them , which were once in the thrall of dependency , can escape and reverse their previous disadvantage . |
| 10 | Ford and other carmakers have steadily reduced their 1993 sales targets for Europe , which were once in the 14 million to 15 million vehicle range . |
| 11 | Its wines were once upon a time combined in the vat with those of Verzenay and it is from the reputation of that great village that Beaumont-sur-Vesle has wrested its misplaced status . |
| 12 | Negative statements such as ‘ I do n't know how you can work with them ’ or ‘ they do n't belong here — this is a college ’ , which were once like a red rag to a bull to me , no longer insult or injure as they did . |
| 13 | The ornamental gardens , now being restored to their former glory , were once amongst the finest in England and were the pride and joy of Christopher Hatton IV , who gathered many rare plants from all over the world . |
| 14 | I 'd ordered champagne and flowers because a honeymoon is once in a lifetime but we ended up carrying our own luggage in pitch darkness across a car park and up a huge flight of stairs . |
| 15 | I was once with a student who responded with a stall recovery when the glider hit some turbulence on the final approach . |
| 16 | The writer was once with a small London bookseller who unblushingly pointed out a volume of Arctic travel which he was just about to despatch for the full treatment of glaciers , polar bears and seals . |
| 17 | ‘ Did you know Mrs Hobbs was once at the Windmill ? ’ |
| 18 | Pitcairn seamount lavas have O isotope ratios up to a few parts per million higher than the mantle value , which leads to the virtually inescapable conclusion that they contain a component that was once at the surface of the Earth . |
| 19 | After all , the top of the table that was once on a line with our chin now reaches only to our thighs . |
| 20 | The village , now blessedly encircled by a by-pass , was once on the main A4 , and before that , on the principal London to Bath stage route . |
| 21 | I was once on the ridge with my wife , taking photographs , when the silence was shattered suddenly by the scream of a low-flying jet aeroplane ; in a matter of seconds , it skimmed over the full length of the loch , rose a little in the upper valley and then appeared to turn sharply into the mountain wall , passing from sight and sound . |
| 22 | ‘ I was once on the receiving end of one I think when I bought a suit in Hong Kong . |
| 23 | This was responsible for powering Pitts Mill , at Hucclecote , and was once under the control of Zoons Court . |
| 24 | ‘ I was once in a hotel in India , ’ he said . |
| 25 | I was once in a ward with nine other people for a year and I know how , except when passed away , I know how that can really get on one another 's nerves and erm the individual needs that they will have I know will be erm so difficult if there are too many living in very closeness . |
| 26 | He was once in the party while a student at Cambridge . |
| 27 | This east wing is all that remains of a house that was once in the shape of an ‘ E ’ without the middle . |
| 28 | All the land thereabouts , including the Great Coley Mansion , was once in the possession of the powerful Vachel family . |
| 29 | He originally came from North Shields , and was once in the catering trade . |
| 30 | Dundas Hamilton , former deputy chairman of the Stock Exchange , was once in the Brownies . |