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

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1	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 . ’
2	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 !
3	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 .
4	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 .
5	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 .
6	‘ I remember she used to tell me stories of a wonderful place where she 'd had a job once as a lady 's maid .
7	And Eleanor was damn lucky to have him as an escort once in a blue moon .
8	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 .
9	I think you should change your shampoo and conditioner once in a while to avoid product build-up .
10	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 .
11	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 .
12	Everybody makes a mistake once in a while . ’
13	( 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 . )
14	You really ought to give the place a going-over with the Hoover once in a while . ’
15	You can apply the tourniquet once in a life-time , but more often it can be fatal .
16	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 .
17	‘ Ca n't a fellah ask a favour once in a while ? ’
18	‘ I did get a letter once from a girl asking if I wore my underpants , ’ admits a shame-faced Sam .
19	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 .
20	It only did n't happen that way once to a friend of mine .
21	I believe the children should have their way once in a while
22	‘ You should go to a good stylist once in a while and have that mane tamed ! ’
23	well I had a Triumph Herald once upon a time , everything with that was bolted on
24	That dusty old painting on the wall could well be worth a small fortune once inside an auction house .
25	She had seen a horror film once about an archaeologist in Egypt .
26	She was slashed across the throat once by a man with a Stanley knife believed to have been bought earlier at a stall .
27	I painted the fire once as an allegory .
28	The author 's been unable to resist popping down to the set once in a while to keep an eye on how it 's going .
29	Perhaps Isabelle had simply visited the château once as a guest , in the old days , before the Baron became ill , and had kept the postcard and label as souvenirs of a happy day .