Example sentences of "[noun pl] once [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many mourners at Père Lachaise made their pilgrimages once in a lifetime — and left eternally inert blooms , the insignia of melancholy . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ The Glynns were farmers once upon a time . |
| 6 | Things obviously , like herbs and stuff Steve only orders once in a blue moon . |
| 7 | Part of a manuscript depicting arms once in a stained-glass window in a church . |
| 8 | Most people only have shingles once in a lifetime but it is possible to have it several times . |
| 9 | 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 ! " |
| 10 | This is a book much to be admired ; it contains exactly the sort of information I would have divulged to my own foundation students once upon a sketchbook project . |
| 11 | Perhaps objects like these had been fashionable in churches once upon a time , but no longer , hence the attic . |