Example sentences of "upon a time [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once upon a time man lived by hunting and by gathering . |
| 2 | Once upon a time school teachers who climbed might take a favoured few pupils to the crags in the Lagonda or Alvis . |
| 3 | Once upon a time leather was rugged black cowhide ; utilitarian , fetishistically zippered and oozing macho anti-social symbolism . |
| 4 | Once upon a time waste management was purely a matter of public health . |
| 5 | Once upon a time book-buying parents could rely on the classics to keep the kids quiet . |