Example sentences of "[prep] a time there " in BNC.
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1 | After a time there came quick steps and it was opened a crack . |
2 | After a time there was a click as Rico cradled the receiver . |
3 | For a time there was chaos . |
4 | For a time there was also a steam powered mill near the centre of the village . |
5 | ‘ For a time there were certain roles I thought I should n't do . ’ |
6 | For a time there had been grave apprehensions on that question of inheritance . |
7 | Once upon a time there was a man who thought he could be a dragon-master . |
8 | According to a Sumerian poet : ‘ Once upon a time there was no snake , there was no scorpion , / There was no hyena , there was no lion , / There was no wild dog , no wolf , / There was no fear , no terror , / Man had no rival . ’ |
9 | Once upon a time there was a film with a jolly popular song , sung as a duet . |
10 | Once upon a time there was a little boy called Steven Spielberg who refused to grow up . |
11 | Once upon a time there was something called soul . |
12 | Once upon a time there was the offer of a lifetime from Books for Children . |
13 | Once upon a time there was in the UK a Director of Flight Safety , but this office has been abolished . |
14 | Among modern believers , it is generally assumed that once upon a time there was a ‘ pure ’ form of Christianity preached by Paul , from which various ‘ deviations ’ — that is , ‘ heresies ’ — subsequently occurred . |
15 | ‘ Once upon a time there was a little chimney-sweep , and his name was Tom … ’ |
16 | Well , once upon a time there was no world at all . |
17 | Once upon a time there was a white cloud which drifted all by itself in the clear blue sky . |
18 | ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WERE NO ADVENTURE GAMES … |
19 | ONCE upon a time there was a stocky little ice skater who fell in love with her tall , fair-haired partner . |
20 | Or perhaps because I 've lulled her with bedtime stories embroidering our favourite theme : once upon a time there was a girl named Gittel , who had a curse called down upon her … |
21 | Once upon a time there were three little piggies . |
22 | Where once upon a time there had only been fishing boats , now bobbed the magnificent yachts of international millionaires . |
23 | ONCE upon a time there was a postman called Pat and he lived in a village called Greendale , along with his black and white cat , Jess . |
24 | Once upon a time there were three bears . |