Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a time [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Rosalba roused her heavy , hollow limbs and submitted to the tasks , finding in the repetitiousness of domestic labours a lulling routine that could still for a time the kind of sickness she had contracted . |
| 2 | Once upon a time a few years ago it was realised that the costs of circuits from the Post Office to broadcast choral evensong ‘ live ’ easily outstripped the courtesy fees paid to the participants . |
| 3 | Once upon a time a man could hang for setting fire to a hayrick ! |
| 4 | Once upon a time a ship was caught in a storm . |
| 5 | Once upon a time a really powerful magic field must have been generated here , and we 're feeling the after-effects . ’ |
| 6 | Once upon a time a sprinkling of fixtures with cross-channel clubs was normal , but these too have disappeared . |
| 7 | However , once upon a time the mathematician was a child too . |
| 8 | But once upon a time the ad pages of NME throbbed with the heady thrills of Loon pants ! |
| 9 | ONCE UPON a time The Face was the style bible not of gits in fake fur-trimmed parkas and yups looking for new big ties , but of crazy over-made-up early '80s youth , for whom mum 's old curtains and too much eye-liner signified SEX and REVOLUTION . |
| 10 | Once upon a time the only crime in this neck of the woods was domestic . |
| 11 | ONCE UPON A TIME the Universities had representatives in parliament ; it is only now through the Conference of University Convocations and Graduate Associations ( CUCGA , a national body in which Salford has a high profile , that works to protect and enhance higher education ) that we seem to be getting some clout back . |
| 12 | Once upon a time the position of the bedroom relative to those of female guests would have been far more interesting . |
| 13 | The 20mm and 40mm quick-firing guns here were in or on concrete emplacements , and although the crew of the outer guns were knocked out for a time the Germans got this battery firing again , and the searchlight on the Mole 's tip was never put out . |