Example sentences of "once [prep] a [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's some once as a customer you can do it later stage . |
| 2 | I did it once with a Kraut I met on Piccadilly Underground . |
| 3 | And we get songs that people send into the office and once in a while we 'll come up with something that somebody just sends us . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sure that once in a while we can be in the same kitchen without explosions occurring , do n't you agree ? |
| 5 | ‘ Yeah , and that E chord should really be on the bridge pickup , but I could never get it and every once in a while I 'd be thinking , ‘ I 'm gon na try it … |
| 6 | However , once in a while I am visited by a ‘ self-proclaimed expert . |
| 7 | There may be more to this than meets the eye ( if you 'll excuse the pun ) as just once in a while I have taken zander during the daytime in water that has been so clear that I would have rated my chances as zero . |
| 8 | Once in a while she went to a social club for air pilots who 'd been in hospital . |
| 9 | Once in a while she heard footsteps and obscured voices , the hum of drones . |
| 10 | Once in a while she 'd get up from the chaos of ribbons and tissue , and go to the window to watch the cold . |
| 11 | Once in a while she allowed Gaston or Marius to drive over to Reine and take her back to one or other of their houses for Sunday lunch . |
| 12 | Sure I have to , Nellie , for if I did n't give it a redd up at least once in a while he 'd have the place like a right midden . ’ |
| 13 | Once in a while he lets his feet and everything else get ahead of him . |
| 14 | Every once in a while he holds out a small portion of meat , which the Skeleton chews furiously and swallows , with the same lack of success as before . |
| 15 | Once in a while he must have thought about the gold and wealth he had deposited in Europe and wondered about the fate of those who had entrusted it to him . |
| 16 | Once in a while he spoke , in a pure and reed-like voice that escaped like smoke above the pageant , and was audible to hardly a one . |
| 17 | I do n't want to complain about our marriage or suggest I 'm dissatisfied , but I just do wish that once in a while you 'd tell me , ‘ I love you . ’ |
| 18 | If you are the guest , then you can take refuge in the thought that once in a while you need a break , and you can always make it up tomorrow by being particularly good . |
| 19 | That is , if the same grammatical tag is found more than once in a position it is necessary only to know that the tag occurs in that position and the best scores associated with that tag . |
| 20 | Once upon a time they all lived happily ever after . |
| 21 | Once upon a time we were all law-abiding citizens , and now we 've got football hooligans . |
| 22 | ‘ Once upon a time I 'd 've made you turn religious , ’ said Constance , and suddenly it occurred to Scarlet that really she was already religious , as anyone who had borne a child must surely be : not in the conventional sense but rather as a passenger on a train would expect someone to be at the controls . |
| 23 | ‘ Once upon a time I thought I 'd like to go on a trek through a jungle or rain forest . |
| 24 | I , I think I ca I , once upon a time I did on the fixed seating for , for I think you could get about a hundred and twenty round |
| 25 | No , I fucking once upon a time I used to be able to do it . |
| 26 | Once upon a time you had a dream — that you lived in a world of simple market forces where everything or everybody had a price or value . |
| 27 | Once upon a time you made them yourself . |
| 28 | Once upon a time you could get your pilot 's licence in him for £20 . |
| 29 | Once upon a time you used to have a five year planning period , and that has now disappeared , so we live hand to mouth , and the Finance Officer manages marvellously in juggling things round , but one can no longer plan as one used to , and therefore it 's rather sad really , because people no longer have the chance to develop things as they would wish to . |
| 30 | Once upon a time it would have been unthinkable for a band , especially one with such a reputation as Happy Mondays ’ , to apologise for their remarks without some sort of legal action being taken against them . |