Example sentences of "once [prep] a time the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , once upon a time the mathematician was a child too . |
| 2 | But once upon a time the ad pages of NME throbbed with the heady thrills of Loon pants ! |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Once upon a time the only crime in this neck of the woods was domestic . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Once upon a time the position of the bedroom relative to those of female guests would have been far more interesting . |