Example sentences of "once [prep] a time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean once upon a time nothing was , but I 've spent two and a half thousand pound if not more since I 've been off work . |
| 2 | Once upon a time they all lived happily ever after . |
| 3 | Once upon a time we were all law-abiding citizens , and now we 've got football hooligans . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Once upon a time I thought I 'd like to go on a trek through a jungle or rain forest . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | No , I fucking once upon a time I used to be able to do it . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Once upon a time you made them yourself . |
| 10 | Once upon a time you could get your pilot 's licence in him for £20 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Once upon a time it could take several hours to install a network interface card . |
| 14 | Once upon a time it was the stark factory with its towering smokestack and ceaseless assembly line which signalled North American economic superiority . |
| 15 | Once upon a time he had read a quite terrifying number of books and accumulated an equally terrifying number of opinions about them . |
| 16 | Once upon a time he had instant access to anyone in the office ; now he would telephone and be put on hold . |
| 17 | ‘ Once upon a time she would have been jealous about the constant reference to Charles and Camilla but no longer . |
| 18 | Once upon a time there was a man who thought he could be a dragon-master . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | Once upon a time there was a film with a jolly popular song , sung as a duet . |
| 21 | Once upon a time there was a little boy called Steven Spielberg who refused to grow up . |
| 22 | Once upon a time there was something called soul . |
| 23 | Once upon a time there was the offer of a lifetime from Books for Children . |
| 24 | Once upon a time there was in the UK a Director of Flight Safety , but this office has been abolished . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ Once upon a time there was a little chimney-sweep , and his name was Tom … ’ |
| 27 | Well , once upon a time there was no world at all . |
| 28 | Once upon a time there was a white cloud which drifted all by itself in the clear blue sky . |
| 29 | ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WERE NO ADVENTURE GAMES … |
| 30 | ONCE upon a time there was a stocky little ice skater who fell in love with her tall , fair-haired partner . |