Example sentences of "once [prep] a time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever I motor past , I imagine what a joy it must have been once upon a time to see him in action around the commons and village greens , stroking that famous beard and then scattering the pony and traps with his magnificent blows . |
| 2 | and they forget to tell you that once upon a time does n't always have a nice ending , yeah |
| 3 | An authentic Welsh version was , according to Lady Llanover 's Good Cookery ( 1867 ) once upon a time made with ewe 's milk cheese ( Lady Llanover lived in Monmouthshire for about ninety years ) , now presumably obsolete . |
| 4 | She might never have ironed shirts , but she too had once upon a time brought Jacob little surprises , little presents . |
| 5 | Its wines were once upon a time combined in the vat with those of Verzenay and it is from the reputation of that great village that Beaumont-sur-Vesle has wrested its misplaced status . |
| 6 | David Batty used once upon a time to write an agony column in rec.sport.soccer . |
| 7 | War may once upon a time have been a reasonably satisfactory , or at least not utterly unsatisfactory way of securing certain kinds of social change . |