Example sentences of "once upon a time there [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WERE NO ADVENTURE GAMES … |
| 2 | Once upon a time there were three little piggies . |
| 3 | Once upon a time there were three bears . |
| 4 | Once upon a time there was a man who thought he could be a dragon-master . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | Once upon a time there was a film with a jolly popular song , sung as a duet . |
| 7 | Once upon a time there was a little boy called Steven Spielberg who refused to grow up . |
| 8 | Once upon a time there was something called soul . |
| 9 | Once upon a time there was the offer of a lifetime from Books for Children . |
| 10 | Once upon a time there was in the UK a Director of Flight Safety , but this office has been abolished . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ Once upon a time there was a little chimney-sweep , and his name was Tom … ’ |
| 13 | Well , once upon a time there was no world at all . |
| 14 | Once upon a time there was a white cloud which drifted all by itself in the clear blue sky . |
| 15 | ONCE upon a time there was a stocky little ice skater who fell in love with her tall , fair-haired partner . |
| 16 | Or perhaps because I 've lulled her with bedtime stories embroidering our favourite theme : once upon a time there was a girl named Gittel , who had a curse called down upon her … |
| 17 | ONCE upon a time there was a postman called Pat and he lived in a village called Greendale , along with his black and white cat , Jess . |