Example sentences of "once upon [art] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Once upon a time a few years ago it was realised that the costs of circuits from the Post Office to broadcast choral evensong ‘ live ’ easily outstripped the courtesy fees paid to the participants . |
2 | Once upon a time a man could hang for setting fire to a hayrick ! |
3 | Once upon a time a ship was caught in a storm . |
4 | Once upon a time a really powerful magic field must have been generated here , and we 're feeling the after-effects . ’ |
5 | Once upon a time a sprinkling of fixtures with cross-channel clubs was normal , but these too have disappeared . |
6 | However , once upon a time the mathematician was a child too . |
7 | But once upon a time the ad pages of NME throbbed with the heady thrills of Loon pants ! |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Once upon a time the only crime in this neck of the woods was domestic . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | Once upon a time the position of the bedroom relative to those of female guests would have been far more interesting . |
12 | Once upon the ice the distance to Kirovsky Bridge seemed even vaster . |