Example sentences of "she once [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By virtue of her fluent Hebrew she once led prayers at a Passover feast of wealthy Moroccan Jews — the only one present who could read them in the absence of a rabbi . |
| 2 | Mere geographical separation did not lessen her perfectionism ; she once asked Phil to reprint a design thirty-eight times until she was satisfied with the colours . |
| 3 | She herself was educated in Paris with Prince Sihanouk , and she once entertained Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon in Cambodia . |
| 4 | A carving of a pair of riding boots was modelled on some from her Cape Cod tack room by a nephew , while paintings of two horses she once owned feature on one of the living room walls . |
| 5 | She spotted a sweater she once gave Edward for a birthday , and various throw-outs of her own . |
| 6 | Three times as the president spoke , Diana flashed him the kind of flattering sideways glances she once gave Charles . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd thought of that … in fact , she once mentioned Eddie to me . |