Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [conj] once a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legend held that once a year an angel came to dance on the highest peak . |
| 2 | A very old Russian folk tale claims that once a year the night sky is filled with the thunderous sound of hooves , as magnificent horses , once ridden by famed heroes , ride again . |
| 3 | Concern exists that once a threshold of a certain concentration of chlorine in the Arctic stratosphere has been passed , a large Arctic ozone hole will become a regular spring feature which will grow and deepen annually to affect the highly populated regions of northern Europe . |
| 4 | It 's not every house that has antique vases thirty feet up a wall to dust … fortunately even at Claydon House the problem comes but once a year . |
| 5 | Once a year she gets her hair permed and once a year she buys face powder . |
| 6 | Long — well , perhaps not that long-ago , in a drowsy Melbourne suburb called Surrey Hills , where Christmas came but once a year and the rest of the time there was the telly , you could say life was dull . |
| 7 | ‘ Christmas comes but once a year . ’ |
| 8 | As Italians and many others would agree , fortunately for the figure Christmas comes but once a year ! |