Example sentences of "[adv] or [adj] [noun] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was mainly from among those with a principal carer who wanted the dementia sufferer to remain at home that those who did remain at home were to be found ( if one excludes those who died or moved away , and compares place of care for those whose principal carer said initially that he or she preferred home or institutional care the difference between the two groups is significant at the 0.001 level ) . |
| 2 | One , twice or three times a day . |
| 3 | With work and other commitments , it is not often possible to feed several times a day , but if you can feed twice or three times a day this will be appreciated by your fish . |
| 4 | Most days have been taken up with the unreported routine of minor incidents occurring twice or three times a day : suspect devices , random gun shots and the like . |
| 5 | Twice or three times a year he would be carried out to the automobile or the dog-cart , and be driven round the home farm . |
| 6 | If there is no-one nearby it is well worth time and money to travel to a good director , perhaps with visits twice or three times a year . |
| 7 | Other significant ‘ go-betweens ’ are the domestic workers hired by the more affluent newcomers — ; the ‘ little woman ’ who comes in to ‘ do ’ twice or three times a week , and who is often the wife of a local farm worker grateful for the money . |
| 8 | but now they 're all set up and I 'm left alone and the children , three of them , have n't got time to look after me to give me what I , what I need and especially one in the truth , that one is less getting in touch with me than the ones that told me the truth , boys ring me , twice , three times a week , Julia rings every , every night , but Ted rings twice or three times a week , three times I could go , the one |