Example sentences of "[noun] once [coord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | EAST Belfast Home-Start is appealing for volunteers to visit families in their own homes once or twice a week . |
| 2 | We have n't really discussed it , to be honest ; but I 've seen her with kids once or twice and she seems to get on with them instinctively . |
| 3 | He is ridden up and down the hills at home and , when the weather is reasonable , taken for gallops once or twice a week . |
| 4 | Well there used to be one on the corner of Street and Street that was , that was a pawnshop right opposite the churches facing it the church were on the one corner Street and used to be on the opposite corner , and Johnny was a member of the church choir as I was after I was ten years ol ten years old , I Mr he must have thought I could sing he sent me down to St Paul 's and I , I went to St Paul 's Church on the corner of Street and I did n't stay there long because it was I was still working part- time I was still a schoolboy but er I did sing in the choir at St Paul 's Church for a time , and then I went , I went back to St Mary 's and All Saints in Palfry as a choirboy and er we used to have choir practice once or twice a week , I know we had it Wednesday night , the choir master was Albert Edward he was a butcher , kept a butcher 's shop on the corner of and |
| 5 | Leslie was able to come to Wolverton Manor once or twice , and Wendy accommodatingly moved in with Charmian . |
| 6 | He 'd been smashed on booze once or twice , but this was different . |
| 7 | ‘ I saw him in the canteen once or twice after he 'd left comparability , ’ says Treacher . |
| 8 | He had seen the boy once or twice since , and he seemed a nice enough lad — a little backward perhaps , but his mother was ashamed of him , and refused to send him to school , perhaps fearing the other children would tease him . |
| 9 | I tried some Palfium once or twice an ’ some morphine , that was it really . |
| 10 | Plants that are n't in containers benefit more from a good watering once or twice a week , rather than a little every day . |
| 11 | At the very least they wanted a home help once or twice a week , to assist this mother with fifteen children to look after . |
| 12 | He played for Northern Ireland once or twice . |
| 13 | My parents once or twice mentioned Fatty Arbuckle , seemingly a Hollywood scandal before I was born . |
| 14 | I wondered if he thought Dana and I were about to tie the knot , or whether he was thinking of us individually — the latter , I think , because he had warned me against marriage once or twice before when I had shown what he regarded as too much interest in a woman friend . |
| 15 | Curiously it was the less forward-looking G major Sonata which in the faster figuration of its flanking movements once or twice had me longing for the greater clarity of a modern grand — likewise its greater ability to sing in the slow movement . |
| 16 | Nurses visit someone at home once or twice a week , helping with bathing , dressing , lifting and medical care , and providing incontinence pads . |
| 17 | We saw him look out of the window once or twice . ’ |
| 18 | Many couples continue to enjoy sexual intercourse once or twice a week into old age , but some people have neither the inclination or ability for this , and of course in a long relationship we do adjust to our partner 's needs . |
| 19 | A regular checkup once or twice a year with a GP who had the time , the energy , and the resources to advise on preventative medicine as an integral part of the National Health Service , may have protected me from a heart attack . |
| 20 | Look at the habitat once or twice a week for several weeks . |
| 21 | Ooh , where did you go ? oh do n't look like that , no one 's gon na hurt you baby , might smack your bottom once or twice . |
| 22 | Switzer noted that he could give ‘ directions once or twice a Year in most of the … |
| 23 | I found that in France it was the practice to buy meat , fruit , vegetables and bread daily ( in the case of bread , at least twice daily ) oneself , rather than rely on deliveries once or twice a week . |
| 24 | MTV showed the clip once and then withdrew it . |
| 25 | Practise the technique once or twice daily , but not within two hours after any meal , since the digestive processes seem to interfere with meditation . |
| 26 | ‘ I rang what I thought was the doorbell once and nearly cut this geezer 's Mercedes in half with his up-and-over . ’ |
| 27 | As part of the improved conditions Bilal 's partner started taking us through the kitchen once or twice a week to sit with them and get a bit of sun . |
| 28 | Surveillance may be carried out adequately by a skilled practitioner in 10 to 14 minutes once or twice a year , but , to have any impact , discussions about management and lifestyle to reduce the risk of complications will take longer . |
| 29 | Makes you remember all men were hunters once and only the fittest of them survived . |
| 30 | GUIL : He caught us on the wrong foot once or twice , perhaps , but I thought we gained some ground . |