Example sentences of "[adv prt] once [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can rely on one of my neighbours to come in once a week to check on things and feed the fish , but he is not a fishkeeper and I 'd like to make things as easy for him as possible . |
| 2 | Having managed to come by a decent bit of steak and kidney , he stood over the young maid , who came in once a week , until she had managed to produce a pie , later warmed up for dinner in the microwave . |
| 3 | That you hung onto this wall and that was brought in once a week for bathing in front of the fire . |
| 4 | Er or they 'd go out doi charring and go you know work the we used to have a woman come in once a week to do the washing . |
| 5 | Then you have three weeks when you go in once a week for a top-up ; then another three days in , until you have done four sets of each . |
| 6 | Two acting notes for Frank : Less is more — do not shift your eyes at the audience so much , stare them down once every scene ; when in doubt about what to say next do not keep ad-libbing about Harry . |
| 7 | The only person in the house who did not appear excited was Grace Poole , who stayed in her room upstairs , coming down once a day for food and drink . |
| 8 | But I do n't , certainly do n't mind taking her down once a week or twice a week and taking me turn . |
| 9 | I used to go through once a month . |
| 10 | Your tank , despite its length , holds only 240 litres , which should be turned over once every hour . |
| 11 | Holidays change over once a fortnight , except in May and June when there 's space for some one week holidays . |
| 12 | He comes over once a month , you know , and says Evensong in the church . |
| 13 | The Headquarters team doing all the planning and Districts taking over once a project |
| 14 | And er I know er we used to put er i er kind of er Bit of er play on once a year , there . |
| 15 | I says , no , I says cos my husband gets three days off once a month , I says , and tomorrow Saturday , and Sunday , are the only three days . |
| 16 | If it comes off once a season it is worth it . |
| 17 | The Canterbury spar is raked over occasionally to break up any ‘ dead spots ’ in the filter and surface mulm is syphoned off once every fortnight . |
| 18 | Certain children , whose names were on a list , were called up once a day to be given yellow capsules which had to be swallowed in front of the teacher . |
| 19 | Such an edge should be set just below the level of the turf so that a machine can run smoothly over the top — simply neaten up once a year with a half moon iron or spade and save that chore of hand edging . |
| 20 | Yes , so it 's , you know , it 's like two mailshots up once a quarter or whatever , minutes , and I 'm paying for a lunch . |
| 21 | ‘ When he first told me , I tried to understand him and agreed he could dress up once a week at home . |
| 22 | Here well-dressed factory representatives show up once a week and sell their goods at 30 per cent discount to wholesalers who then sell them to people like Marta — but not before a hard haggle for the best deal . |
| 23 | to the staff then that they volunteer one night and we do thir , and wa , you would come up once a week every thirty two weeks to man the library one night a week |
| 24 | The scheme is supported by the Workout Charity which will turn up once a week to helpwith applications and enquiries . |
| 25 | Members of the senior management within the health service have The Northern Echo that they believe the merger question will crop up once the purchasing consortiums have begun operating . |
| 26 | My husband told me I ought to be getting out more , so my friend and I began to go out once a fortnight . |
| 27 | Previous owner was an old lady who took it out once a year at the most . |
| 28 | She lives with her mam and dad , a cleaner and welder respectively , and does a bit of housework , though her mam still does the cooking , and she goes out once a week . |
| 29 | They eat out once a week , you know . |
| 30 | Oh it was glorious I made a note to myself actually , that I 'm only going to go out once a week for a proper shop , from a list , in the solar and the rest of the time I 'm going to go to the quite expensive little Robber 's Roe , round the corner from me . |