Example sentences of "not once [coord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then , with a flash of her usual impetuous spirit , ‘ She was horrible to you , not once but again and again . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Architects/Engineers RMJM have been flying high recently , rubbing shoulders with royalty , not once but twice within a week . |
| 3 | He removed them when he first came since they would not shut because , as old Mr Abbott the gardener explained , ‘ not once but twice Mr Betjeman reversed out of the garage without opening the doors , and when charged with stupidity , made the excuse that on both occasions he was wearing a sou'wester . ’ |
| 4 | Although ringsider Ruddock refused to join the attack on Lewis , he did say : ‘ I took on Mike Tyson not once but twice , I knocked out Mike Dokes , Greg Page and Bonecrusher Smith . |
| 5 | Though Venezuela is traditionally considered Latin America 's most secure democracy , soldiers tried not once but twice last year to force him out of office . |
| 6 | This concept of structure is particularly difficult to grasp because it appears not once but twice . |
| 7 | ‘ Seb , you 've given her the opportunity to live , not once but twice . |
| 8 | I give the hon. Gentleman the benefit of the doubt and assume that he did not hear what I said , not once but twice , perhaps because of the noise coming from his hon. Friend the Member for Carrick , Cumnock and Doon Valley ( Mr. Foulkes ) , seated beside him , who referred to 236 admissions . |
| 9 | The only term he uses to characterize the content of these tales in advance is " " harlotrye " " , and this appears after he has not once but twice emphasized the purported social origin of these tales . |
| 10 | Enhanced , too , by the knowledge that this story of the legions had reached the same evolutionary culmination not once but twice . |
| 11 | When have I done anything less than love you with a passion that you chose to throw back in my face , not once but twice ? |
| 12 | What was even more satisfying was knowing that she had given him that same lesson , not once but twice , this morning when she 'd stunned him by agreeing to see his grandmother on her own time , and last night , when she 'd turned away his advances , and never mind all that pretence about his not being interested . |
| 13 | A passage in Wulfstan 's Institutes of Polity is also relevant : " Through an unwise king , the people will be made wretched not once but very often , because of his misdirection ( misræd ) . |
| 14 | He bullied and punished me , not two or three times a week , not once or twice a day , but all the time . |