Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they all worked , every golfer would be driving the ball about a quarter of a mile . |
| 2 | Make a habit of replacing the battery once a year . |
| 3 | My duties included fire-watching the premises once a week . |
| 4 | In spite of which , the impression they gave was of being identical , and it was left to the owners to give their property whatever signs of individuality they could , by making neat little gardens , or by not doing so , by cleaning the windows once a month , or by not doing so . |
| 5 | What about your taking responsibility for cleaning the room once a week and looking after your clothes by hanging them up ? ’ |
| 6 | Recover the eggs by inverting the mesh over a second Petri dish and passing fresh medium through it . |
| 7 | Speaking the day after a meeting of the Armed Forces Ruling Council ( AFRC ) , Babangida said that caretaker committees would take over the adminstration of the two parties and would , in conjunction with the National Electoral Commission ( NEC ) , draw up new guidelines for the selection of party executives at local , state and national level . |
| 8 | Stretch forwards gently for 20 counts , moving the body just a fraction with each count . |
| 9 | Stretch forwards gently for 15 counts , moving the body just a fraction with each count . |
| 10 | In the following three months of attending the class twice a week ( 30 minutes each session ) , Stephanie 's body changed shape . |
| 11 | ‘ Twelve months later the conclusion is that the race does n't always go to the swift — even if it is the way the bookmaker bets , ’ commented Mike Gaston , the station 's managing director , who took over running the company just a year ago . |
| 12 | They 're told that the amount of medicine they take us under their control and I usually suggest they experiment after two or three days with either increasing the amount of the dose e.g. two squirts instead of one or taking the remedy twice a day . |
| 13 | So if you play twice a week you need to restring the racket twice a year . |