Example sentences of "once [coord] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It feels like whoring sometimes , only I do n't do it for myself , except once or twice to save my life . ’ |
| 2 | Selkirk threw him a cloak , telling the clerk to make himself as comfortable as possible and Corbett slept fitfully , waking once or twice to go up on deck to vomit his dinner into the sea amidst the jeering catcalls of the night watch . |
| 3 | But I felt strongly that , like Dickens again , though not to the same extent , he needed occasionally to get out into the open : which is why he made his way down to Cornwall once or twice to see Ronald Duncan . |
| 4 | He applied his right eye to the hole and blinked once or twice to accustom himself to the darkness . |
| 5 | I tried once or twice to reverse our roles , but he again made it clear that he did not want to talk about himself I said nothing about the glove . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been rather avoiding the flat except to call in once or twice to pick up mail , but I 'd a letter this morning from Rachel . |
| 7 | When Modigliani was working , Zbo could not resist peeping through the door once or twice to watch , with the excuse of seeing that everything was all right . |
| 8 | He spent as long as he could going round the Smoking Room at a snail 's pace , cleaning clean ashtrays and polishing polished tables , and when summoned once or twice to wait on other members he dragged out the process of serving them for an inordinate length of time . |
| 9 | I have tried once or twice to get him to the big hills , or to the Dolomites , but he sees no reason to waste time that could be spent in Norway or Greenland . |
| 10 | ‘ I persuaded her once or twice to meet me at the ruined tower . |