Example sentences of "twice [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know that because his cigar had burned down and the ash had dropped twice off the end of it . ’ |
| 2 | Once or twice during the Course he would make an excuse to come to collect something or other , and I think he enjoyed seeing some of the results of the teachers ' acquaintance with the displays . |
| 3 | Mrs Brown says she passed urine twice during the night , possibly at 4.30 or 5.30 . |
| 4 | Mrs Brown says she passed urine twice during the night , possibly at 4.30 or 5.30 . |
| 5 | Jean-Claude had been back to Reine twice during the year , to visit his mother . |
| 6 | Not to be missed is the spectacular flower carpet 1200m x 60m made up of millions of bulbs which will be replaced twice during the exhibition by late spring and summer flowers . |
| 7 | It was arranged that they would take the horses down to the railway sidings where there was enough light from the warehouses to school in the evenings , and Biddy would come twice during the week and once at the weekend , for two hours each time . |
| 8 | Doctor Teesdale visited the condemned man in prison once or twice during the week before he was put to death . |
| 9 | Twice during the meal Gennaro was called away to the phone . |
| 10 | We went on to Shwebo and Katha , and returned to Sagaing , where we boarded an old Irrawaddy steamer which had been sunk twice during the war and recovered on each occasion . |
| 11 | All being well , the skies will part once or twice during the festival — only the second time the event has been out in the open air . |
| 12 | Curious thing — she who held on to so many grievances , never spoke twice about the money she kept pouring out on all of us . |
| 13 | Moments later , the court heard , Hobbins fired twice through the door . |
| 14 | Mayli hesitated just briefly before shooting him twice through the chest . |
| 15 | Her son had been stabbed twice through the back with a carving knife , as he lay in his cot . |
| 16 | He shoots twice through the window and kills her . |
| 17 | Harry rolled the two bodies over the gunwale into the sea , then stabbed twice through the bottom of the boat to sink it . |
| 18 | The report has been referred to twice as the County Council report . |
| 19 | Europeans pay twice for the Community 's farm madness : as consumers and as taxpayers . |
| 20 | It has already been used twice for the circulation of internal mail and resealed by means of staples and Sellotape . |
| 21 | The traditional complaint of consumers — who in Belfast supermarkets this week demonstrated their enthusiasm for cheaper beef — is that they pay twice for the beef mountain . |
| 22 | He played twice for the Republic of Ireland in 88–89 . |
| 23 | Tap Enter twice after ‘ Task 20 ’ but tap New line twice after the shoulder headings ‘ SOFTWARE ’ , ‘ HARDWARE ’ etc |
| 24 | He was seen twice near the village of Langley Park on Saturday night , and yesterday a woman noticed him on the busy A167 dual carriageway on the outskirts of Durham City about 10 miles from Lanchester . |
| 25 | ‘ We made it , ’ and he slapped the gloved hand twice against the steering wheel . |
| 26 | There was little traffic on the picturesque road from Roziac to Alès and Melissa drove slowly , stopping once or twice along the way to contemplate the magnificent scenery . |
| 27 | The nerve gas would only be released if the incorrect code was programmed twice into the computer . |
| 28 | That 's twice with the chief , thought Rex , who rather than have his head mashed by a slamming door , put his boot against it and offered a mighty kick . |
| 29 | He rapped twice with the back of his knuckles . |
| 30 | I tried to kill myself twice in the space of ten days , |