Example sentences of "to the [noun] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If you only have access to the machine once a month in a special video room , you will want to make it the centre of attention for that session .
2 Well I remember , so I used to talk to the nurses quite a lot when I walked Roxanna , my other German shepherd , in Wellington
3 At first Emma had taken Ruth to the school twice a day , and fetched her home at midday and at night .
4 Pedro Fernández Dittus was not , however , required to spend time in detention but merely to present himself to the authorities once a week .
5 It was leaked to the press nearly a month before its official launch ; a national paper detailed many of the leaflet 's suggestions in the some ideas to get you going section which includes a variety of unusual ideas between its first suggestion — pecks on the cheek , and its last — cuddling up and sleeping .
6 All we have to do is report to the parents once a year it does n't say that everything has to be on the report sheet at the same time it may well be some information goes at one particular time and some at another .
7 We also go out to the theatre quite a lot , to a matinee usually with seven or eight residents . ’
8 We used to come to the theatre once a week but since the demise of the money saver two for the price of one scheme with only come really twice a season .
9 They went to the cinema twice a week . ’
10 Therefore it was possible to run a demonstration passenger train using the ex-BR Rushton & Hornsby diesel locomotive , No. 85049 and the newly constructed bogie passenger coach , delivered to the railway only a week before following completion by Overland Railways of Chidham , West Sussex .
11 He was prepared to run a conveyance to the links twice a day at 6d. a head or 1s. 0d. for a single passenger .
12 The 45 year old stockman had moved to the area only a year before .
13 I will probably post to the list once a week to let the non-fantasy types know how it is going .
14 All they need to do is go up to the loft once a year and shovel them into a polythene bag ; they make excellent compost .
15 The interest from your TESSA will be credited to the account once a year on the anniversary of the account being opened .
16 I have to go up to the hospital twice a week to day assessment unit , where they are doing test on the baby just to monitor its progress and see if everything is going okay .
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