Example sentences of "two or [adj] [noun] [art] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some doctors used the instrument two or three times a day , six per cent did not carry one in their bag and half had used them fewer than 12 times in the past six months . |
| 2 | Then I ‘ doctored ’ some ready-made beeswax ointment with essences of lavender and peppermint which I advised Elizabeth to apply liberally , two or three times a day . |
| 3 | How to use : 6–8 drops in a small teacupful of warm water two or three times a day . |
| 4 | In those few days between seeing my surgeon and going back to the X-ray department I went up to that chapel two or three times a day , I did my visualizations with all the intensity that I could summons . |
| 5 | Probably the remedy to try first , two or three times a day especially if there is a thick , milky-white , bland discharge that does not irritate or only very little . |
| 6 | During this time they provided an average of five daily meals often baking bread two or three times a day in addition to tending the garden and cows . |
| 7 | These machine errors happened two or three times a day , I put it down to mechanical damage whilst moving . |
| 8 | Meditating two or three times a day , for 10–30 minutes each time , is perhaps ideal — but it must be a pleasure , rather than a duty ! |
| 9 | A heroin addict probably injects two or three times a day , but cocaine is often injected at regular 15-minute intervals until the drugs and the money have run out . |
| 10 | This is clearly not practicable for many to follow , and the next best thing is to feed two or three times a day . |
| 11 | But if your eyes get really sore put a cold , damp , used tea-bag on each eyelid for five minutes two or three times a day . |
| 12 | Just as it was our duty , we felt , to shower two or three times a day and keep ourselves wrapped in a permanent cloud of Charlie perfume , so , it seemed , it was the male imperative to cultivate mossy teeth and socks that could stand up on their own . |
| 13 | And if we can pin those down , and as Roger said , we 've also now , over the last few weeks co begun carrying out erm regular testing two or three times a day now on each of the floors and looking at the humidity |
| 14 | ‘ Two or three times a day . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I probably speak to councillors two or three times a day . |
| 16 | He was so dark that he must have to shave two or three times a day , she thought inconsequentially as a lingering trace of aftershave came to her nostrils . |
| 17 | These sessions should not be too long , just five minutes or so , two or three times every day . |
| 18 | In your case , I 'm sure a specific quantity — which you can divide into two or three meals a day , so he does n't get too frustrated on a diet — is the simplest solution . |
| 19 | Try to eat two or three meals a day . |
| 20 | Through applying Mach 's training ideas , by putting in unpaid coaching for two or three hours a day , five days a week , and by keeping his doors open , he built up a group of 30 young sprinters in Toronto within a year . |
| 21 | I recommend that all my students listen to records at least two or three hours a day . |
| 22 | The practitioner will have to train two or three hours a day , every day , week in and week out . |
| 23 | And er then we erm we , we , we went on the wards for about two or three hours a day and we just s sort of did what we were told , took out drinks and , and that sort of thing , and mouthwashes , and after er we 'd been there for about six or eight weeks we were allowed to wash patients , if , if they could n't wash themselves . |
| 24 | Transport virtually nil for Africans , we have to spend two or three hours a day going to work and the same coming back tired , exhausted and risking their lives with . |
| 25 | The majority of the workers there work only two or three hours a day … |
| 26 | But probably at the stage where somebody is spending two or three hours a day erm processing invoices , trying to get cash in , erm looking at the stock control , then that 's the point where they could very well consider a small computer now . |
| 27 | So your rule of thumb , for starting , is that if somebody 's spending more than two or three hours a day , perhaps , on accounts or stock-taking or whatever , then it might be worth checking out the possibility of using a computer . |
| 28 | Robert Layton has spent five months preparing the British , French , Spanish and Portugese paperwork that will allow him to make two or three landings a day as he hops across Europe in a plane that can carry just ten gallons of fuel . |
| 29 | The small amount of stimulant that is contained in a cup of tea or coffee will not harm you if you drink two or three cups a day . |
| 30 | If I 'm not keeping her appetite sharp for flying , she has two or three chicks a day . |