Example sentences of "[num] night a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is The Queen of the Night ( Cactaeae Selenicereus Grandiflorus ) : which only flowers for one night a year , and withers away . ’ |
| 2 | Well , would n't you if you had to work for only one night a year ? |
| 3 | and er I think they 're more affected by outside influences brainwash whatever you like to call it than one night a year of Halloween . |
| 4 | One night a man stood up in the stalls , swaying slightly , and said with a slight Scandinavian accent : ‘ Hellooo . |
| 5 | One night a thief broke into the church to steal jewels from the Madonna on the High Altar . |
| 6 | And when I recall the shattering consequences of what happened one night a month or so later , I think of Hamlet , saying ‘ When sorrows come , they come not single spies , But in battalions . ’ |
| 7 | She has a break one night a month when her sister comes from Brighton to stay overnight ; on these occasions Mrs Smith sleeps soundly on the sofa in the living room . |
| 8 | For example , one night a youth with distinct working-class dress and accent walked into the station : |
| 9 | Of that , one night a week and one weekend a month is normally spent on call . ’ |
| 10 | In 1921 the Young Ladies ' Sewing Group was granted the use of the schoolroom for one night a week . |
| 11 | This involves one night a week in barracks for navigation , medical and weapons training plus nine weekends of swimming tests , nerve-testing exercises on high wires and gruelling marches . |
| 12 | ‘ Breakspear wo n't do the senator 's cruise , ’ he said , ‘ so you 'll lose that money , but if you work one night a week for me then you 'll earn just as much anyway . |
| 13 | The wife stops in , and one night a week she goes out with her women mates . |
| 14 | Clare still swapped one night a week off with Stephanie and reported subsequent events to Gilda , who now managed the shoe shop : occasionally she visited Clare for an evening meal . |
| 15 | Lesley goes out about one night a week and I go out occasionally . |
| 16 | We 'd go to choir practice perhaps one night a week , er Band of Hope another one . |
| 17 | And she 's given up her one night a week in the W which |
| 18 | In cotton textile workers ' families , where there was a long tradition of married women 's work , one night a week was usually set aside by husbands and wives as ‘ Mary-Ann night ’ . |
| 19 | Squadron members also receive ground instruction one night a week during term time in aerodynamics , airmanship , meteorology and navigation . |
| 20 | to the staff then that they volunteer one night and we do thir , and wa , you would come up once a week every thirty two weeks to man the library one night a week |
| 21 | No , no , no one night a week . |
| 22 | One night a week . |
| 23 | All the shops in town are open late on one night a week . |