Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [adv] a week " in BNC.
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1 | Neither could I conceal that although I wrote to my parents once a week ( a school rule ) they scarcely ever wrote to me , and failed to send me the necessary supplies of toothpaste , stockings , etc. , so that I was always having to borrow from other girls ( strictly against the rules ) and getting into trouble as a result . |
2 | It is a rather recent article in this publication and was drawn to my attention only a week or so ago . |
3 | ‘ I shave my head once a week ’ |
4 | ‘ I cook at school and make dishes for my family once a week . ’ |
5 | It says no women check their cars twice a week , although 15 per cent of men do . |
6 | While a quarter of men wash their cars once a week , fewer than one in five women carry out the chore . |
7 | As Table 3.4 shows , most of the women shop six times a week , only four shop two or three times a week , and no housewife does all her shopping once a week . |
8 | To involve people in Billy Graham Crusades we asked for a specific and limited commitment , something that people understood and could accept : a prayer meeting in their home once a week , for five weeks only ; giving a monthly gift to the Crusade , for six months only . |
9 | But a friend found her hanging in her room just a week into her course . |
10 | Both development officers continued to see all their workers once a week , either individually ( as in Ipswich , or in Newham for workers who could not attend a meeting ) or as a group . |
11 | Yes , I have one question , speaking of the AIDS Officer , I know that the previous AIDS Officer left her post about a week ago . |
12 | Prisoners have a full-day visit from their families once a week . |
13 | My wife has an art class for her friends twice a week , and this was their model … ’ |
14 | I think a minister has the right to take his pleasure once a week in a football stadium . ’ |
15 | The kind of promises each party to the contract makes will vary , but one fairly typical example is for the teenager to promise to tidy his bedroom once a week , to let parents know when he will be late home from school or where he is and who he is with when he goes out . |
16 | John Tutchin , who produced his Observator twice a week from 1702 until his death in 1707 , worked for the Junto Whigs , as did for a while that indefatigable pamphleteer , Daniel Defoe . |
17 | Chris only has to go to see his wife once a week in that cottage hospital and we 're able to meet quite often now . ’ |
18 | He sees his trade once a week or once in two weeks , and covers three or four towns in a day . |
19 | I make his bed once a week to give it a good puff up in the sheets . |
20 | He added that in return I had to help him : I would have to come to his office once a week and report on what was happening in Fontanellato . |
21 | The neighbours do n't have nothing to do with me and I only see me mam once a week or so . |
22 | But it is easy to see how it will make you think twice before washing your car twice a week , or leaving your sprinkler on all night ! |
23 | Whereas the three unbreakable makes of 1930 were distributed by record shops in the usual way , you ordered your Durium records from your newsagent , so a pair of new hits were delivered through your letterbox once a week , like magazines ( you could also buy them over the counter , of course ) . |
24 | You were only allowed to wash your clothes once a week . |
25 | Try applying a little self-tanning milk mixed with moisturiser to your face once a week until you achieve a natural colour . |