Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] in a while " in BNC.
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| 1 | But once or twice in a while I would despair of producing the kind of thing that seemed likely to win approval from one whose standards were so high — impossibly high I felt so far as emulation on my part was concerned — and therefore I had moods in which I would feel unworthy of his attention . |
| 2 | Any café 'll do , but you ca n't use any of them more than once in a while or they start chucking you out . |
| 3 | THE publisher 's comment on this book compares it with The Organisation Man and Future Shock , claiming that once in a while a book so accurately captures ‘ … the essence of its time that it becomes the spokesman for that decade ’ . |
| 4 | I do n't want to complain about our marriage or suggest I 'm dissatisfied , but I just do wish that once in a while you 'd tell me , ‘ I love you . ’ |
| 5 | If you are the guest , then you can take refuge in the thought that once in a while you need a break , and you can always make it up tomorrow by being particularly good . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sure that once in a while we can be in the same kitchen without explosions occurring , do n't you agree ? |
| 7 | This is unfair , for it is a historic city and once in a while something does happen . |
| 8 | And we get songs that people send into the office and once in a while we 'll come up with something that somebody just sends us . |
| 9 | Both dishes may taste scrumptious and once in a while wo n't do you any harm , but foods like that eaten regularly are no basis for a healthy diet . |
| 10 | And once in a while Elvis did dash off on some divine business or other . |
| 11 | It 's wickedly fattening , but once in a while … ’ |
| 12 | Though once in a while such separation strokes may have a slight accentual implication as perhaps in ex.3c in the majority of cases they do not . |