Example sentences of "[vb pp] once [coord] twice " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thereafter he took heed from being dropped once or twice , and soon established a permanent place in the team . |
| 2 | Like , it used to be that [ place ] station might be attacked once or twice a year , like it was hit five times in one night this year … |
| 3 | Apparently they 've been a bit disturbed once or twice , recently . ’ |
| 4 | Among others there was the Scottish advocate ( and future QC and Conservative MP ) Nicholas Fairbairn , a sartorial dandy with a razor-sharp mind whom I had met once or twice in the Borders . |
| 5 | She needed a backing guitarist and asked Kieran , who she had met once or twice on the road , would he help out . |
| 6 | This treatment is highly effective but smacks a little of a rather punitive approach to the patient now that long-acting penicillins are available which only need to be given once or twice a week . |
| 7 | Things which are used once or twice a year — turkey roasting pans , huge party casseroles , picnic baskets , should be rigorously stashed right away , if possible out of the kitchen altogether — under the stairs , in an attic , in the basement or garage in a house ; in some more remote cupboard in a flat or apartment . |
| 8 | If there is no other system of air-conditioning , and the window can not be open all the time because of draughts or security , it should at least be opened once or twice a day for a spell . |
| 9 | It was funny , we sat in silence facing each other and I had a feeling I 've had once or twice before , of the most peculiar closeness to him — not love or attraction or sympathy in any way . |
| 10 | This circuit can be performed once or twice per week under supervision , and once or twice per week at home with recordings of the results . |
| 11 | Go back to the case and review critically the main characteristic symptoms eliminating those that are not strong , are vague , have perhaps only occurred once or twice and are not really important features of the illness . |
| 12 | ‘ Most of the clothes we have here have only been worn once or twice . |
| 13 | He spent as long as he could going round the Smoking Room at a snail 's pace , cleaning clean ashtrays and polishing polished tables , and when summoned once or twice to wait on other members he dragged out the process of serving them for an inordinate length of time . |
| 14 | People I had n't yet identified beckoned her eagerly to join them , which she did with the ravishing smile she had loosed once or twice in my direction . |
| 15 | In modern Germany there are more than a hundred spas offering the ‘ cure ’ , and programmes of hydrotherapy are taken once or twice a year by millions of Germans . |
| 16 | I have tried once or twice to get him to the big hills , or to the Dolomites , but he sees no reason to waste time that could be spent in Norway or Greenland . |
| 17 | Important : This relaxation exercise is most beneficial if practised once or twice a day on an empty stomach , or at least an hour after eating . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't pretend it has n't happened once or twice . |
| 19 | Altogether teachers from 36 schools participated in these groups ; a member of the project team was assigned to each group and meetings were initially held once or twice a term . |
| 20 | She 's been very happy with the children but I 've wondered once or twice if they were n't rather a strain on her . ’ |
| 21 | However , there are many other cases — just mentioned once or twice by one or two newspapers — which contribute in various ways to the development of the same kind of image . |