Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] once a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holidays change over once a fortnight , except in May and June when there 's space for some one week holidays . |
| 2 | Here well-dressed factory representatives show up once a week and sell their goods at 30 per cent discount to wholesalers who then sell them to people like Marta — but not before a hard haggle for the best deal . |
| 3 | Half of clinics open just once a week to women seeking contraceptive advice , a Family Planning Association survey revealed yesterday . |
| 4 | You can draw on people 's competitive instincts by having two or three teams in the Home which meet regularly once a week for a little competition . |
| 5 | Well the City in fact has twenty one Community Centres , most of which have bars , some of them only have small bars that open maybe once a week , others have very large bars , and especially the ones with the larger bars I think are willing to take on such a project . |
| 6 | Old shrub roses , particularly centifolias , enjoy clay , but flower only once a season . |
| 7 | They eat out once a week , you know . |
| 8 | Such an edge should be set just below the level of the turf so that a machine can run smoothly over the top — simply neaten up once a year with a half moon iron or spade and save that chore of hand edging . |
| 9 | At second interview however they said it was no problem to them to visit her , and that they now go only once a week , and ‘ do not mind carrying on ’ . |
| 10 | Then you have three weeks when you go in once a week for a top-up ; then another three days in , until you have done four sets of each . |
| 11 | But I only go out once a week ! |
| 12 | er We , we go out once a week on our bikes just to keep fit for the job more than anything , and have a pint away from the wives , er but er we 've looked into the idea of getting a bike specially made for Joanne , er the little girl who I said suffers from this disease . |
| 13 | This is clearly a better place to sell razor blades than Azerbaijan , where the men say they shave only once a week , or , if they want to look their best , every other day . |
| 14 | On a visit to Mrs Chamberlin she explained that she did not like to leave her aunt and would from then on come only once a week , and she put it about that for the moment , neither she nor her aunt would be at home on Wednesday afternoons . |
| 15 | Er or they 'd go out doi charring and go you know work the we used to have a woman come in once a week to do the washing . |
| 16 | Lesbians over 40 of African and Asian descent come together once a month . |
| 17 | I only come out once a month , but she tries to stop me . |
| 18 | Imagine friends that you see only once a year , say at Christmas time . |