Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [adv] a week " in BNC.
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| 1 | They went to the cinema twice a week . ’ |
| 2 | In the other case , where a wife killed her husband , there was widespread coverage when a judge decided not to jail a 25-year-old civil servant who had shot her husband through the heart just a week after their marriage . |
| 3 | The health authority agreed to settle the case just a week before it was due to go to court . |
| 4 | I think it 'll have to be put in the garage and then put in the car once a week or something . |
| 5 | They began with Haydn 's Cello Concerto , which was a pleasant surprise for me as I had heard the piece only a week or two before at a concert of Mozart and Haydn 's music featuring Camerata and had liked the piece very much . |
| 6 | Dudley Moore used to come into the club twice a week to play the piano . |
| 7 | Cropping up now and again in the nationals from Nottingham , has been the story of the mongrel Merv , named after Merv Hughes the Australian cricketer , who tried to grab hold of er Merv on the first day of the test about a week or so ago . |
| 8 | ‘ I like to blitz the village twice a week . |
| 9 | Barrels of drinking water were delivered from the village once a week . |
| 10 | Any council which has adopted ‘ wheely bins ’ — those menacing lidded daleks that line the pavement once a week — will know that they have increased the average volume of collected waste dramatically . |
| 11 | What about your taking responsibility for cleaning the room once a week and looking after your clothes by hanging them up ? ’ |
| 12 | He had received it in the post almost a week ago , and the moment he read it his heart had frozen — he had actually felt himself go ice-cold . |
| 13 | All made a commitment to attend the group once a week for 13 weeks . |
| 14 | The presenting problem should be recognised , for example , ‘ Your niece wondered if you would like us to arrange for you to come out for the day once a week ? ’ |
| 15 | Well no , now you see , now is , what 's happened is this tt we argued er the case after we saw the notice , but we only saw the notice about a week before it went into com into committee , so we 'd only a very short time to get everything organized , well we got letters and this petition , we sent it in to the council , Stanley came round and talked to one of the young men round our place , not like that , but he was saying oh we 'll do this , that and the other , but when he came round and now we know they 'd lobbied all the committee that were good and they knew it was gon na be passed , they knew before they went in it was gon na be passed |
| 16 | The tournament gets the club 's 40th anniversary celebrations off to a flying start and , with the season just a week away , represents the last chance for the clubs to test their form . |
| 17 | The indoor swimming pool is free of charge , as is the sauna twice a week ; the solarium is also available . |
| 18 | We used to come to the theatre once a week but since the demise of the money saver two for the price of one scheme with only come really twice a season . |
| 19 | Alcoholics Anonymous meet at the centre twice a week . |
| 20 | He also supervises a media technician who visits the centre twice a week to respond to requests from overseas for technical advice and consultancy . |
| 21 | I will probably post to the list once a week to let the non-fantasy types know how it is going . |
| 22 | Therefore it was possible to run a demonstration passenger train using the ex-BR Rushton & Hornsby diesel locomotive , No. 85049 and the newly constructed bogie passenger coach , delivered to the railway only a week before following completion by Overland Railways of Chidham , West Sussex . |
| 23 | I have to go up to the hospital twice a week to day assessment unit , where they are doing test on the baby just to monitor its progress and see if everything is going okay . |
| 24 | It meant that locals could take out an annual seven-day family membership for just £480 — a mere snip , and that the town school could use the pool once a week , free . |
| 25 | Betty uses the scheme once a week , although she is unhappy about the fact that she has to spend so much time getting the equipment ready . |
| 26 | Although 20 per cent go out into the country once a week , the study showed that less than half of the population are monthly visitors and 80 per cent of visits are for only a day or less . |
| 27 | Portage is a method of working with pre-school children whose development is delayed : parents teach their children at home under the guidance of a Portage worker who visits the family once a week . |
| 28 | Mark Higgins is just 10 and said : ‘ I saw boxing on the TV and loved it so I started at the gym twice a week . |
| 29 | Facing him on the other side of the arena was the current Executioner , whom Angel One had watched fighting and killing the previous holder of the office barely a week before . |
| 30 | Claire now works from home , coming into the office once a week and seeing clients on two more days . |