Example sentences of "and once in a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 One of them was that the nurse , robbed of her pleasure in subduing the hair , turned her savagery more directly on to Harriet and once in a temper broke both of her charge 's thumbs when she was forcing her into a new pair of white kid gloves for Sunday School .
2 This is unfair , for it is a historic city and once in a while something does happen .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 And once in a while Elvis did dash off on some divine business or other .
6 On two occasions he used the word " Jew " as a pejorative adjective — once in a letter to John Quinn , dated 12 March 1923 , and once in a letter to Ezra Pound , dated 31 October 1917 .
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