Example sentences of "twice [prep] the same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On top of that , French banks were paid twice for the same service , first by French traders as a result of the Helsinki agreement and , second , by foreign banks ( those that the drawers of Eurocheques banked with ) as a result of the Eurocheque system exempted by the Commission in 1984 . |
| 2 | Your paying twice for the same service . . |
| 3 | ( b ) That no overlap of measurement occurs , with the consequential payment of the sub-contractor twice for the same operation . |
| 4 | But please remember what Doctor Barton has pointed out — you are not being judged twice for the same crime . |
| 5 | He regarded perpetual change as the fundamental law governing all things — a view which is summarized in his famous aphorism , ‘ You can not step twice into the same river ’ . |
| 6 | He never played in the same pub twice in the same month ; even so , word got around among the regulars . |
| 7 | You can hardly expect lightning to strike twice in the same family . ’ |
| 8 | If you wear the same thing twice in the same situation you may give the impression that you have one safe set of clothes and that you are only immaculately turned out when relying on that one safe outfit . |
| 9 | I think that and I mean you go with the sort of attitude , that lightning will never strike twice in the same place , but then again I mean who knows ? |
| 10 | ‘ We do n't have a history of twins in the family — and , in any case , there 's a proverb : lightning never strikes twice in the same place , right ? ’ |
| 11 | The saying , ’ Lightning never strikes twice in the same place , ’ does n't ring very true for Ted Ayris . |
| 12 | He is the only member allowed to speak twice to the same motion . |
| 13 | In one case this had happened twice on the same land and was about to happen a third time for bulldozer had arrived to destroy a newly erected building where a woman stood in the way , she was one of the nuns helping in the area ; the defence was successful . |
| 14 | On the course 17-year-old Bruce Booth-Mason ( handicap 2 , reduced to scratch ) returned a gross 67 twice on the same day . |
| 15 | Most experienced anglers know of fish being caught at least twice on the same day but the tale of Dead Eye Dick , the pike from Sutton Coldfield , takes a lot of beating . |
| 16 | BELVILLE : I do n't like to speak my mind twice on the same subject . |
| 17 | The new edition is even larger than the last and runs to 925 pages , partly because of some repetition ; for example , the full name of the privy Council is given twice on the same page as is the statement that its jurisdiction extends only to Great Britain . |
| 18 | If it is the Minister , he speaks again by leave of the House as no Member can address the House twice on the same motion without leave . |
| 19 | We had a group photograph with a long time-exposure and a friend of mine , a dear friend , ran from one end of the back line to the other and had his picture twice on the same photograph . |