Example sentences of "once [coord] [adv] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father called my mother darling once or twice and there was a kind of Darby and Joan air about them . |
| 2 | The Wallises report that the telephone regularly rings once or twice and then stops before they can answer it . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Most of the fires are dry leaf fires , made for smoke , they puff once or twice and then go out . |
| 5 | They came to his home uninvited once or twice and they would waylay him as he emerged from work at the factory . |
| 6 | We have n't really discussed it , to be honest ; but I 've seen her with kids once or twice and she seems to get on with them instinctively . |
| 7 | Running — not — " He trembled violently , kicked once or twice and became quiet . |
| 8 | After speaking to him once or twice and receiving no reply , Hazel thought it best to let him alone . |
| 9 | Harry said , for he had met Jerry once or twice and rather liked him . |
| 10 | And he 'd be there once or twice and then on the Wednesday evening as was his custom , he went down to the village , he had a date with my mother and there she was standing by the shop in the square and when she saw him coming down she turned and said , , she said and swirled her skirts round . |
| 11 | they take books out once or twice and then the older members do n't take 'em out |
| 12 | er if it 's people give you things like reference lists and reading lists , I mean sometimes that 's the most confusing thing to be given because you do n't know , I used to think you were supposed to read everything on them er and I actually tried doing that once or twice and I could n't find stuff in Aston library so I ran up the er town library and went to Birmingham University library and then I got back the next week and I realized that I was about the only person who 'd actually done that and other people had n't |
| 13 | but er I was the only one that ever used it and I used it about once or twice and then , like like , I used it for about |
| 14 | I have n't done , I 've been invited to go once or twice and I |
| 15 | Well , I mean , only once or twice and then , |
| 16 | But he knows actually what we 're trying to do on a Sunday , and they either like to play us , er er once or twice and they got a reasonable ground . |
| 17 | And then , with a flash of her usual impetuous spirit , ‘ She was horrible to you , not once but again and again . ’ |