Example sentences of "once a [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One or two mornings a week we sail upwind to another beach , basing ourselves on a campsite taverna for the day , and once a fortnight we take a day off . |
| 2 | that 's right , and he gets some unemployment money and I take ten pounds a week off him , for his food , I mean , it 's not enough but it 'll do , you know and then in dribs and drabs begrudgingly from that forty over the week once he starts to run out of money cos he 's paid once a fortnight I begin to give him his karate money and here 's two pounds fifty to go to the pub with Neil , you know , little bits |
| 3 | At least once a fortnight there have been confusing signals coming from rugby in South Africa , in contrast to the clear-cut campaign that South African cricket conducted on their way to entry in the World Cup in New Zealand and Australia in this southern summer . |
| 4 | Once a fortnight there 's a day off , and another day has safety cover for free sailing , but no tuition . |
| 5 | Once a fortnight she and a gaggle of friends would go Dutch at one of their three favourite restaurants : either steaks at Christ Cella 's , cordon bleu cuisine at Lutece 's or her own personal favourite , a tandoori mixed grill at Gaylord 's . |
| 6 | There was once a king who decided that it was time for his son to marry . |
| 7 | Once a day they flush the water through the pipe so that the water tower is topped , that 's why the hole is water filled each morning when the men start work . |
| 8 | Once a day he was to practise his relaxation technique and his breathing exercise and then , in the privacy of his own bedroom , to try reading aloud from any book he chose . |
| 9 | Her sisters-in-law excluded her from their gossip ; the servants behaved towards her with greater formality and at least once a day she was summoned to Dona Marguerita 's room to sit with her and listen to her talking about the family 's history and her hopes and ambitions for João . |
| 10 | So if your virus scanner was set to check once a day it would not run it every time you boot up , only the first time you booted up that day , excellent ! |
| 11 | Once a man she 'd never met before , a man called Peter who did n't seem to have a wife , kept dancing with her in the Godsons ' house , holding her very close , in a way that quite upset her and yet was pleasurable . |
| 12 | In a lighter vein — There was once a man who was at work kibble filling . |
| 13 | Once a year we hold a Careers Convention in School to which all pupils and parents are invited . |
| 14 | They had been his father 's personal bodyguards , ready and able to defend him with their lives , and once a year they still performed this fierce dance inside the mosque from sunset to sunrise without pause . |
| 15 | Done once a year they are . |
| 16 | He 's played the US from New York to Nashville , but despite being ‘ discovered ’ at least once a year he 's still no household name . |
| 17 | Once a year she went to Scarborough for a week . |
| 18 | Once a year she gets her hair permed and once a year she buys face powder . |
| 19 | Once a year she gets her hair permed and once a year she buys face powder . |
| 20 | Once a year his " Superlativeness " is ritually cloistered in its upper chambers for a night of passionate consummation with the Goddess of the South Seas . |
| 21 | Once a year you would have been given a Sunday off to visit your own family ; this became known as Mothering Sunday . |
| 22 | There is a corner of a frozen field in Scotland … where once a year you 'll find some of the toughest … some of the hardest … some of the wackiest racers in sport … |
| 23 | At least once a year it is worthwhile taking a look inside your machine . |
| 24 | All we have to do is report to the parents once a year it does n't say that everything has to be on the report sheet at the same time it may well be some information goes at one particular time and some at another . |
| 25 | Once a year I attended the school play . |
| 26 | Once a church it has now been cleverly converted for recreational purposes . |
| 27 | Team manager for the Chapman team is dad Steve … he was once a driver himself … used to race against a lad called Mansell … |
| 28 | If it comes off once a season it is worth it . |
| 29 | Once a week they met together to discuss , with one of the periti , matters then under debate in the Basilica . |
| 30 | Founded in 1764 , the Club was not ( as is often assumed ) Johnson 's brain-child : Boswell 's Life makes it clear that the idea came from Joshua Reynolds ; and once a week they met at seven in the evening , in the Turk 's Head , a Soho hostelry . |