Example sentences of "once [coord] [adv] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | They came to his home uninvited once or twice and they would waylay him as he emerged from work at the factory . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Once or twice as they waited for the ceremonial to begin he saw the eyes of the Annamese sovereign shift anxiously in their direction and he dabbed occasionally at his pale perspiring face with a silken handkerchief that he held concealed in one of his voluminous sleeves . |
| 4 | She 's been very happy with the children but I 've wondered once or twice if they were n't rather a strain on her . ’ |
| 5 | They did n't all let go at once but only when they could hold on no longer . |