Example sentences of "once a [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's used once a fortnight for clay pigeon shoots . |
| 2 | The only person in the house who did not appear excited was Grace Poole , who stayed in her room upstairs , coming down once a day for food and drink . |
| 3 | Unable to take over Kabul , Mr Hikmatyar has set up his own administration in Jalalabad , once a retreat for Afghanistan 's kings , 110 kilometres ( 68 miles ) from Kabul . |
| 4 | She commissioned the building of the Convitto Maria Luigia , once a school for boys which could almost have been described as the Eton of Italy . |
| 5 | Belonged to an old lady who only used it once a week for shopping . ’ ’ |
| 6 | Use twice a week to begin with , then once a week for skin maintenance . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're almost exactly the same age — his birthday is six months after mine — and we see each other at least once a week for lunch . |
| 8 | If you can shop only once a week for example , you will need much more deep freeze space than if you can shop every day . |
| 9 | You used to come once a week for dinner |
| 10 | It stands in two acres of landscaped garden which was once a paddock for horses , and has a delightful lily pond and a revolving Victorian summer house . |
| 11 | Once a recommendation for deportation had been made it was rare for the Movement to try to reverse the order , though the irony of sending youngsters back to the source of their unhappiest memories was not lost on refugee workers . |
| 12 | The slender 102 ft spire was once a landmark for ships sailing up the river Humber to Hull . |
| 13 | Paying once a month for goods requires less money on average than paying separately for each item purchased . |
| 14 | From April 1990 no rate bill will rise by more than 20% of the previous year 's rates , once a figure for inflation has been added on . |