Example sentences of "[conj] once in a while " in BNC.
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1 | Any café 'll do , but you ca n't use any of them more than once in a while or they start chucking you out . |
2 | THE publisher 's comment on this book compares it with The Organisation Man and Future Shock , claiming that once in a while a book so accurately captures ‘ … the essence of its time that it becomes the spokesman for that decade ’ . |
3 | I do n't want to complain about our marriage or suggest I 'm dissatisfied , but I just do wish that once in a while you 'd tell me , ‘ I love you . ’ |
4 | If you are the guest , then you can take refuge in the thought that once in a while you need a break , and you can always make it up tomorrow by being particularly good . |
5 | ‘ I 'm sure that once in a while we can be in the same kitchen without explosions occurring , do n't you agree ? |
6 | This is unfair , for it is a historic city and once in a while something does happen . |
7 | And we get songs that people send into the office and once in a while we 'll come up with something that somebody just sends us . |
8 | Both dishes may taste scrumptious and once in a while wo n't do you any harm , but foods like that eaten regularly are no basis for a healthy diet . |
9 | And once in a while Elvis did dash off on some divine business or other . |
10 | It 's wickedly fattening , but once in a while … ’ |
11 | Though once in a while such separation strokes may have a slight accentual implication as perhaps in ex.3c in the majority of cases they do not . |