Example sentences of "[adj] once [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's some once as a customer you can do it later stage . |
| 2 | If pig butchers kept piggy banks , his must have been empty once in a while during this period … |
| 3 | The Ulster Branch recognise the situation — it only happens like this once in a blue moon — but finding an answer is n't easy . |
| 4 | More areas are included in the map where the user is willing to be wrong 10 times out of 100 , but far fewer in that which they are willing to run the risk of being wrong once in a hundred times ; a comparison of the 90 and 99 per cent maps will make this clear ( figs 6.5a and f ) . |
| 5 | It was amazing that someone who had won the British Open three times and come second once over the past four years should have to qualify , but the boss just got on with the job . |
| 6 | But there 's a whole range of behaviours which one can include in sexual harassment , going from fairly mundane every day things which just grind people down and which grind people down because they happen on a constant basis , to very serious once in a while sorts of behaviours , and to try and categorise them as major or minor does n't really get us very close to being what the issue is about . |
| 7 | ‘ I done that once to the undertaker , only I did n't stop so soon , I squeezed him a bit harder … ’ |
| 8 | It would also have provoked a military crisis in that once in the Crimea , the Emperor must become virtually Commander-in-Chief of all the forces , including the British . |
| 9 | ( There is evidence , though , that once upon a time Mars enjoyed running water . ) |
| 10 | Risk of developing osteoporosis is greatest once past the menopause , but there is also a risk in anyone who has had an early menopause after removal of the ovaries ; in those who are underweight , and who are white with ‘ transparent ’ skin ( black women suffer fewer fractures ) . |
| 11 | PRS and Patrick Eggle have revived this fashion , which was predominant once upon a time on Gibson 's ES345/355 models . |
| 12 | Chocolate and chips are fine once in a while , but every day it 's a disaster , says Derek Cooper |
| 13 | The driver and friend tinkered with the engine which had burst into flames twice , and been push-started once by the passengers . |
| 14 | I was just in time to see the Sierra hang a left once over the railway . |
| 15 | A long reach will come in handy once on the arête , though it would n't exactly be a disadvantage right from the word go , where good protection serves to alleviate the situation somewhat . |
| 16 | However , everyone comes unstuck once in a while , especially when caught unawares . |
| 17 | Graham Pidgeon who 's horse has won a race says you only have w inner once in a while and its worth waiting for |
| 18 | America is also represented by the legendary ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST . |
| 19 | These poor folk , whose lack of privilege is just one of the many thrusting reasons that have sent me to the bosom , not to mention the buttocks , of today 's quite heavenly Labour Party , may find that my pronunciamentos become somewhat impenetrable once past the ninth , tenth , or even twenty-third of their constituent subordinate clauses , so that the very juicy and surprisingly supple points that I make are lost amidst their attendant persiflage . |
| 20 | It 's alright once in a while , but I ca n't see what people see about being addicts and always towing one , it 's |