Example sentences of "[pers pn] once a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a week and he has n't phoned me once a year |
| 2 | In the meantime they visit them once a fortnight . |
| 3 | to come in and blitz the place from top too bottom and if we just have them once a fortnight , the in between weekend I can whiz round , |
| 4 | ‘ We take them once a year to a council rubbish dump . |
| 5 | Mug up on a few details : whether they called the masters ‘ beaks ’ or ‘ dons ’ ; whether sweets were referred to as ‘ tuck ’ or ‘ sock ’ ; where you would have slept , in a ‘ house ’ or ‘ dorm ’ ; what barmy school game was played on them once a year . |
| 6 | Diana and Mary are both married , and we visit them once a year . |
| 7 | The woman in the shop 's pretty friendly and she tells me what to do with the plants — you know , water them once a week , or keep them out of draughts and that . |
| 8 | I know a guy who bowls at the Bromley Bowling Club in exactly and he told me that they have professional green keepers who look after lots of different greens and they come into them once a week or whatever . |
| 9 | We only have them once a week |
| 10 | Nothing particular follows from the fact that he visits them once a month , except perhaps we infer that he has a close relationship with them . |
| 11 | I talk to them once a month normally , but more frequently since the war began . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought you once a Goddess trim , |
| 13 | were n't you once a lifeguard by the ocean ? |
| 14 | Find another two people to be prayer partners with you once a week so that some of these prayer burdens can be shared and agreed on and so that you can be spurred on by each other 's zeal in prayer . |
| 15 | I 'll phone you once a week and you can tell me how you 're getting on . ’ |
| 16 | No , my , my aunt was in York , we used to see her once a year , Christmas , she used to come |
| 17 | ‘ But understand , from my side , that I 'd like to see her once a fortnight , if it 's just for an hour , and that whatever holidays the other bairns have , she 's got to have the same . |
| 18 | When she became too ill and breathless to come to the surgery , I visited her once a week . |
| 19 | ‘ I call round and see her once a week to make sure she 's got everything she needs . |
| 20 | Well I think Lee , he , he just realise , I mean I mean he only sees her once a week any way , does n't he ? but you know , she is , she is a lovely girl |
| 21 | Each day the retreatant has a few suggested passages given by his director who meets him once a day for sharing and reflection . |
| 22 | He did n't go to Mass , but it was said that the priests came down to him once a month and heard his confession and gave him Holy Communion . |
| 23 | Peers visit him once a month to hand over expenses forms on which they specify the days they have attended the Chamber for debates . |
| 24 | The FO telephoned him once a week , to keep in touch . |
| 25 | But he said nothing of this , merely noted down her address , sighed a little at it , and made his latest recruit promise to visit him once a week with her piece . |
| 26 | ‘ It came to the stage when I was married to Michael but seeing him once a week , ’ said Gabrielle . |
| 27 | Are they on every week or are they once a fortnight ? |
| 28 | I only do mine once a week , because I live on me own . |
| 29 | He did it once a year , on Boxing Day . |
| 30 | " You know , she has a similar set-up in Rome and also in Paris , a little creche where she can go and queen it once a year . |