Example sentences of "every once [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 Every once in a while an album captures the public 's imagination in a big way .
2 ‘ Yeah , and that E chord should really be on the bridge pickup , but I could never get it and every once in a while I 'd be thinking , ‘ I 'm gon na try it …
3 We saw a great many sheep , of course , grazing on the peat-grass and the bog-myrtle ; and every once in a while , some miles back from the road , an estancia — a collection of farm buildings like white dolls ' houses , tiny on the immense plain .
4 I watched things change and made observations every once in a while .
5 ‘ For trying to kill each other every once in a while , ’ said Joe .
6 Every once in a while he holds out a small portion of meat , which the Skeleton chews furiously and swallows , with the same lack of success as before .
7 I would see them in Sweetmary every once in a while and they would most always be drunk .
8 EVERY ONCE in a while Tranmere produce a performance which makes nonsense of their reputation for being uneasy travellers .
9 EVERY once in a while Tranmere produce a performance which makes nonsense of their reputation for being uneasy travellers .
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