Example sentences of "once or " in BNC.
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| 1 | The family were able to visit him once or twice a week . |
| 2 | ‘ If only you 'd read for once or play cards . |
| 3 | The fact is I did take it out once or twice , determined to do something with it , but other things , like earning enough to keep a roof over our heads and send the children to decent schools , always seemed to intervene . |
| 4 | And of those that do , few will try them more than once or twice . |
| 5 | The United States and Australia have both hosted it 4 times each , while a total of 10 other countries have hosted the Federation Cup either once or twice . |
| 6 | All being well , the skies will part once or twice during the festival — only the second time the event has been out in the open air . |
| 7 | He appears once or twice in earlier cantos , but not flatteringly ; whereas in Canto 105 for instance we are told , by no means persuasively : |
| 8 | That view is reinforced by the Newsons , who say : ‘ The measures that stand out as the most predictive of criminal record before 20 years are having been smacked or beaten once or more a week at 11 , and having a mother with a high commitment to formal physical punishment at that age . ’ |
| 9 | Ms Gallacher said that Ms McCarthy had tried ecstasy once or twice before but had never had a fit . |
| 10 | Like , it used to be that [ place ] station might be attacked once or twice a year , like it was hit five times in one night this year … |
| 11 | I have tried once or twice to get him to the big hills , or to the Dolomites , but he sees no reason to waste time that could be spent in Norway or Greenland . |
| 12 | My father called my mother darling once or twice and there was a kind of Darby and Joan air about them . |
| 13 | We go once or twice a day now . |
| 14 | McDonald 's recruitment officer Christina Pellini , who is hiring trainee managers for the 50 units the company plans to open this year , uses Springboard once or twice a month because ‘ it provides good quality people ’ , she said . |
| 15 | Return to the boil , stirring once or twice . |
| 16 | Heat the olive oil in a large casserole or pan , add the Parma ham and the onion , cover and cook over a low heat for 10min , stirring once or twice . |
| 17 | Leave for at least 24hr , stirring once or twice . |
| 18 | Leave for at least 4hr , stirring once or twice . |
| 19 | Stir once or twice . |
| 20 | Brush with butter once or twice more before cooking . |
| 21 | Stir the fish carefully once or twice during marinading . |
| 22 | When I get out of my train at Victoria and look about me at the other two hundred — mostly strangers , not least so those whose names as early schoolfellows dawn on me when they disappeared , — I sometimes think that one or two of us ought to speak out instead of just voting and making a remark in the complaint book once or twice a year and writing to a newspaper less often . |
| 23 | Thereafter he took heed from being dropped once or twice , and soon established a permanent place in the team . |
| 24 | We cross the border once or twice a week . |
| 25 | Once or twice we put these qualities to good use . |
| 26 | He had drawn his own face many times and Viola 's once or twice before . |
| 27 | Once or twice they 'd had to sleep down there , though not often because Gloria said it was n't nice to be all pressed up against people you did n't know . |
| 28 | I was once or twice approached by stony-faced nuns begging for charities , but I gave nothing because I felt sure that some of those nuns were fakes , possibly men in drag , for their big , dark , hollow eyes , dyspeptic noses bright red in chalk-white faces , compressed , colourless lips and faint moustaches were hardly the signs of religious penance , and they were all wearing rather large boots . |
| 29 | I wondered if he thought Dana and I were about to tie the knot , or whether he was thinking of us individually — the latter , I think , because he had warned me against marriage once or twice before when I had shown what he regarded as too much interest in a woman friend . |
| 30 | I did regret it later once or twice . ’ |