Example sentences of "once for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He came back once for a check . |
| 2 | When he asked once for a volunteer bugler , a particularly blackguardly fellow stepped forward . |
| 3 | ‘ Miss Maxwell was perfectly normal in her behaviour at school — except that she was perhaps too much the model student — but every so often she would disappear , usually for about three days , once for a whole week . |
| 4 | The widow told me that she went out twice a day — once very early for shopping and once for a walk towards evening — but never where the passeggiata took place . |
| 5 | The weather was good , scores were high on the day , but no-one could live with the excellent golf from Dermot who kept a steady throughout , pausing only once for a ‘ chuckle ’ as colleague Kevin O'Leary pitched a 9-Iron into the nearby water hazard , albeit the Shannon . |
| 6 | I joined the A T C once for a couple of months . |
| 7 | Perhaps you 'd like to stick around and watch this happening because I remember you subbing once for an etching lesson . |