Example sentences of "or twice [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have thought about it once or twice but it seems impossible , ’ said Endill . |
| 2 | When we now roll the ball towards the dent it may circle around once or twice but eventually it will fall through the hole . |
| 3 | Mrs Singh mentioned this once or twice but did not seem to set much store by it . |
| 4 | The responses were later grouped into three categories : ( a ) never smoker — ‘ I have never smoked a cigarette , not even a puff ’ ; ( b ) tried but stopped — ‘ I have only ever tried smoking once or twice but I do n't smoke now , ’ or ‘ I used to smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke now ’ ; ( c ) current smoker — ‘ I smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke as much as one cigarette a week ’ or ‘ I usually smoke between one and six cigarettes a week , ’ or ‘ I usually smoke more than six cigarettes a week . ’ |
| 5 | I had been there once or twice but she had never set foot in my father 's new home . |
| 6 | She said he asked her once or twice but she turned him down and he soon got the message . ’ |
| 7 | It sort of erm in Italian wine once or twice but when I ordered this I took the care to order up |
| 8 | There 's a metallist girl who was interested in it , she wanted me to be her partner mm , went along once or twice but |
| 9 | I 've been on once once or twice but no |
| 10 | I thought once or twice that I saw a glint of sardonic amusement in Conchis 's eyes , but I could n't be sure . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He had seen the boy once or twice since , and he seemed a nice enough lad — a little backward perhaps , but his mother was ashamed of him , and refused to send him to school , perhaps fearing the other children would tease him . |
| 13 | I saw her once or twice since , before the Coconut closed , but not for ages now . |
| 14 | ‘ I saw him in the canteen once or twice after he 'd left comparability , ’ says Treacher . |
| 15 | My father called my mother darling once or twice and there was a kind of Darby and Joan air about them . |
| 16 | The Wallises report that the telephone regularly rings once or twice and then stops before they can answer it . |
| 17 | Go back to the case and review critically the main characteristic symptoms eliminating those that are not strong , are vague , have perhaps only occurred once or twice and are not really important features of the illness . |
| 18 | Most of the fires are dry leaf fires , made for smoke , they puff once or twice and then go out . |
| 19 | They came to his home uninvited once or twice and they would waylay him as he emerged from work at the factory . |
| 20 | We have n't really discussed it , to be honest ; but I 've seen her with kids once or twice and she seems to get on with them instinctively . |
| 21 | Running — not — " He trembled violently , kicked once or twice and became quiet . |
| 22 | After speaking to him once or twice and receiving no reply , Hazel thought it best to let him alone . |
| 23 | Harry said , for he had met Jerry once or twice and rather liked him . |
| 24 | And he 'd be there once or twice and then on the Wednesday evening as was his custom , he went down to the village , he had a date with my mother and there she was standing by the shop in the square and when she saw him coming down she turned and said , , she said and swirled her skirts round . |
| 25 | they take books out once or twice and then the older members do n't take 'em out |
| 26 | er if it 's people give you things like reference lists and reading lists , I mean sometimes that 's the most confusing thing to be given because you do n't know , I used to think you were supposed to read everything on them er and I actually tried doing that once or twice and I could n't find stuff in Aston library so I ran up the er town library and went to Birmingham University library and then I got back the next week and I realized that I was about the only person who 'd actually done that and other people had n't |
| 27 | but er I was the only one that ever used it and I used it about once or twice and then , like like , I used it for about |
| 28 | I have n't done , I 've been invited to go once or twice and I |
| 29 | Well , I mean , only once or twice and then , |
| 30 | But he knows actually what we 're trying to do on a Sunday , and they either like to play us , er er once or twice and they got a reasonable ground . |