Example sentences of "come [conj] [adv] a year " in BNC.
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1 | Long — well , perhaps not that long-ago , in a drowsy Melbourne suburb called Surrey Hills , where Christmas came but once a year and the rest of the time there was the telly , you could say life was dull . |
2 | Communion comes but twice a year for some |
3 | ‘ Christmas comes but once a year . ’ |
4 | As Italians and many others would agree , fortunately for the figure Christmas comes but once a year ! |
5 | It 's not every house that has antique vases thirty feet up a wall to dust … fortunately even at Claydon House the problem comes but once a year . |