Example sentences of "[prep] once [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All in all , he had been departmentally punished on twenty-seven occasions , an average of once for each year he had spent in the force . |
| 2 | I have evidence that you wash in excess of once per week . ’ |
| 3 | He was preparing a series of six documentaries with the overall title of Once in a Lifetime and said the situation regarding the Women of the Year lunch fitted in perfectly . |
| 4 | Downstairs what he ( he would ) called ‘ the lounge ’ is a beautiful room , much bigger than the other rooms , peculiarly square , you do n't expect it , with one huge crossbeam supported on three uprights in the middle of the room , and other crossbeams and nooks and delicious angles an architect would n't think of once in a thousand years . |
| 5 | The Hilary of once upon a time would have done it and taken great pleasure in confronting him , but the Hilary of now seemed to have become a spineless coward . |
| 6 | ‘ Work ! ’ grunted Orrin , unkind for once about the niece he loved . |
| 7 | Ella Bembridge , for once without a cigarette in her mouth , worked as stoutly as the men , and would have forced her way into the building to collect some of Dimity 's treasures if she had not been forbidden to do so by Harold , who had taken charge with all the ready authority of one who had spent his life organising others . |
| 8 | For instance , in December 1506 , the Council , meeting for once without the King , was told by the Lord Chancellor that Henry , hearing reports from Kildare of rebellion in Ireland , proposed to lead an expedition ‘ for the repress of the wild Irish ’ . |
| 9 | She was dressed in navy and white , her ivory skin slightly tanned and for once minus make-up . |
| 10 | He decided on the latter , for once on impulse , not form . |
| 11 | ‘ He loved my dollars more , ’ Jared Tunstall had replied , hard for once on the daughter he had always indulged . |
| 12 | For although the two stood with their heads for once on a level pegging , the size of their shadows differed to no small degree . |
| 13 | The cast and crew of The Viking had been filming on location and , finding herself for once with little to do , she 'd taken a break to watch the great Dane Jacobsen in action . |
| 14 | Sid James , Joan Sims , Kenneth Connor , Charles Hawtrey , Jim Dale and Ken linking up for once with Sheila Hancock in this epic which seemed to satisfy everybody . |
| 15 | Showdown in Deadwood as Costner makes town goldmine for gambling SCREEN hero Kevin Costner is playing the bad guy for once after fuelling a gambling war in a Wild West town . |
| 16 | Possessed for once by a spirit of happy hilarity , the Indian crowd unhitched the horses from Mountbatten 's carriage and dragged it through the streets ; British officers were lifted shoulder high and cheered . |
| 17 | ‘ City of Truro ’ was in light steam for the last time on the WSR as a static exhibit but upstaged for once by a host of traction and ploughing engines , vintage vehicles and other displays ! |
| 18 | This seems mainly to be because Mrs Thatcher and Mr Lawson — for once in agreement — refuse to admit the existence of the crisis . |
| 19 | Being for once in the mood to get things right , Phoebe had brought home from the library a book about dragonflies . |
| 20 | Miss J. has pretty well run him and now he 's doing a roaring trade and has just married a daughter of Lord Lytton , he 's evidently right in with the right lot of people … and what a God 's mercy that for once in a way these people have got hold of the right man and what a thing for England . ’ |
| 21 | She seemed , for once in her life , to disagree with everybody . |
| 22 | For once in her life , she was lost for words , and uncertain of her argumentative ground . |
| 23 | You know I have always wanted to get married , not for always , but just for once in my life I wanted to live out my love for a man like they did . |
| 24 | For once in his life he was doing nothing wrong . |
| 25 | For once in his life he was n't exaggerating . |
| 26 | ‘ Luck was on your side for once in the form of this remarkable pugilist , this amazing pair of fists ! ’ |
| 27 | For once in my life there was no need to believe as I did or act as I chose for any reasons other than that I was personally convinced it was right . |
| 28 | For once in his life , Leopold must have been truly happy : his hopes and prayers for his beloved son seemed at last to have come to fruition . |
| 29 | I was about to shout those very words out when , for once in my impetuous life , Dr Barton prevented me , for as the other members of the board filed out , he said , ‘ Doctor Masters . |
| 30 | They were out in the street now and Aggie , for once in her life , stood helpless , knowing not what to do . |