once in a while
Example Sentences
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Yet what makes this potentially the most important new opera of the year is not Huang’s agreeably efficient — and once in a while inspired — score, which incorporates Western and traditional music.
From Los Angeles Times
“We expect things like this to occur once in a while due to the volume of tests.”
“I watched him in action and learned from him, and he handed me books once in a while,” Mayer says.
“There’s a lot of common questions that people ask but once in a while people ask some weird questions that are not coded in the system yet,” says Chan.
My wife is from Austin and her favorite restaurant opened up a place in L.A., so we go there every once in a while for a nice meal.
From Los Angeles Times
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