Something that happens only occasionally: “He comes around ________.”
| ONCE IN A WHILE | 445 |
| NOW AND THEN | 146 |
| EVERY NOW AND THEN | 88 |
| EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE | 75 |
| ONCE IN A BLUE MOON | 64 |
| EVERY SO OFTEN | 46 |
| OCCASIONALLY | 46 |
| PERIODICALLY | 25 |
| RARELY | 23 |
| SELDOM | 19 |
| NR | 14 |
| INFREQUENTLY | 13 |
| ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE | 13 |
| SOMETIMES | 10 |
| FREQUENTLY | 7 |
| OFTEN | 7 |
| ONCE IN A LIFETIME | 7 |
| VERY SELDOM | 6 |
| EVER NOW AND THEN | 5 |
| EVER SO OFTEN | 5 |
| NOT VERY OFTEN | 5 |
| ONCE IN A DOG’S AGE | 5 |
| SPASMODICALLY | 5 |
| NOT OFTEN | 4 |
| ONCE IN A COON’S AGE | 4 |
| SOMETIME | 4 |
| AT TIMES | 3 |
| EVER ONCE IN A WHILE | 3 |
| EVERY BLUE MOON | 3 |
| FROM TIME TO TIME | 3 |
| NOT TOO OFTEN | 3 |
| OFF AND ON | 3 |
| ONCE A MONTH | 3 |
| QUITE OFTEN | 3 |
| WHEN HE WANTS SOMETHING | 3 |
| EVERY WEEK | 2 |
| IN AGES | 2 |
| INTERMITTENTLY | 2 |
| ON OCCASION | 2 |
| VERY RARELY | 2 |
| WHEN HE FEELS LIKE IT | 2 |
| AT HIS CONVENIENCE | 1 |
| AT ODD TIMES | 1 |
| AT RARE INTERVALS | 1 |
| CHRISTMAS, NEW YEAR’S, BIRTHDAYS | 1 |
| DON’T COME VERY OFTEN | 1 |
| EVERY DAY OR SO | 1 |
| EVERY FEW DAYS | 1 |
| EVERY LITTLE WHILE | 1 |
| EVERY MONTH | 1 |
| EVERY NOW AND SO OFTEN | 1 |
| EVERY ONCE AN OCCASION | 1 |
| EVERY WEEKEND | 1 |
| FOR AGES | 1 |
| I RARELY SEE HIM | 1 |
| IN A COON’S AGE | 1 |
| IN A LONG TIME | 1 |
| IN A MONTH OF SUNDAYS | 1 |
| IN HIS SPARE TIME | 1 |
| JUST ANY TIME | 1 |
| JUST NOW AND THEN | 1 |
| JUST OCCASIONALLY | 1 |
| JUST ON TIME | 1 |
| JUST ONCE IN A WHILE | 1 |
| JUST PERIODICALLY | 1 |
| JUST WHEN HE TAKES A NOTION | 1 |
| LITTLE WHILE | 1 |
| MAYBE ONCE A YEAR | 1 |
| MONTH OF SUNDAYS | 1 |
| OFTEN ENOUGH | 1 |
| ONCE A WEEK | 1 |
| ONCE A WHILE | 1 |
| ONCE A YEAR | 1 |
| ONCE IN A FORTNIGHT | 1 |
| ONCE IN A FULL MOON | 1 |
| ONCE IN A GREEN MOON | 1 |
| ONCE IN A LONG WHILE | 1 |
| ONCE IN A MOON | 1 |
| ONCE IN A RARE WHILE | 1 |
| ONCE IN A WAY | 1 |
| ONCET A YEAR | 1 |
| PART OF THE TIME | 1 |
| PRETTY OFTEN | 1 |
| SEMI-OCCASIONALLY | 1 |
| SPORADICALLY | 1 |
| TOO DAMNED OFTEN | 1 |
| UNEXPECTEDLY | 1 |
| VERY RARE | 1 |
| WEEKLY | 1 |
| WHEN HE DAMN WELL PLEASES | 1 |
| WHEN HE GETS TIME | 1 |
| WHEN HE NEEDS SOMETHING | 1 |
| WHEN HE TAKES A NOTION | 1 |
| WHEN HE WANTS MONEY | 1 |
| WHEN I LEAST EXPECT HIM | 1 |
| WHEN THE OCCASION COMES | 1 |
| WHENEVER HE FEELS LIKE IT | 1 |
| WHENEVER HE WANTS SOMETHING | 1 |
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