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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