But for many called up, they were just sent in ones and twos to reserve or active duty units. |
Shaggy yaks stomp around threshing circles, ears of barley are thrashed with sticks and winnowed by singing villagers in twos and threes. |
Organising on the job was difficult as it involved chasing up members in ones and twos and having to go back to the job if a member was off sick. |
That was certainly once true of America's newspapers, which in a big country are distributed by city, almost invariably in ones or twos. |
He mostly takes people out in groups of ones and twos, and normally it's in a wide-open space. |
They marched in twos, first sergeant, then corporal, then the recruits in pairs. |