Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] a [adj] [noun] each " in BNC.
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| 1 | I slept for only a short time each night , and I did not eat much food . |
| 2 | When the tide springs up the shore the furthest , it also recedes the furthest — uncovering pools which may be accessible by foot for only a few hours each year . |
| 3 | But most MEPs say the parliament should be in Brussels where they have their offices , and have signed a lease-buy deal on a £171 million debating chamber in Brussels which involves a legal obligation of annual rent of £16.7 million and will now be used for just a few hours each year . |
| 4 | The terror suspects were tailed around the clock by surveillance teams of about a dozen officers each . |
| 5 | Of course we should n't have expected anything , but Mary and I would have felt rich with only a thousand pounds each , and St John would have been able to help so many more poor people ! ’ |
| 6 | Ask one of the residents to devise the questions on perhaps a different theme each week . |
| 7 | Most managed at least a half day each week . |