Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] every time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I realised I had to stop putting it in though , ’ Kaye admits , ‘ when a friend of one of my sons told me the house looked more and more like a church every time he came round . ’ |
| 2 | Or the need to race to the phone like a lunatic every time it rings ( for someone else ) and to blame your mother because you were at the pub when he did phone . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're so perfect … you even colour like a rose every time I look at you . ’ |
| 4 | I cried like a baby every time I tried to close my eyes . |
| 5 | Obviously there are no simple solutions to a difficult relationship with a demanding parent , but it can often be kept ticking over on a mixture of kindness and firmness and a refusal on your part to come out of your corner for a fight every time she chooses to ring the bell . |
| 6 | But I know from personal experience that gardens can get a bit messy — you ca n't take a dog for a walk every time it wants to ‘ go ’ , even with the best will in the world . |
| 7 | But if , instead of jumping you walked , one step at a time , and were given one small coin as a reward every time you happened to take a step in the right direction , you would reach the scorpion in a very short time . |
| 8 | Sobbing with pain and rage , he was carted off to hospital by an ashen Claudia and the family doctor , who 'd been presented with a horse every time he delivered a Mendoza baby . |
| 9 | She intended to reward him with sips of his favourite ‘ pop ’ from a mug every time he managed to get the spoon to his mouth . |
| 10 | She was now in a state every time she looked at Alain . |
| 11 | Indeed as Dottrens noticed in his world survey of primary curriculum in 1962 there seems to be a bit more of everything included in a curriculum every time it is revised — a trend which is likely to be reinforced whenever syllabuses are designed by committees rather than individuals . |
| 12 | They were hand in hand , about a yard apart , swinging their joined hands high and indulging in a tug-of-war every time they encountered a lamp-post or a tree . |
| 13 | As you can see we 've got three children who will be going to the school and I do n't want them to think they have to get in a car every time they travel anywhere . |