Example sentences of "[vb past] each [noun sg] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LORD Spencer 's death might have served to remind this country of the dread winter of 1978/1979 when rubbish was uncollected in the streets , the fire brigades were on strike , hospitals were picketed by auxiliary workers who demanded to approve all surgical operations , housewives fought each other over a cauliflower leaf and the dead lay unburied in every churchyard . |
| 2 | Instead of using complicated measurements involving colour purity , resolution etc. to compare their performance I simply used each monitor for a day . |
| 3 | Whitlock turned his attention back to the barbecue and prodded each chop with a steak knife to find out if they were properly cooked . |
| 4 | The teams were split into three groups and played each other in a round-robin . |
| 5 | The most significant single development at the summit was the signing of a Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty which committed each side to a reduction of 30 per cent in its stock of weapons . |
| 6 | But there was no hint of courtesy or even ordinary politeness between the Prince and Princess of Wales , who barely acknowledged each other with a glance . |
| 7 | FIVE youngsters were killed as two drivers raced each other through a housing estate , a court heard yesterday . |
| 8 | He emphasised each word with a stab of a well-fleshed finger that bore his brassy signet ring . |
| 9 | the number of people served each morning for a week |
| 10 | The festival began each year with a parade of the competitors through the village , led by the Captain and past Captains of the Society . |
| 11 | Bella always started each day in a frenzy of horror at how much had to be done . |
| 12 | Finally , she abandoned herself to him once again , the moonlight playing on their bodies as they loved each other with a strength that surprised them both . |
| 13 | The texts themselves are inspirational , but Beyer 's lettering style for this commission , which treated each letter as a piece of incised sculpture in its own right , greatly adds to their declamatory power . |
| 14 | The company issued each purchaser with a document confirming that the purchaser was the sole owner of the wine he had purchased . |
| 15 | To solve the problem a practice grew up of lodging the certificate or certificates with the company or its registrars who endorsed each transfer with a statement that certificates covering the transaction had been lodged . |
| 16 | Two youths chased each other around a pile of rucksacks and their girls were shrill in encouragement . |
| 17 | Madonnas , cherubs , birds , fauns and flowers crowded and pushed each other in a design that defied logic and allowed no place for the eye to rest . |