Example sentences of "were [adv] [adj] [prep] every [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Trembling and overwhelmed , Belinda slid into the passenger-seat , feeling its cool leather against her hot skin like a new caress , her nerve-endings were so alive to every sensation now .
2 They stared at one another , and as her mama had so often said , and thought again as she watched them , they were so alike in every way except their sex that they might have been two sides of the same coin .
3 But I had to face the fact that most of the pupils were completely untouched by every part of the curriculum .
4 Shanti and Chris were very helpful in every way , and Shanti 's ready laughter and general cheerfulness was a great comfort .
5 acknowledg 'd that the characters of the men were very unexceptionable in every respect … but the Statutes of the Univy , he thought , obliged him to proceed in this Manner — thus is Persecution carried on under the masque of Mildness and Moderation . ’
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