Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] every few " in BNC.

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1 His hair , which he had cut himself in one of the gales of thrift that blew up in him every few weeks , kept getting into his eyes and caused him to see a charming rainbow when he stood under a street lamp to look up at Sam 's room — something he had done too often .
2 By extending the region of interest to include the Virgo cluster which contains about 2000 galaxies the rate rises to one every few days , a more tempting prospect .
3 I wrote to him every few days and gave him the details of everything that happened and everyone I met .
4 If you put him to bed and he cries , check on him every few minutes , reassuring him you 're there by talking to him and stroking him before leaving the room .
5 I referred his valet to Miss Kenton , but this did not prevent M. Dupont snapping his fingers at me every few hours to say : ‘ Butler !
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