Example sentences of "[v-ing] every few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes a placenta simply lifted out but I had this one away from the cotyledons one by one , returning every few minutes to the hot water and antiseptic to re-soap my aching arms . |
| 2 | Would the sand tend to compact , and need thorough cleaning or replacing every few months ? |
| 3 | This chart indicates the ownership of equipment as we went to press in January 1991 , but the pattern is developing every few months as companies change hands . |
| 4 | Instead they were marching backwards and pausing every few steps to fire steady and effective volleys at their French attackers . |
| 5 | I try to relax — everything is easier if you relax — as the young doctor pushes the tube into the green bone of my pelvic girdle , pausing every few seconds to ask if I 'm O.K. I am . |
| 6 | Rendered or dashed walls can always benefit from a coat of good exterior wall paint , and surfaces which are already painted will probably need recoating every few years . |
| 7 | A tickling cough coming every few hours with increasing intensity . |
| 8 | He sits in a Second Empire armchair , a curling pipe in one side of his mouth , the other side opening and closing every few moments , like a fish breaking the surface , to let the smoke out , and listen expressionlessly while Howard explains his ideas for the script . |
| 9 | Well , we have seen electrical cars in the form of milk floats for many years , and of course they 're particularly suited to intermittent use , stopping and starting every few yards . |
| 10 | It crossed garages , gardens and pavements , stopping every few moments to sniff the air . |
| 11 | The noise had an insistent quality — like a small animal gnawing away at something or gathering food and stopping every few minutes to listen , as hard as I was listening in the dark of Mr Marr 's house . |
| 12 | I walked as in a nightmare , aware of nothing but the few yards of tarmac ahead and stopping every few yards . |
| 13 | She had been reminded of a school outing , with the guide leading the party in a crocodile down man-made stairways protected by iron railings , stopping every few yards to bombard his audience with statistics or manipulate the complex lighting and communication system . |
| 14 | ‘ Right , ’ he eventually whispered , ‘ we 'll advance slowly down through the forest , stopping every few yards to listen for the enemy , while at the same time using the trees for cover . |
| 15 | She moved more slowly , stopping every few paces to aim and fire her blaster . |
| 16 | He walked along its edge , his lips pursed , stopping every few paces to study a particular knot of fibres or to read some of the tiny lines of symbols that moved ceaselessly in the spaces between the shapes . |
| 17 | They were shadow walkers , emerging every few moments with a suitcase , bulging , from one of the bedrooms , stacking it in the cramped hallway . |
| 18 | Waterlilies need lifting and dividing every few years . |