Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] every few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 But it seemed like every few months there 'd be another little trip up .
2 Jonquil came in every few days .
3 The owner has been calling by every few days to check on progress , but now is in Barbados .
4 It can therefore vary from every few minutes to once a year but I usually begin with once a day .
5 Maria paused in the doorway , surveying her new colleagues and their partners , a handful of them local people but mainly men and women from all over the English-speaking world , because radio people had a gypsy tendency to move on every few years .
6 She spotted Adam almost as soon as she entered the club , but though he was sitting only a short distance away with a stocky sandy-haired man she did n't recognise , it took her some time to reach his table , since she was obliged to stop at every few strides to talk to customers .
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