Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] every [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does manage carefully prepared appearances in public , he does see journalists ( this interview was conducted by telephone , still his chief channel of communication ) , it does sometimes seem as if every second person on the London meeja circuit has sat next to Rushdie at some dinner party . |
| 2 | On a day when it seemed as if every floating vote was going to prove crucial , I detected a strong whiff of electoral blackmail . |
| 3 | She was more scratched than she had realised and it felt as if every small insect in the wood had landed in her hair . |
| 4 | He felt as if every last drop of feeling had been sucked out of him . |
| 5 | If the immortals were capable of reproduction there would be a colossal population explosion : imagine what it would be like if every human being ever born were still alive ! |