Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a [noun sg] every " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sexist concept , lousy gameplay and some of the worst digitisation I 've ever seen make this puerile excuse for a game every bit as bad as that offensive little rag The Daily Sport . |
| 2 | But if , instead of jumping you walked , one step at a time , and were given one small coin as a reward every time you happened to take a step in the right direction , you would reach the scorpion in a very short time . |
| 3 | There are radio programmes to listen to on a regular basis , to take away the aimlessness of a lie-in every morning . |
| 4 | Until she was eighteen , her father had educated her himself ; he had dressed her in navy serge and black stockings and made her read John Stuart Mill for an hour every evening . |
| 5 | Those who have lived with a large refrigerator on board their yacht in sunnier climes will remember what a bother it is to have to run the engine for an hour every day to keep the drinks cold and the food fresh . |
| 6 | To report from the front , there is now a gadget that can be fitted to your refrigerator that makes a noise like a pig every time the door is opened . |
| 7 | I went in as usual , took off my greatcoat and tunic and tie and made some small pancakes and dipped them in boiling fat — used to take me a quarter of an hour every night . |
| 8 | Or the need to race to the phone like a lunatic every time it rings ( for someone else ) and to blame your mother because you were at the pub when he did phone . |
| 9 | But I know from personal experience that gardens can get a bit messy — you ca n't take a dog for a walk every time it wants to ‘ go ’ , even with the best will in the world . |
| 10 | ‘ He took the dog for a walk every night . ’ |
| 11 | Marshall 's figures were 7 for 22 off 15.4 overs , giving him a strike rate of a wicket every 26 balls throughout the series . |
| 12 | In a similar survey , Welsh hill farmers said they lost , on average , one lamb to a fox every two years . |
| 13 | Obviously there are no simple solutions to a difficult relationship with a demanding parent , but it can often be kept ticking over on a mixture of kindness and firmness and a refusal on your part to come out of your corner for a fight every time she chooses to ring the bell . |
| 14 | An example would be when an extra record is added for each project in a company every day . |
| 15 | There 's a little old rhyme about sowing crops which accepts that you ca n't expect the maximum potential from a crop every time — you 've got to allow something for the other occupants of the land and it goes : |
| 16 | There is a good monitoring system with an assessment every three months . |