Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [verb] every [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not always necessary to plug a gap or fill every pause with music and there are points at which silence has significance . |
| 2 | ‘ I feel confident that Princess Anne has the perfect ring that meets every element and it is beautiful . |
| 3 | Solihull 's Discovery — one of a threesome that dominates every sector of the 4 × 4 market except the fun bugs . |
| 4 | His palm was rotating over her breast , filling her with a delicious lassitude , the unfamiliar feeling overwhelming her in the way that it took over her whole body , his touch vibrating through every nerve and firing every pulse . |
| 5 | Their knowledge of society had taught these men that there was a huge audience that wanted to laugh and that comedians had to strain every nerve and to try every joke in order to release that laughter . |
| 6 | Magwitch reveals himself as Pip 's benefactor and says every penny he has earned has gone to Pip . |
| 7 | ‘ Quickly , before I change my mind and break every bone in your disgusting body ! ’ |
| 8 | Soon the drivers are in their stride and enjoying every minute of it . |
| 9 | Currently , this handles £3M of industrial problems concerned with friction , lubrication and wear every year and has operated the European Space Tribology Laboratory since 1972 . |
| 10 | They claim some 10-20pc of Britain 's electricity could be wind-generated in the long term and say every kilowatt of electricity produced in this way saves around a kilogram of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide being emitted from a coal-fired power station . |
| 11 | Jazz and brunch every Sunday afternoon . |
| 12 | As editor of the Criterion , Eliot at this period often used anthropological material , himself selecting books for review and reading every word of what would appear in print . |
| 13 | A faith worn on the sleeve , to be seen and not hidden ; a faith that touches every detail of life ; a faith that knows how and what to celebrate ; a faith that knows how and what to celebrate ; a faith that earthquakes , terrorists , cholera , drought , power cuts , water shortages , poverty and bad housing will never shake . |
| 14 | Their hearts were going bang bang bang bang and the younger of the two had an excruciating bursting pain in the middle of the chest that stabbed every time a sobbing gasp came . |
| 15 | The kind of patience that ensures every join fits flush , every seam runs straight , every screw stays screwed . |
| 16 | In pure white it adds a freshness , cleanliness and unity to a white kitchen that brightens every day . |
| 17 | But what really counts is this indirect usefulness to her , it released her from the patterns of the novel of society and therefore , permitted the flowering of her real talent , a talent for finding and giving dramatic form to impulses and feelings which because of their depth , or mysteriousness , or intensity , or ambiguity , or of their ignoring or transcending every day norms of propriety or reason , increase wonderfully the sense of reality in a novel . |
| 18 | Polly tried to suppress the shudder that galvanised every nerve from the roots of her hair to her toes and fingertips . |
| 19 | I 'm afraid it may be no more than the zoological equivalent of chauvinistic snobbery , analogous to the attitude that sees every Australian as an uncouth swagman with not much under his hat and corks dangling round the brim . |
| 20 | She felt again that slight frisson of foreboding that came every time she thought of Gesner . |
| 21 | Members of staff are aware of the special nature of the skills required for law and make every effort in lectures and tutorials to ensure that the transition from school to university work is a smooth one . |
| 22 | It is designed to suit every type of circumstance and to overcome every type of objection the potential customer might place in the way of the salesperson . |
| 23 | The boys looked on the Venetian corner as a godsend and came every day as soon as they were out of school to throw stones at it . |
| 24 | Er Mr Potter this morning very fairly said to this erm t to the panel that if you do his need assessment which i if you got to the the exercise and stretch every parameter to its very limits , be as generous as you can on every possible criterion , you can get to an allocation for Selby of a hundred and twenty two hectares . |
| 25 | Instead of boldly breaking the charm and paying every man 's debts out of his property , the legislature attempted to turn the flank of the evil — to extort justice by persecution , to arm the creditor with powers of vexation instead of powers of sale , to satisfy his vindictiveness instead of his bill delivered . |
| 26 | Cereals at breakfast , mince and vegetables for lunch and fish every Friday . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm on a four-year contract and enjoying every minute . |
| 28 | Completely independent , she took and needed no advice in theatrical matters ; she had listened well to John , accepted responsibility and took every chance that came her way . |
| 29 | This can mean commissioning an architect to manage a building project from scratch , leaving the day-to-day technicalities to professionals — or , at the extreme , laying every brick and nailing every joint yourself . |
| 30 | Isambard caught up both , and stood for a moment staring down with a formidable frown at Harry , who nursed his bruised wrists and glared back , expecting a blow and tensing every muscle to receive it without a tremor . |