Example sentences of "[noun sg] every few [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man of the house told us that he had to repaint his boat every few weeks as the chemicals stripped it back to bare wood.And his wife complained of burns all up one arm from washing her clothes in contaminated water . |
| 2 | In the dry season , groups of families travel out into the forest , moving camp every few days and living off wild foods , thus more uniformly exploiting the environment at a time of scarcity and the risk of irreversible depletion of the local forest . |
| 3 | Females do that , dump their dead skin every few months and start again . ’ |
| 4 | Your best bet is to feed a leaf or two of blanched lettuce or spinach every few days and let them browse on it . |
| 5 | So , if the retailer moves the tea or coffee every few weeks and replaces it with another product ( perhaps one that does n't sell as well ) he can bring it to the customer 's attention . |
| 6 | William himself , by comparison , seems to represent a remarkable degree of geographical stability : he was born and died in Islington , seems to have travelled but little , and apparently lacked either the desire or the need to move house every few years as his father had done . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're not seriously going to tell me that a relationship like that just ends , when the guy still meets your mother every few weeks or so ? ’ |