Example sentences of "every [det] [noun pl] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every few minutes a man came in and called someone 's name . |
| 2 | Every few minutes a truck thunders down the strategic Salang Highway on its way from Hiratan on the Soviet border to Kabul . |
| 3 | Every few minutes a shell would swish over the rooftops to explode with a roar in the docks ; and more Syrian troops — nearer to the explosions and silhouetted against the sea — could be seen running beside the harbour wall . |
| 4 | Every few minutes a plate crashed to the floor . |
| 5 | Every few minutes a train rolled in , as if from some inexhaustible magazine of trains beyond the horizon , and , sucking into itself a multitude and departing again , left one platform for one moment emptying — and the next moment the platform was once more filled by the quenchless stream … |
| 6 | Every few minutes the cock tests the temperature of the mound : if it falls below 33 degrees Celsius he adds more compost , while if it rises above 33 degrees he makes a vent in the mound to cool the eggs . |
| 7 | Every few years the gap is filled with a useful directory , but handy as they are such titles rarely survive for more than three editions : witness the demise of the Antique Collectors ' Club 's sadly missed Guide to Specialist Nurseries . |
| 8 | Every few years the industry begins a campaign , backed in medical journals , for release from its shackles . |
| 9 | Every few seconds a plane would take off as another approached the cross runway , with a third coming in behind the take-off plane to land . |
| 10 | Every few lessons the class has a criticism , and the children will criticise each others ' work . |
| 11 | Home was a little nearer , and with every few miles the countryside grew a little uglier . |