Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] every [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rode to work every morning on a fine stallion . |
| 2 | This time he sought to expunge every trace of Existentialism , but retained much of the material from the first draft , including the elements mentioned above . |
| 3 | He tried to read every scrap of newspaper in the school ; even the loose pieces blowing through the corridors and those stuffed underneath mattresses . |
| 4 | He tried to extract every detail from his memory , quoting to himself what he had said to Cranston earlier in the day : ‘ If there 's a problem , logically there must be a solution . ’ |
| 5 | He worked on the sets with a minature theatre stage in Los Angeles for nine months and , unusually for a set designer , he has attended every minute of rehearsals in London . |
| 6 | In 1978 he co-founded Raw , a comic book for sophisticated adults , and in the years since then he has explored every nuance of the form . |
| 7 | In the introduction he has covered every aspect of the play under the headings of date , sources , structure and theme , language and metres , staging and texts . |
| 8 | We affirm on the contrary that he has to see every code including his own as criticizable in terms of ‘ Be aware ’ . |
| 9 | Details were revealed as Mr Bush made his tax return public yesterday , something he has done every year since he became vice president in 1981 . |
| 10 | He says he has appreciated every word and gesture , from the plethora of ‘ well done banners ’ to the sheep painted in the team 's colours . |
| 11 | ‘ … job , you know , he has to fight every inch of the way , he gets so exhausted , so … |
| 12 | Gravenor Henson , the leader of the Framework Knitters " Union , regarded the existence of the acts as " a tremendous millstone round the neck of the local artisan , which has depressed and debased him to the earth , every act which he has attempted every measure that he has devised to keep up or raise his wages , he has been told was illegal : the whole force of the civil power and influence of the district has been exerted against him because he was acting illegally " . |
| 13 | Since then he has shown every sign of being a pragmatist , an adroit politician and a very hard worker . |
| 14 | So if a man can prove that he has obeyed every law for six years , he receives a present of money from the King . |
| 15 | He has enjoyed every minute of it in the certain knowledge that he was never going to be held to account by being elected . |
| 16 | To add insult to injury his faithful laser blazer has limited power , so to keep the aliens at bay he has to make every shot count . |
| 17 | Rocco apparently performed a survey and determined that 9 out of 10 skaters are street skaters , and hence he has dropped every vert skater from his team . |
| 18 | And his head was spinning from walking so far ; he walked everywhere , and though he stopped to eat every day when he was on one of these journeys of his he did not I expect eat especially properly . |
| 19 | ‘ He wants to cover every blade of grass . |
| 20 | But he 'd heard every word . |
| 21 | William 's grandad had fought a lonely war against the priesthood — and the grandmothers and mothers and aunts who were allied to it-but he 'd lost every battle so far . |
| 22 | He 'd been thinking that he 'd covered every angle , but now he was feeling as if he 'd been wrong-footed . |
| 23 | It was years since he 'd been there , but there had been a time when he 'd gone every week , sometimes twice . |
| 24 | Oscar felt sure he 'd foreseen every contingency . |
| 25 | And Francis would know something was happening : he would not leave it be until he 'd extracted every detail , he never did . |
| 26 | He 'd examined every cell . |
| 27 | If he was going to be late on parade — 3 p.m. , he 'd promised every pressure would be on the other two group leaders , Sheila Williams and Cedric Downes , to keep the tourists adequately amused by each of them shouldering an extra responsibility . |
| 28 | He said that he 'd telephoned every gallery I gave him the name of . |
| 29 | He came to work every day in the week at 6 a.m. and left off at about 9 p.m . |
| 30 | He seemed to grudge every word he spoke . |