Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] every " in BNC.

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1 The young nurse brought Michael a chair and he sat beside Joe , holding the old man 's hand and stroking it every now and again .
2 Would you care for it and tend it every day
3 We also had to shear and dip them every year and friends would come to help .
4 Should you want to do some withy and teasel research for yourself , you might visit their willow and wetland centre in Stoke St Gregory where they grow 50 acres of willow and harvest it every winter , when the plants are dormant and the rods measure 8 feet .
5 And er so this student came to and I organized a conference and took the chair for him you know and er and helped him every possible way .
6 ‘ Yes , I know , but the French protect and afford us every comfort .
7 Use cotton dust-covers — white — and wash them every few months .
8 Gannets amaze and impress me every time I see them .
9 She refused to let him come with her , but reluctantly agreed that either he or Shelley could call and see her every day before she went out or undertook any exercise other than gentle walking .
10 ‘ You must come and see me every day .
11 We used to call and see him every day , often on our way to and from school , and so did our parents .
12 ‘ But you 'll come and see us every so often , all the same , wo n't you .
13 The important thing I want you to have is , is start on that activity data sheet , get in your discipline of writing everything you do on that sheet and inputting it every week , so that you 're getting actual data as soon as possible .
14 Draw up a School Development Plan and renew it every year .
15 She has done us many a kindness and fed us every morning . "
16 What I was saying was , just that like , they had all these pieces of furniture in there , it was supposed to be a suite , but my mum , my mum got round and tell you every single piece that was a different colour or the wrong shape , or did n't fit on the pedestal properly , or this and that , and she had the whole lot changed at least three times .
17 However he looked after his animals with great care , brushing and combing them every evening , giving them the same food as he had himself , and chopping wood to make a fire so that they should be warm at night .
18 And my job was to going round with the keeper and feeding them every morning .
19 The press laid siege to Diana 's flat in London and followed her every move until the engagement was announced five months later .
20 I should like , on their behalf , to thank him for all he has done and to wish him every success in his new appointment as Director General of the Electronic Components Industry Federation .
21 I agree with all the right hon. and hon. Members who said — I think that almost all who have spoken so far made this point — that it is very important to give Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland the prospect of joining the Community at least by the end of the decade , and to give them every possible assistance in meeting the economic and political conditions for membership as soon as possible .
22 And loved it every bit as much as they adored their riverside home .
23 A LOVELORN man hid in a woman 's attic for three days and recorded her every move on video after she spurned his advances at work .
24 Meanwhile Yanek , up on the mountain , was no nearer remembering what the sun-god had told him , because the little goblin kept pestering and distracting him every minute of the time , turning somersaults , sliding down the waterfall , buzzing and chattering .
25 Sensible parents would have chosen a hill station near us , rented a house , and sent us every year to the same school .
26 Only the truly virtuous strip their tack and clean it every time it 's used — the rest of us simply do n't have time .
27 Put them on a window-sill and water them every two or three days .
28 During this time he introduced himself to the Governor of New South Wales , who received me most kindly and offered me every assistance ’ , and paid his respects to Captain Philip Parker King , who had commanded his expedition with Lady Franklin to Recherche Bay the previous December , and who was now resident in Sydney as Port Officer and Superintendent of Government Vessels .
29 As chairman of the IAPS in 1908 , and again in 1921 , he made an inspired plea for a wider cultivation of a liberal humanism by all teachers of youth , actively encouraging originality in boys and affording them every opportunity to discover and develop their own interest and genius .
30 He said : ‘ The selectors showed a lot of faith in me and gave me every chance to prove my fitness .
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