Example sentences of "every few [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was seated at the back of the court , initially angry that someone had screwed up with the tickets , but he quickly realized that every few games he was almost directly behind her . |
| 2 | And every few hours I 'd get more shots . |
| 3 | Every few minutes she glanced again at the postcard . |
| 4 | Every few minutes my saddle , a thin nylon sack , would slide alarmingly forwards . |
| 5 | Every few minutes I found some reason to stop : to take off my sweater , to put on my robe , to change from boots to training-shoes and back again , to eat some oats , to take my temperature , to redistribute the load inside the lockers and , when I had no other excuse , simply to rest . |
| 6 | He was reading a newspaper , but every few minutes he looked up from it , to talk to me . |
| 7 | Together , every few weeks we 'd dismantle the rig and transport it in sections a few hundred miles through swamps and desert and forest . |
| 8 | Every few weeks he will have to spend a weekend at home near a telephone on call to handle any emergencies which crop up in the area . |
| 9 | Every few weeks I would get one or two days off duty to catch the ferry to Nanaimo and motor down the scenic Malahat Drive to Victoria . |
| 10 | It 's only the ground floor , really , and it is set out with a bar at the back and refreshments like the old music halls used to be with every so often , every few seats there is a table so that it 's a thing to have your drink and refreshments to hand at the table . |
| 11 | Every few yards there were depressions filled with sand , each of which took minutes to cross . |
| 12 | Every few yards he stopped , listened and touched the wall with his right hand just above his head . |
| 13 | Although he had not recognized her immediately Fleury had noticed Chloe a moment earlier as she came trotting into the clearing ; since he had last set eyes on her Chloe 's golden curls had grown foul and matted and in places mange had already begun to remove them ; a cloud of flies followed her and every few yards she stopped to scratch . |
| 14 | And : ‘ What keeps Las Vegas powerful is every few years it becomes more fabulous and more outrageous . ’ |
| 15 | This interest has kept the Mannheimian tradition alive if not exactly thriving and it seems as if every few years there is a revival of interest . |
| 16 | His profound sense of fatalism becomes apparent as early as the last paragraph of his very first speech : ‘ … every few years there is still a case , and as the parties tell me what the trouble is , … the thought comes in that … another lawyer , quite differently dressed , heard the same complaint and sat there as powerless as I , and watched it run its bloody course . ’ |
| 17 | Every few years he was rediscovered by an enthusiastic critic or gallery owner , although the success never gelled . |
| 18 | And there were other things ; saliva drooled from her lips and every few seconds she gave a retching cough . |
| 19 | Every few seconds she looked at the ground and shook her head . |
| 20 | Every few seconds he transmitted the ‘ successfully aboard ’ code . |
| 21 | At a meeting of the Cairngorm Club he told a hushed audience ‘ For every few steps I took I heard a crunch as if someone was walking after me but taking steps three or four times the length of my own . |
| 22 | Every few steps I stopped and shouted , but the only sound in that wild , lonely place was the wind . |
| 23 | ‘ Every few months they 're rounded up and driven from the city , ’ explained Ellen . |
| 24 | Every few months his owner gives Ben a bath . |
| 25 | But it seemed like every few months there 'd be another little trip up . |
| 26 | ‘ Since the exhibitions change every few months there is a steady and very varied work load with a great burst of activity before the big Festival exhibitions . |
| 27 | Every few miles his suitcase bounced out the back of the cart and Tock became annoyed at having to stop and collect it all the time . |
| 28 | Every few paces they paused to peer ahead into the gloom , and when they reached a gap in the trees Devraux stopped and pointed . |
| 29 | Every few paces he glanced back across his shoulder . |