Example sentences of "every [num] [prep] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Goreng had been in Danu ten months , every one of which seemed a year to her . |
| 2 | Beyond the compact unity of the City of London and the LCC ( and its constituent metropolitan boroughs ) there lay a multiplicity of administrative units , extending over almost 2,600 square miles divided amongst no less than 143 local authorities , nearly every one of which had a planning scheme prepared or in course of preparation , independently of its neighbours . |
| 3 | Powered by a 450 hp $985 , it ‘ cruises ’ at 250 mph , and has handling as extreme as the originals — every one of which crashed . |
| 4 | Israel presents a bill-cum-claim for £13 billion ; the Turks have already been more than vigilant and need recompense ; Egypt is already forgiven its £7 billion arms debt but needs more ; Syria has had its funds unblocked by the EC ; the US is getting its war subsidies ; the Soviet Union is tied by its need for help ; the air is thick with pay-offs and promises , massive promises every one of which has its own complex politics contradicting most or all of the others . |
| 5 | Finally , inward investors find attractive the measures that we have taken to improve training and skills , almost every one of which has been opposed by Labour . |
| 6 | Karl , his head turned steadily to his right , peered intently at the run-down flats and battered buildings and factories lining small side-streets , each and every one of which ended in that apparently insignificant , almost unobtrusive wall of grey concrete blocks . |
| 7 | Every one of them looked worried . |
| 8 | Every one of them determined according to the Vice Chancellor . |
| 9 | Every one of them sprang back , mended , into its rightful place in the line . |
| 10 | and er all his brothers ev , every one of them went , they served their time and |
| 11 | a very uncomfortable thing for me occurred — There were quite enough queens to register Casanova impotent , and yet every one of them shied away from me as if I had the plague . |
| 12 | We were , after all , in the huge personnel carrier area , with pods , shuttles and other small vehicles coming down in a steady stream , every one of them disgorging masked and costumed revellers . |
| 13 | At least six lived on well into their nineties , every one of them sharing an absolute hatred of old age . |
| 14 | Never before had there been as many as nine of his members in a Masters field and every one of them made the cut . |
| 15 | The group , obviously delighted at having someone new in their midst , constantly called her name and it seemed to Rachel that every one of them wanted to throw the ball to her while she , infected by their enthusiasm , was only too happy to join in . |
| 16 | Considering each member of the series of Xs connecting the human eye to no eye at all , is it plausible that every one of them worked sufficiently well that it assisted the survival and reproduction of the animals concerned ? |
| 17 | Considering each member of the series of Ks connecting the human eye to no eye at all , is it plausible that every one of them worked sufficiently well that it assisted the survival and reproduction of the animals concerned ? |
| 18 | They were passed down father-to-son from Father 's great-great-grandfather to him , and every one of them acted on the pageants , father and son . |
| 19 | you know I can understand now the people that have n't got the truth , when one of the , the mate , when the mate dies whether a woman or a , or a , or a husband dies , they want to die , they do n't want to live because I felt that , I felt that , what 's there , what 's there me left to live , my kids they 're , they have their own families , there all time , they have no time , I brought up three children , I have a full time job and I have time for every one of them to look after and to bring them up and to set them on their way to live and not one of them became a prisoner or something , you know , they 're all have nice jobs and , and nice kid nice people , one , nobody 's in the truth the boys |
| 20 | Every one of them knows and loves Amsterdam and will be pleased to answer any specific query you have . |
| 21 | By having each and every one of them involved , you can not only tap their expertise but also get their commitment to tackling a problem that affects the entire company . |
| 22 | ‘ There are a lot of musicians in Seattle and every one of them looks up to Jimi Hendrix . |
| 23 | Jaguar insiders say the company bosses — all 14 of them — are so enthusiastic about the car that every one of them has claimed he 'd spend his own money to buy one if it goes into production . |
| 24 | For example , a man with a hundred head of cattle , sheep and goats trains his son to know them by their colour only or by their size and type of horns , while every one of them has a special name . |
| 25 | But we never use ours unless the Germans get particularly noisy , as on their system of retaliation three for every one of ours come back . |
| 26 | You swore each and every one of you to undertake this task , you must do so fearlessly and without fear or favour consider the evidence … |
| 27 | Every one of you has made a contribution to the character of this institution and I take pleasure in acknowledging what each of you has done to make this such a satisfying academic and social environment . |
| 28 | And th I 'm sure every one of you have been in that situation where somebody 's suddenly popped out and committed themself to an overtake and they 've got nowhere to go at all . |
| 29 | Every region here got this problem because all of you , every one of you have got local authority workers and other workers and Tylers is like a flea on a dog 's back it 's creeping in and they going , getting everywhere . |
| 30 | Remember people promote themselves , we 're growing fast as a division , make sure each and every one of you grow with us . |