Example sentences of "and occasionally [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some elderly people suffer from iron deficiency due to a very slight , and sometimes unrecognisable , blood loss from such conditions as piles , diverticulitis , hiatus hernia — and occasionally bleeding from the stomach , if they have been taking aspirin for rheumatism daily for long periods , and this may cause anaemia . |
| 2 | On this particular Sunday afternoon , Celia 's husband , clad in shorts and T-shirt , bent over them carefully , snipping here and there , and occasionally looking towards the pram , parked in the shade a few feet away , where his nine-month-old son , propped up by pillows and securely strapped in , made contented unintelligible noises at him . |
| 3 | While the ebullient Tim chunders on about anything — switching from astute frontman to village idiot at the twist of a phrase — bassist Martin balefully stares at the floor looking ever more intense and occasionally thundering through a paragraph of bile . |
| 4 | While the ebullient Tim chunders on about anything — switching from astute frontman to village idiot at the twist of a phrase — bassist Martin balefully stares at the floor looking ever more intense and occasionally thundering through a paragraph of bile . |
| 5 | A favourite cage bird , often escaping and occasionally breeding in the wild . |
| 6 | Their handbags are shopping bags , their holidays are day trips , and occasionally going to a son or daughter . |