Example sentences of "and [adv] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drove grimly and skilfully and he drove very fast as if he could not wait to get her on the plane to England and out of his sight . |
| 2 | This is a generic something : I am speaking here of a literary practice long and widely and variously undertaken , in relation to which Roth is both critic and executant . |
| 3 | This , in effect , ensures that all ferrets are ready and willing to work fully and properly and there will be no unnecessary delays or complications that could have been prevented . |
| 4 | She was puzzled only by the unmistakable largesse of the confidence proffered to her , because try as she might , she could not persuade herself that Clelia could talk like this , so wittily and intimately and inquiringly , to everyone ; she could not believe that she could talk like this to many . |
| 5 | Paintings and drawings , separated from one another in all but the first room , are arranged straightforwardly and unpretentiously and while some areas are too tightly hung nothing , except other people , interposes between viewer and work . |
| 6 | Betty , suspect , generates a larger than average amount of her own static electricity aggravated by pushing the carriage to and fro and she has begun to discharge herself through the machine . |
| 7 | For , in the book of Daniel ( 12:4 ) there is a prophecy that seemed to speak of a time when many would pass to and fro and knowledge would be increased . |
| 8 | There were moments during the Mass when the litanies and prayers , the censers swinging to and fro and the smell of incense made her feel lightheaded , and she was able to believe that she was not really present , not really being married at all , and that at any moment she might open her eyes and awake , to find herself back in Corcaguiney , with the wind ruffling the water across Dingle Harbour and the cloud shadows sailing over the mountain . |
| 9 | Our rotten mainmast began whipping sickeningly to and fro and required five men constantly clinging to its lee mainstay to cushion the strain . |
| 10 | Dorothy had glared phlegmatically around and said that would teach the silly little wretch to wander off on his own ; it was Helen who had rushed to and fro and eventually found Edward , white with shock , cowering beside one of the tills . |
| 11 | Like a game-cock in arrogance , he lifted her back across the dividing space and pulling away the collar of her , inevitably musquash , fur coat , he dropped his mouth low on the back of her neck , drawing kisses to and fro and nibbling gently across it . |
| 12 | There are plenty of areas of sea floor with Recent sedimentary cover of sorts , but — at least on the inner shelves — this nearly always seems to be moving to and Fro and not building up . |
| 13 | Eleanor released her grip on the pedestal and put her hands over her eyes , rocking to and fro and moaning , ‘ I ca n't bear it , I ca n't bear it ! ’ |
| 14 | In 1987 , when she entered the House of Commons as the MP for Norfolk South West — a safe-as-houses rural Tory seat — she was already 46 , with none of the outward trappings of a high-flier , merely a proven ability to work swiftly and effectively and an unthreatening charm . |
| 15 | But he had been there at the right time , he had acted swiftly and effectively and she was alive . |
| 16 | An Executive Agency is a non-statutory management device aiming to ensure that the executive functions of the Government are run efficiently and effectively and within available resources . |
| 17 | For example , in the Herefordshire survey shown in Table 6.1a the 36 per cent of trips accounted for by shopping involved about 700 passengers per hour between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. ; the 29 per cent of trips accounted for by work involved about 1,000 passengers per hour between 7 a.m. and 9a.m. and around 500 passengers per hour between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. ; and the 23 per cent of trips accounted for by education involved about 2,000 passengers per hour between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. and around l , 000 passengers per hour between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m . |
| 18 | The transcripts were handed over to the Serious Fraud Office , and duly and properly given to the defendants in the criminal proceedings . |
| 19 | Interestingly Mr D denied that communications was more inclined to encourage students to question conventional wisdom than subjects such as English , saying that ‘ I do n't think academic subjects do … take things for granted ’ and that English looks at how writers are ‘ situated socially and economically and culturally ’ . |
| 20 | Thirdly , however , the focus on ethnicity as part of the discourse of cultural pluralism and diversity pays scant attention to the highly complex , contextually variable and economically and politically influenced drawing and redrawing of boundaries that takes place in encounters within the minority communities and in relation to white groups . |
| 21 | Her fingers and toes were chilling and slowly and almost imperceptibly the mist settling on her fur collar was turning a frosty white . |
| 22 | But Marx , in an equally tough voice , merely said , ‘ O.K. Let's do just that , ’ put his hand in his breast pocket , slowly pulled out a horribly official-looking envelope , and slowly and carefully took from that an even more horribly official-looking form , folded once , in what to Herr Nordern seemed an indescribably sinister manner from top to bottom instead of side to side . |
| 23 | Ludens , steadying Marcus 's head with one hand , his fingers plunged into the short hair , and slowly and firmly moving the very sharp instrument , felt like an acolyte performing a dangerous task , perhaps intended as a test . |
| 24 | Slowly and surely the truth of what had happened came out , and slowly and surely the Elves rallied to the side of Caledor . |
| 25 | As far at I could judge it , the general feeling among the present day staff is that there have been some gains to both the prisoners and the system , and some losses , but the gains have been bought dearly and slowly and the losses may be irreversible . |
| 26 | They were all watching in fascination , hardly noticing , hardly understanding , that the abrupt wind from the south door had fallen into total stillness , and still , leaf by leaf now and slowly and deliberately , the leaves kept turning . |
| 27 | I bought or stole all the pieces of human body that I needed , and slowly and carefully , I put them all together . |
| 28 | And slowly and carefully he peeled the garment over her head , his hands unsteady as he completed the task . |
| 29 | All at the end you do is losing your voice and , and if you do n't get your way , then you it up louder and louder and louder and if you do n't get your way you may have to back down then and the aggressive person backing down to sort of a submissive does n't always hold very much credibility . |
| 30 | All at the end you do is losing your voice and , and if you do n't get your way , then you it up louder and louder and louder and if you do n't get your way you may have to back down then and the aggressive person backing down to sort of a submissive does n't always hold very much credibility . |