Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] and [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ringisho ( request for a decision ) goes back and forth and eventually a consensus is achieved among the interested parties , with the president giving his final approval . |
| 2 | The only people to phone were Joseph and Lily , and now and again a friend of Elaine 's from work . |
| 3 | At this time of night the street was quiet : the occasional car , and now and then a group of rowdy youths asserting their masculinity like stags in rut . |
| 4 | I shuffled down the shingle until I felt the mush of dry seaweed , and then I explored it with my hands — yes , it was just the stuff one would expect , weed , and here and there a bit of wood . |
| 5 | The shadows provided some relief , and here and there a man or a donkey dozed in one . |
| 6 | Even a little food could be had at a pinch , for here and there were a few pale twists of grass and here and there a dandelion . |
| 7 | If the result is never in any doubt , so that it is not ‘ the people ’ but always and only a section and that the same section of them which confers consent on government , then those who feel themselves permanently excluded will also feel no great obligations to the regime . |
| 8 | A tip , incidentally , that reminds us that the whodunit is by no means only a puzzle for the reader to solve before the author lets out the answer , but also and always a story . |
| 9 | Evidently there was a market not far away , for there were plenty of housewives with shopping bags bulging with fresh vegetables and fruit , while here and there a businessman hurried through the crowd clutching his briefcase or sat scanning a newspaper over his coffee or cognac . |
| 10 | English , like England , is presented within this discourse as essentially and incontrovertibly a matter of culture without politics , the self-evident and natural servant of a spiritual fellowship embodying all that is true , good , and free . |