Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [adv] a [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This difference remains however constantly or quickly a judgement ensues on what the advocates of the theory call a ‘ sensation ’ or ‘ impression , . |
| 2 | If you fill your factory with machines so sophisticated that they can make anything that any blueprint tells them to make , it is hardly surprising if sooner or later a blueprint arises that tells these machines to make copies of itself . |
| 3 | Retest foods once or twice a year to see if they are still a problem . |
| 4 | The Congress , which partly superseded the former USSR Supreme Soviet , is elected for a five-year term and convenes once or twice a year to decide on major constitutional , political and socio-economic questions . |
| 5 | Another 17-year-old girl kept up a regular correspondence with her natural mother and went to see her once or twice a year referring to her as an ‘ auntie ’ . |
| 6 | The valuation of trading stock will normally take place only once or twice a year to coincide with the date of the end of the builder 's financial year or half-year , although larger companies may prepare quarterly accounts . |
| 7 | As part of the improved conditions Bilal 's partner started taking us through the kitchen once or twice a week to sit with them and get a bit of sun . |
| 8 | However , to maintain this amended behaviour pattern , it may be necessary to repeat this training once or twice a week to ensure that it is permanently reinforced . |
| 9 | ‘ You can carry on doing my washing , if that will please you — and knowing you as I do , I do n't doubt you 'll be in here at least once or twice a week clearing things up and telling me what a mess I 'm living in — just as you do now . |
| 10 | The group will meet once or twice a month to discuss business coming before the council and to decide on a collective attitude . |
| 11 | ‘ They did n't see anything because they were working in their little tent , ’ she went on , ‘ but they did hear someone hurrying past and then a car starting up a little way away . |
| 12 | Rather , like the rest of the Musgrave Park complex , it is purely and simply a hospital dedicated to healing and the relief of suffering . |
| 13 | Yet every now and again a student emerges who shows exceptional talent and it is quite natural that a drama school will make sure that his/her ability is given a good stretch in public with a major role , perhaps playing Hamlet or Hedda Gabler . |
| 14 | Every now and again a band comes along that completely defies all attempts at fitting into any sort of neat package . |
| 15 | Now and then a door slammed , sending metallic echoes rolling along the corridors . |
| 16 | Occasionally he heard the distant sound of traffic on the main road ; now and then a dog barked somewhere in the village . |
| 17 | Here and there a fight broke out , girls screeched as someone goosed them , lovers clung together and ignored all that went on around them , pickpockets worked their art furiously and everyone set out to enjoy themselves . |
| 18 | Here and there a word emerged ; she thought she detected ‘ the ’ , ‘ and ’ and ‘ hope ’ through the fog of her panic . |
| 19 | Here and there a duckboard keeps your feet off the mud . |
| 20 | The rock hissed and cracked ; here and there a stone flew up , and the steam rose like smoke . |
| 21 | ‘ I found a good place on the bus , on the top deck , right at the front , where you can feel the warmth coming up through a grating ’ ( here and there a head nodded understandingly ) ‘ and see the view . |
| 22 | A few of the mounts shifted their feet ; here and there a rider slid his sword back and forth in its scabbard . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | But my instructions for the lads have always been that if you go to a job for a lady particularly and then a man comes along and starts to get stroppy , you 'll have to explain to the lady you may have to leave it temporarily and go back . |
| 25 | It is as if governments , having been given the gifts of technology , set them loose without an idea of how or even a wish to restrain them . |
| 26 | They all used to hang out there and quite a scene had developed Some of it had to do with it being the antithesis of the whole trash/sleaze thing that was going down at the start of the seventies . |
| 27 | It should never be taken hastily or immediately a crisis arises in the life of an elderly person , such as bereavement or a sudden illness or depression , for grief usually passes to some extent after a period of supported mourning . |