Example sentences of "and [adv] [prep] a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so after a while erm we found that , apart from one or two minor anomalies , er that our members were able to achieve round about forty seven , forty eight , forty nine percent . |
| 2 | ‘ And I do n't see , ’ continued Betty , ‘ why you had to say Elizabeth was going up and down like a whore 's drawers when she was only moving things off the table . ’ |
| 3 | A century ago it was considered to be as good as the Normande , and better as a butcher 's beast , but a combination of war and frontier changes led to its deterioration ; it was crossed with Danish Red as well as Belgian Red to form the Flemish Red , which is usually whole red , though some have mottled or blazed faces . |
| 4 | But from the peace of your Munro , all such regrets at its passing as a place of tranquillity vanish and it unveils its wilder delights at the east to those who come by foot and not by a knob-head 's speed boat . |
| 5 | people are shopping already and normally on a Wednesday we we 're we 're really bustling , it 's our busiest day of the week . |
| 6 | And still of a winter 's night , they say , when the wind is in the trees , When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas , When the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor , A highwayman comes riding — |
| 7 | And still of a winter 's night they say , when the wind is in the trees , when the moon is a ghostly galleon , tossed upon cloudy seas . |
| 8 | And even on a cook 's wages she would n't be able to rise to that . ’ |
| 9 | In each of these contexts — HMI reports , APU exercises or national reading surveys — to move from national assessment to a local authority assessment and then to a school 's performance ( summed up in the achievement of its individual pupils ) provided a method of finding out whether , in some of the measurable parts of schools ' work , matters were standing still or edging forward . |
| 10 | And then after a moment 's hesitation : ‘ I really do n't understand you , Cassie . ’ |
| 11 | [ In India ] every white traveller … must move rather like a snail , and sometimes at a snail 's pace , with his house , or a good part of it , on his back . |
| 12 | And your arms grow all hairy and muscly like a man 's and you get very keen on boxing and tossing the caber . ’ |