Example sentences of "and [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] or " in BNC.

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1 And so after a month or so 's arrears accumulated she got the inevitable form — an eviction notice .
2 Jung 's distinction drew attention to whether a person relates predominantly to others and less to the self or vice versa .
3 You simply screw the strips to the walls just under the ceiling and just above the skirting or baseboards to make a kind of frame , and use the special tool provided to push the fabric into the frame and secure it in position .
4 And outside in the chora or hinterland , and virtually ignored by Thucydides , were the ‘ true blacks ’ , the Sikel peasants or serfs .
5 Again , if you find you arc always walking back and forth to a larder or pantry , or to shelves at the other end of the kitchen , a storage trolley or cart which you could wheel up when necessary should help .
6 But no response came from the darkness , and after swaying precariously back and forth for a minute or two , his feet slipped on the twisting bamboo rods and he fell to his knees .
7 She twitched the hand-written parchment pages back and forth for a moment or two looking for them , then caught his amused glance .
8 Anxious to lead their lives in accordance with a strict and literal interpretation of predestination , experimental Calvinists sought to distance themselves both religiously and socially from the reprobate or ungodly .
9 For several years , she had not been attending school regularly but had instead been sent on provincial theatre tours , first with a dancing troupe and later as a violinist or actress .
10 Dinosaur size is a vitally important subject , bearing as it does on the controversy concerning metabolism and the generation and conduction of heat , and hence on the susceptibility or otherwise to changes in climate .
11 Order 20 , r 12A provides as follows : ( 1 ) Subject to paragraph ( 2 ) , at any stage in an action or matter the court may , if it thinks fit for the purpose of disposing fairly and expeditiously of the action or matter and saving costs , direct any party to serve on the other parties , on such terms as the court shall think just , written statements of the oral evidence which the party intends to lead on any issues of fact to be decided at the trial and RSC Ord 38 , r 2A shall apply to a direction under this rule .
12 But we only went for half a day at that period and then for a month or so then the troops went away again , we got back into our own school .
13 That 's why er people who come to our company and then after a year or so think they can go away and do this on their own , ca n't do it .
14 are managed by boards of governors , whose constitution varies from school to school , but which include representatives of parents and teachers , and sometimes of the DENI or an Education and Library Board .
15 The canal cut through that flat , agricultural landscape , its monotony broken only here and there by a farmhouse or a barn , until the closed Lock gates dammed it up .
16 He was now largely permitted to roam the grounds in freedom , and he came gambolling up to greet Theda with a bark , and then went off exploring again , just keeping the ladies in sight , and returning now and again for a pat or an encouraging word .
17 And certainly from the point or view of relationships with the actors , it works .
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