Example sentences of "and [adv] [conj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of these figures resulted from litigants pressing the church into action , but as a record of defiance , and presumably as just a fraction of total excommunications in those years , they are unquestionably revealing . |
| 2 | Sheer tiredness relaxed her limbs , and slowly but surely the warmth sent her off to sleep . |
| 3 | Cripps Christmas dinners were not noted for their decorum nor their sobriety and sooner or later the bread rolls began to fly . |
| 4 | Only a classic endures , and sooner or later the fashion comes full circle . |
| 5 | No matter what settlement is reached , if either republic , particularly Serbia , feels that it has been unfairly treated , any ceasefire will be temporary , and sooner or later the matter will rise again . |
| 6 | By the final session , the average frequency of waking had fallen to once or twice a week and once or twice a night ; settling time had decreased . |
| 7 | Year to year there are variations ; summer may start two weeks late , or two weeks early , or tentatively … and once or twice a year the weather goes into a sulk for a few days and refuses to co-operate with us . |
| 8 | Caine was filming in London with Sidney Poitier , and once or twice a week they would take it in turns to treat each other to a decent meal . |
| 9 | This was principally because he had taken up fire-watching duties there , and once or twice a week he would go up on the roof : he would have heard the sound of the aircraft , and the bursts of shrapnel from the anti-aircraft guns , while all the time scrutinizing the " blacked out " city for the evidence of fires . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | This design was , as was the Karrier model , based on and more or less a facsimile of the ‘ Wolverton Coupling ’ . |
| 12 | The only people to phone were Joseph and Lily , and now and again a friend of Elaine 's from work . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The " alert " is sounded and a plane flies overhead every five minutes or so — the usual monotonous droning sound of the engines is heard and now and then the pop-pop of the guns and occasionally you feel the sensation of a slight earthquake when a bomb drops — |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The shadows provided some relief , and here and there a man or a donkey dozed in one . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But today the real sea looked wonderful , silken , with a gentle running glitter where the tide moved , and here and there the tilt and flash of white wings in the sunlight as the gulls sailed out from the cliffs . |
| 19 | There were cigarette burns on the carpet , and here and there the brown of the walls had been rubbed away to reveal a pinkish surface beneath . |
| 20 | It seems that in any country , the Rottweiler is always recognized as a working dog first and a show dog as an after thought and then as only a show dog . |