Example sentences of "and [adv] [prep] a [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 | Egon Zehnder has established a reputation for high quality and absolute discretion , charges fees based on work to be undertaken and not on a contingency or percentage of salary basis , and has retained practically all its senior staff . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She twitched the hand-written parchment pages back and forth for a moment or two looking for them , then caught his amused glance . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The proportions reported to have had difficulty with various aspects of caring for themselves ( getting in and out of a bath or shower , dressing and undressing , going to the toilet , washing and shaving , feeding themselves , making a hot drink , or needing help at night ) for a year or more before death was 87 per cent of those who had been in a residential home for a year or more , 60 per cent of those in for a shorter time and 25 per cent of those who had not been in such a home at all . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |