Example sentences of "and [adv] [conj] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This process goes on and on until eventually the position is as shown in Table 16.9 . |
| 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 | 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 — |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |