Example sentences of "here and [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here and there a fight broke out , girls screeched as someone goosed them , lovers clung together and ignored all that went on around them , pickpockets worked their art furiously and everyone set out to enjoy themselves . |
| 2 | Here and there a word emerged ; she thought she detected ‘ the ’ , ‘ and ’ and ‘ hope ’ through the fog of her panic . |
| 3 | Here and there a duckboard keeps your feet off the mud . |
| 4 | The rock hissed and cracked ; here and there a stone flew up , and the steam rose like smoke . |
| 5 | The shadows provided some relief , and here and there a man or a donkey dozed in one . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I found a good place on the bus , on the top deck , right at the front , where you can feel the warmth coming up through a grating ’ ( here and there a head nodded understandingly ) ‘ and see the view . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Here and there a Marco or Giuseppe . |
| 10 | A few of the mounts shifted their feet ; here and there a rider slid his sword back and forth in its scabbard . |
| 11 | Evidently there was a market not far away , for there were plenty of housewives with shopping bags bulging with fresh vegetables and fruit , while here and there a businessman hurried through the crowd clutching his briefcase or sat scanning a newspaper over his coffee or cognac . |
| 12 | There 's only the local GP here and twice a week a doctor from Poggibonsi does a round . |