Example sentences of "now [conj] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only people to phone were Joseph and Lily , and now and again a friend of Elaine 's from work . |
| 2 | Every now and again a thrush would land on the ground exhausted , to be netted and put in with others in a cardboard box . |
| 3 | Now and again a shadow would slip out but , seeing Cranston 's long sword , retreat again . |
| 4 | Yet every now and again a student emerges who shows exceptional talent and it is quite natural that a drama school will make sure that his/her ability is given a good stretch in public with a major role , perhaps playing Hamlet or Hedda Gabler . |
| 5 | Another good idea on waters you know is to spend ten minutes in a swim you have never fished before — I always try and do this and every now and again a post which I have never even considered before has produced the goods . |
| 6 | Every now and again a band comes along that completely defies all attempts at fitting into any sort of neat package . |
| 7 | Now and then a door slammed , sending metallic echoes rolling along the corridors . |
| 8 | It was not that each child was continually talking but every now and then a child would speak to his neighbour or another would leave his place quietly and walk over to another child to speak with him . |
| 9 | Every now and then a dad would swagger in and talk to her with reverence but also with a certain courtly gaiety . |
| 10 | Florence Nightingale has been the inspiration for twentieth-century nursing ; every now and then a historian attempts to point out that there may have been aspects of her life which were not quite so saintly as we believe , but this does not shatter her image . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Even so , the air was full of spray and every now and then a drift of spume , like soap suds , whipped past on the wind . |
| 13 | Every now and then a jack pike would rupture the tranquillity as it marauded the easy pickings . |
| 14 | Occasionally he heard the distant sound of traffic on the main road ; now and then a dog barked somewhere in the village . |
| 15 | Magic thus represents a view of causation utterly at variance with the concepts of the Christian scientific West , which are now as much a part of the African 's world as is ancient tradition . ’ |
| 16 | The Smiths had their day , made the '80s safe for ironic excitement and indie pop that was n't crap , and are now as much a part of the nostalgia industry-chart museum as The Rolling Stones . |
| 17 | In all of this — in matters appertaining to ‘ taste ’ , that is — there is a new kind of predatory cruelty in the air , which is now as much a part of the successful survivor ( also known as the yuppie ) as Paul Smith togs , a Betty Jackson outfit and extruded plastic or brushed aluminium accessories . |
| 18 | Many police officers today , even in the higher ranks , can not remember carrying out their police duties without the assistance of the computer , and it is now as much a part of police back-up as the police car and police radio . |
| 19 | But they and the families which ran them are now as much a part of local history as pits and shipbuilding . |