Example sentences of "now [coord] then a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every now and then a new game appears which sends the press wild with appraisal and is usually followed with a roaring applause at the ECTS annual awards ceremony . |
| 2 | In the distance Louise could hear the music from the rave and every now and then a shrill cry broke the night . |
| 3 | Now and then a circulating pirate might come face to face with a Familo thug , and there would be some ritual snarling and glaring . |
| 4 | These birds , with now and then a solitary Rhynchops and frigate bird ( Tachypeles aquilus ) , were all of the feathered race that I observed in these heated latitudes , a part of the voyage which always hang heavily upon those destined to visit these distant regions ; by me , however , it was not so much felt , the monotony being relieved by the occasional occurrence of a whale , whose huge body rolled lazily by ; by a shoal of porpoises , which sometimes perform most amusing evolutions , throwing themselves completely out of the water , or gliding through it with astonishing velocity ; or by the occasional flight of the beautiful flying fish , when endeavouring to escape from the impetuous rush of the bonito or albacore . |
| 5 | The sounds of the party were faint here , and now and then a few bars of melody drifted toward us . |
| 6 | Every now and then a straggling two-dimensional township , with its sign : BLOGGSVILLE CITY LIMIT . |
| 7 | She moved to the door and glanced back , warming to her mother , it was not often she expressed affection or even concern , she was a hard woman who had lived a difficult life but now and then a little softness crept into Win Morgan 's eyes that betrayed the real woman beneath the stern exterior . |
| 8 | Now and then a fine drizzle of sulphuric acid droplets may fall , plus other cloud particles , and the occasional thunderstorm high overhead can give a heavier rain . |