Example sentences of "here [coord] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here and there a faint pencil line indicated where a line of trees or a valley would one day appear . |
| 2 | Against walls , jars of oil , cheap wine , and black and red beer were stacked , and here and there a low table displayed jewellery . |
| 3 | Now and again the walkway became even more narrow as a pavement café spilled its chairs and tables upon it , tempting the strolling shopper to stop for refreshment ; here and there a small crowd gathered around a solitary musician or a group of young teenagers singing , the plates at their feet covered in kroner as a testament to their audience 's approval . |
| 4 | Here and there a rebellious dandelion sprouts . |
| 5 | Here and there a regular path of some animal helped them but it rarely ran in one direction for long and they were unwilling to lose contact with the water which they would eventually have to cross . |
| 6 | Here and there a Roman dish , cabbage cooked with leeks , stuffed dates , tripe in ginger sauce , yuk ! |
| 7 | Here and there a tall Tal tree ( a kind of palm ) stands out , all else is submerged . |
| 8 | The walls not of stone had been plastered and whitewashed , with here and there a grey stone protruding where it had been too large or awkward to remove and cover . |
| 9 | Here and there a grey farmhouse or cottage was tucked into a hollow . |
| 10 | The walls of embossed paper , with here and there a darkened bruise of damp , the fiery carpet , the four poster draped and covered in the colour of Ruth 's velvet mouth . |
| 11 | Roosting birds rustled overhead ; the night breeze stirred the leaves ; here and there a dead twig fell . |
| 12 | Here and there a few barricades were erected but they were defended half-heartedly by the few who manned them . |
| 13 | Here and there a few people moved about amongst the chicken coops and the junk : a girl chasing a goose into a pen , a boy flying a kite . |
| 14 | Here and there a creeper-covered country house with a pitched roof which the French dignified with the name of ‘ château ’ , here and there a little town with broad tree-lined avenues , the inevitable ‘ Place Napoléon ’ , and the lycée in a prime position . |
| 15 | Here and there a creeper-covered country house with a pitched roof which the French dignified with the name of ‘ château ’ , here and there a little town with broad tree-lined avenues , the inevitable ‘ Place Napoléon ’ , and the lycée in a prime position . |
| 16 | Then , as if a dividing line had been drawn across the outskirts of the town , the scene changed : Ben was now driving the cart past terraced houses with lace curtains at the windows , and the bath-bricked steps leading to painted front doors , with here and there a little maid scrubbing the steps , or sluicing the pavement outside the small railed gardens . |
| 17 | Here and there a larger house stood , once the home of some magnate now long gone , broken and rotten , a warren where different families lived in every room . |