Example sentences of "and [adv] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All presidents must move carefully and skilfully if they are to be effective leaders . |
| 2 | He drove grimly and skilfully and he drove very fast as if he could not wait to get her on the plane to England and out of his sight . |
| 3 | The offences were committed over six years at the society 's museum at Comrie , initially when the accused was a trustee of the society and latterly when he was curator . |
| 4 | No , it 's confidential and properly cos she 'll want some of it back . |
| 5 | This , in effect , ensures that all ferrets are ready and willing to work fully and properly and there will be no unnecessary delays or complications that could have been prevented . |
| 6 | You are far more likely to use a method regularly and properly if you feel it is the right one for you . |
| 7 | His lips clamped together and he raised one corner of his thin mouth in a spiteful leer , his large bald head nodding deliberately to and fro while he waited for the younger man 's response . |
| 8 | Betty , suspect , generates a larger than average amount of her own static electricity aggravated by pushing the carriage to and fro and she has begun to discharge herself through the machine . |
| 9 | Their heads were the size of flies and moved to and fro as they presumably spoke to one another . |
| 10 | Gaining the tar-sweated hill with my mother 's lean legs pumping swiftly , the willowy sight of streaky high dunes on the horizon awaited us , waving to and fro as they did , sheltering an occasional beige box of a house , a modern cube . |
| 11 | The Fourth Fairy is a songbird bringing the gift of Language and flutters to and fro as she sings . |
| 12 | A spinner with a great ( or walking ) wheel could perhaps work here , space being required for the spinner to walk to and fro as she worked , though the height of the canopy would be a determining factor . |
| 13 | She gently rocked the chair to and fro as she started to work on the head of a unicorn in white embroidery cotton . |
| 14 | He glanced to and fro as he walked back across the road , but no-one was there . |
| 15 | Very soon he stopped , juggled the engines to and fro until he reckoned the bows were a hundred yards distant from the buoy , had the anchor dropped , then moved just as slowly astern , the anchor chain being paid out as he went . |
| 16 | ‘ Let me tell you , ’ she yelled , ‘ Boyd and I are somebodies in this town , and mostly because I was smart enough to set to and cultivate the right people . ’ |
| 17 | I continued to go off and on although I do have some special memories as a youngster running on to the Hillsborough turf to shake John Giles 's hand after beating Birmingham 3–0 in the Cup semi-final ( 1972 ) . |
| 18 | I must have underestimated the benefit of my practice with the neighbour 's cat , since my attempt seemed to sail on and on before it thudded to the ground . |
| 19 | His voice , low and urgent , went on and on but there was never an answer . |
| 20 | I 've asked them as well and this might take them into the second week er to start with their pupils process on a Wednesday morning whereby in each classroom there would be a me master year plan even if it means they have to buy four and divide it up but I su I suggest that I would do something , you know , produce one and on that they will write pertinent to the the form to the form er and continue to add on that over , you know as and when it 's relevant er , dates for completion of course work , it might be module testing etcetera and I 'm going to ask at briefing that any anything that a teacher has put down for children , it might be just you know Mi Mr x's group is mentioned at briefing so they can write down what 's pertinent to them and therefore |
| 21 | And on that I think we have highways service promises , not highways appointment |
| 22 | And on that it will say an R for return or whatever and give the girls instructions as to where to go to pick |
| 23 | We 've heard a little bit of , about the Three-Ninetieth Group and we could go on and on because it certainly is indeed er historic organization . |
| 24 | I remember too the suppressed terror I felt one Saturday morning when there was a daylight raid over London and a swarm of black flies appeared in the blue sky and seemed to come on and on as we looked out of our house high on Hampstead Heath . |
| 25 | A team functioning with all its different required ministry components in place , resources set up — ie Care Trust families , housegroups that sense God 's call , liaising with statutory organisations — Social Services , Social Security , HIV and AIDS agencies , Housing Department , Drug Dependency units — Police communication and legal systems in place , doctors , a formal prison link … and the list goes on and on as you can imagine . |
| 26 | ‘ Camels go on and on and on until they die ; and then one has the option of eating them , altogether far better tasting than a Michelin tyre , ’ writes Rene Dee in The Traveller 's Handbook . |
| 27 | She nodded slightly , and he bent his head to give her a kiss which was meant to be fleeting , but which went on and on until they were breathless and shaken when he put her away from him at last . |
| 28 | Shoes that must obey the call of the music and dance on and on until their wearer fell from exhaustion . |
| 29 | goes on and on and on until you can get something that 's erm a straight forward one letter to the power so you can differentiate it . |
| 30 | He told me that if the police started questioning me they 'd keep on and on until I said something I should n't . |