Example sentences of "[conj] here and [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fenella stood very still and stared at the Robe , seeing that the lids were closed and that here and there the lashes were matted and sticky-looking . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Against walls , jars of oil , cheap wine , and black and red beer were stacked , and here and there a low table displayed jewellery . |
| 5 | The shadows provided some relief , and here and there a man or a donkey dozed in one . |
| 6 | If he squinted his eyes , he could just make out the greyness of the roof between the trees and here and there the stony finger of a chimney-stack . |
| 7 | There are mallards , teals , of which I have seen a few recently in the Camel estuary , always an abundance of moorhens and coots , and here and there the odd tern . |
| 8 | But today the real sea looked wonderful , silken , with a gentle running glitter where the tide moved , and here and there the tilt and flash of white wings in the sunlight as the gulls sailed out from the cliffs . |
| 9 | The flies crawled upon it and here and there the sharp points of gravel pressed up through the flesh . |
| 10 | There were cigarette burns on the carpet , and here and there the brown of the walls had been rubbed away to reveal a pinkish surface beneath . |
| 11 | The air was heavy with thick , herbal smells , as though it were already late June ; the water-mint and marjoram , not yet flowering , gave off scent from their leaves and here and there an early meadow-sweet stood in bloom . |
| 12 | 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 . |