Example sentences of "here [conj] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 She and Carolan had no children , but that was neither here nor there as an indication of matrimonial harmony nowadays .
2 I should add here that even as a junior at Halton I was in the senior cross-country team — which only people in their very last year were normally eligible to join and at this stage I was in my first year of three , I was allowed to go out on any occasion , in running gear , to train as I was a bona fide member of the team and so on one of these occasions when I was out training — I always wore a sort of towel around my neck which looked very professional at the time and quite unnecessary — I managed to conceal the altimeter , which had become very very hot property by this time because it was known that several instruments were missing and we could have a visit from the gendarme .
3 A comment here and there on a classic will not be out of place , but a list of recommended varieties is out !
4 He was doing a bit of odd work here and there on an ad hoc basis , not musical work .
5 We take our orders , issued here and there in a whisper . ’
6 The canal cut through that flat , agricultural landscape , its monotony broken only here and there by a farmhouse or a barn , until the closed Lock gates dammed it up .
7 It is best to use small amounts of food , for you might not notice tiny pieces nibbled here and there from a large lump .
8 ‘ We should make it in three or four days , if we 're lucky , if we leave tomorrow , ’ Travis finished , recalling her to the here and now with a start .
9 My attention is drawn back to the unpleasant here and now by a banging gavel : thunder shakes the firmament .
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