Example sentences of "and [adv] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am bewitched , and wholly under her spell ! ’ |
| 2 | She wins hearts everywhere she goes , and , with a quick aside , puts everyone instantly and skilfully at their ease . |
| 3 | As you were aware , they had been involved in Three Hills in er developing Ayletts Field and successfully with us on our our most recent one . |
| 4 | It was a 15- to 20-footer , and luckily for me it went in . |
| 5 | And luckily for me , it 's worked out . |
| 6 | And luckily for me , it 's worked out . |
| 7 | And luckily for him , research from International Data Corp and Input indicates that systems integration is one of the fastest growing information technology sectors — Input predicts that the Western European market , valued at $3,300m in 1991 , will be worth $7,900m by 1996 . |
| 8 | Two lesser kestrels , the first I had ever seen , flew to and fro above my head . |
| 9 | Inshore , Wilkie , lying lazily along the water , propped by flickering hands , watched the to and fro of their dancing and circling and smiled to himself . |
| 10 | She waddled to and fro with her toes pointing in … |
| 11 | She looked down at the sandal and with one worn finger gently moved the heel to and fro on its fragile shred of skin . |
| 12 | Iris thought for a moment , turning her glass to and fro on its painted wooden coaster . |
| 13 | He required seven or eight spinners to keep him busy as he threw his shuttle to and fro on his heavy wooden loom . |
| 14 | The porter , whom he had swept past at the entrance to the close , hurried up , his peaked cap rattling to and fro on his small head . |
| 15 | Esther shook her head , oblivious of the stray wisp of hair that fanned to and fro across her forehead ; hair that had once been a soft shade of brown , but which now was streaked iron grey . |
| 16 | On the other hand , a maintenance check of a series of related machines may involve moving to and fro between them while activating this and that , this is a ‘ walk through ’ . |
| 17 | As a language is variable at all times , the many different varieties can each be seen as having continuous histories , with influences passing to and fro between them , as represented in figure 3.2 . |
| 18 | But at last there was a kind of to and fro between them , more like a tennis match perhaps than a genuine conversation , with words being patted back and forth , but Rose at least was grateful for it . |
| 19 | He knows it chiefly as a source of seasonal traffic jams about which Marjorie sometimes complains ( the University day begins too late and finishes too early to inconvenience Vic himself ) and of distractingly pretty girls about whose safety he worries , seeing them walking to and fro between their halls of residence and the Students ' Union in the evenings . |
| 20 | I suppose there 's a lot of to and fro over your mother 's affairs ? ’ |
| 21 | Gleam-surges to and fro through me |
| 22 | Grinning , he showed the mandibles of his filed teeth , and sucked saliva to and fro through his pointed ivories . |
| 23 | Behind it , when he was in session , George would swing to and fro in his green leather swivel armchair smoking a cigar . |
| 24 | Thoughts flitted to and fro in his brain like swallows : phrases from Ruggiero Miletti 's letter , an insinuation of Antonio Crepi 's , something Ivy had said in the car , what Valesio 's widow had told him , Luciano Bartocci 's brisk new manner , Italo Baldoni 's story , Cinzia Miletti 's breasts … |
| 25 | Carey went back on his heels , his head snapping to and fro like something spring-loaded , and a little fan of bloody spray rose from his face . |
| 26 | Jonathan swaggered to and fro before his private army . |
| 27 | He held a copy of Milton 's works in his hands , but whenever he quoted from the poet he held the book aloft , like the Gospel at High Mass , sometimes going so far as to wave it to and fro behind his head as he chanted out the words . |
| 28 | From there they passed to a polishing room , and thence to what was known as No 3 position , where they were fitted to the actual coach . |
| 29 | If your upper muscles ( head , shoulders , neck and jaw ) are tense , then that tension is being transmitted to the rest of your body and thence to your mind . |
| 30 | For example , a finite straight line can be transformed into its two dimensional form and thence into its linear dual by applying compressive and tensile forces . |