Example sentences of "now [coord] then a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every now and then a straggling two-dimensional township , with its sign : BLOGGSVILLE CITY LIMIT . |
| 2 | Even when the tholoid is shrouded in mist and invisible , as it often is in the afternoon , the dry clattering continues , with every now and then a much larger collapse taking place . |
| 3 | Florence Nightingale has been the inspiration for twentieth-century nursing ; every now and then a historian attempts to point out that there may have been aspects of her life which were not quite so saintly as we believe , but this does not shatter her image . |
| 4 | She moved to the door and glanced back , warming to her mother , it was not often she expressed affection or even concern , she was a hard woman who had lived a difficult life but now and then a little softness crept into Win Morgan 's eyes that betrayed the real woman beneath the stern exterior . |
| 5 | It was not that each child was continually talking but every now and then a child would speak to his neighbour or another would leave his place quietly and walk over to another child to speak with him . |
| 6 | In the distance Louise could hear the music from the rave and every now and then a shrill cry broke the night . |
| 7 | The sounds of the party were faint here , and now and then a few bars of melody drifted toward us . |
| 8 | Now and then a circulating pirate might come face to face with a Familo thug , and there would be some ritual snarling and glaring . |
| 9 | Now and then a door slammed , sending metallic echoes rolling along the corridors . |
| 10 | Even so , the air was full of spray and every now and then a drift of spume , like soap suds , whipped past on the wind . |
| 11 | Now and then a fine drizzle of sulphuric acid droplets may fall , plus other cloud particles , and the occasional thunderstorm high overhead can give a heavier rain . |
| 12 | Occasionally he heard the distant sound of traffic on the main road ; now and then a dog barked somewhere in the village . |
| 13 | Every now and then a dad would swagger in and talk to her with reverence but also with a certain courtly gaiety . |
| 14 | Every now and then a new game appears which sends the press wild with appraisal and is usually followed with a roaring applause at the ECTS annual awards ceremony . |
| 15 | Every now and then a jack pike would rupture the tranquillity as it marauded the easy pickings . |
| 16 | These birds , with now and then a solitary Rhynchops and frigate bird ( Tachypeles aquilus ) , were all of the feathered race that I observed in these heated latitudes , a part of the voyage which always hang heavily upon those destined to visit these distant regions ; by me , however , it was not so much felt , the monotony being relieved by the occasional occurrence of a whale , whose huge body rolled lazily by ; by a shoal of porpoises , which sometimes perform most amusing evolutions , throwing themselves completely out of the water , or gliding through it with astonishing velocity ; or by the occasional flight of the beautiful flying fish , when endeavouring to escape from the impetuous rush of the bonito or albacore . |
| 17 | At this time of night the street was quiet : the occasional car , and now and then a group of rowdy youths asserting their masculinity like stags in rut . |
| 18 | People will tell you there 's normality here and there is , but every now and then an abnormal thing happens which is quite horrific . |