Example sentences of "now [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet every now and again a student emerges who shows exceptional talent and it is quite natural that a drama school will make sure that his/her ability is given a good stretch in public with a major role , perhaps playing Hamlet or Hedda Gabler . |
| 2 | The costumes were for the most part composed of homespun cloth of native dye , though now and again gay neckerchiefs — the manufacture of the south country — gave liveliness to the head ; while now and again a bright-coloured shawl was pinned across the shoulders of the women . |
| 3 | Every now and again a band comes along that completely defies all attempts at fitting into any sort of neat package . |
| 4 | By that time there were brothers and a sister playing about the floor of the nursery in Hampstead , and now and again a new baby in the cradle . |
| 5 | Now and again a heron will fail to survive the rigours of winter , and occasionally dead birds have been found carrying a numbered metal ring on their leg . |
| 6 | Every now and again a thrush would land on the ground exhausted , to be netted and put in with others in a cardboard box . |
| 7 | The only people to phone were Joseph and Lily , and now and again a friend of Elaine 's from work . |
| 8 | And every now and again a Crossley tender carrying a company of Black and Tans , their guns held at a threatening angle , would butt its way through the press , its progress-retarded — sometimes even brought to a halt — by as unlikely a variety of breakdowns and traffic jams as the doggedly obstructive citizens of Cork could improvise this side of outright rebellion . |
| 9 | The flame rose untrembling in the still air ; now and again a persistent insect would fly round , in , round and away . |
| 10 | Er every now and again a wee sugar cube . |
| 11 | Now and again a shadow would slip out but , seeing Cranston 's long sword , retreat again . |
| 12 | Another good idea on waters you know is to spend ten minutes in a swim you have never fished before — I always try and do this and every now and again a post which I have never even considered before has produced the goods . |
| 13 | It is even possible that now and again an extra long detour may have caused us to walk below the windows of Braemar Mansions ( ‘ not mansions , ’ wrote Ivy , ‘ but converted out of houses ’ ) , little knowing that there sat the sibyl who would completely have understood all our troubles . |
| 14 | They read books now and sometimes a few 0& them write poetry . |
| 15 | Every now and then a straggling two-dimensional township , with its sign : BLOGGSVILLE CITY LIMIT . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | In the distance Louise could hear the music from the rave and every now and then a shrill cry broke the night . |
| 21 | The sounds of the party were faint here , and now and then a few bars of melody drifted toward us . |
| 22 | Now and then a circulating pirate might come face to face with a Familo thug , and there would be some ritual snarling and glaring . |
| 23 | Now and then a door slammed , sending metallic echoes rolling along the corridors . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Occasionally he heard the distant sound of traffic on the main road ; now and then a dog barked somewhere in the village . |
| 27 | Every now and then a dad would swagger in and talk to her with reverence but also with a certain courtly gaiety . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Every now and then a jack pike would rupture the tranquillity as it marauded the easy pickings . |
| 30 | 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 . |