Example sentences of "pile of [noun pl] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found it vaguely shocking to hear mothers ask small children what they wanted and casually add the often quite arbitrary choice of the child to the pile of goods already in the trolley . |
| 2 | Gently he put the gun down on the table and carried the pile of plates over to the sink . |
| 3 | He slammed a pile of papers down on the table . |
| 4 | Behind them their live comrades were shoving to force the pile of bodies through into the drawing-room to free the doorway ; meanwhile the Collector and the Sikhs were shoving with all their might to hold the bodies in place , although their efforts were hindered by the protruding bayonets . |
| 5 | If the changing rooms were full , girls would undress in the middle of the shop leaving piles of clothes all over the floor , such was their desperation to find the print and the style of their choice . |
| 6 | Piles of books all over the floor : Agatha Christie , Dick Francis , P. D. James . |