Example sentences of "[pron] [det] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She had already thrown yesterday 's damp tea-leaves on to the parlour carpet , and when she had finished in the surgery would take a small , hard hand-brush and , down on her knees yet again , would painstakingly sweep them all up into a dustpan , to remove the previous day 's dirt and dust , Miss Mates said , and purify the air .
2 Of course , dustproof bags , cases for machines , and strong plastic covers for papers and boxes of computer disks can be a great help , but above all , keep a constant check on all your materials and if you are away from your house for a long time , lock them all up in a metal trunk or barrel and ask a local friend to check your house for termites from time to time .
3 You had to put them all on in a piece you see with the tube in it and er things became much easier when the wheel base trim came in .
4 There were other reasons for insecurity , too : no matter how much material prosperity had come a family 's way , there was still every chance that illness or a premature death might send them all back down a snake at a much faster speed than they had been able to climb up a ladder .
5 Mm I think if you try and do it here , so you make it into a shoe shape , you curl it all up into a shoe shape , where do you think it 's going to go ?
6 The tapes are erased afterwards what they do is somebody types it all up and erm then they build it all up on a computer .
7 Do n't you agree that you never know what you are going to find there but on the other hand if you ignore the expiry date and crunch it all up with a lot of jam , or even a lot of Nivea , it all goes down the red lane and things start to brighten up ?
8 While it is unremarkable to observe that although some people eat three meals a day , and others miss out breakfast and lunch altogether , taking all their food in the evenings , there is no such parallel during sleep — no normal person has been found who , for instance , takes all his or her REM sleep in one session of ninety minutes at the beginning of the night , or saves it all up for a session in the early hours of the morning .
9 Over the past year , I 've come across a dozen or more men of my age who are with women who simply are n't willing to give it all up for a baby .
10 I do n't suppose I 'll be able to take it all in for a while .
11 I was ready to chuck it all in after a decision that flew in the face of reason .
12 Indeed Bob Arum , the promoter , who put it all down to a conflict of styles , recently dismissed his ranked middleweight Michael Nunn for such a negative performance .
13 Erlich wrote it all down in a pocket notebook , longhand .
14 And then I could put it all back in a ponytail except for a bit at the front dripping down .
15 Round it all off with a pair of boots to suit your level of walking , some gaiters to protect your lower leg and stop debris getting into your boots , and you 're ready for anything !
16 Their devotion was apparent when we took them both out for a walk .
17 Mary 's fiancé , Johnny , who was a sergeant motor mechanic on one of the bomber air fields in Yorkshire , came down to visit her and took us all out for a drink one evening .
18 ‘ She invited us both down for a drink . ’
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