Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [vb base] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | She had to take all her clothes off and wear just the chiffon tunic with the white satin ribbons criss-crossed between her breasts ( which , she observed with interest , seemed to have grown and the nipples to have got rather darker . ) |
2 | Downs said : ‘ If I said what I really thought about the ref , they would lock me up and throw away the key . ’ |
3 | Shame they did n't just lock the band up and throw away the key … |
4 | A pensioner who 's been robbed of more than three thousand pounds in three months , says if the men are caught , the judge should lock them up and throw away the key . |
5 | no you ca n't lock them up and throw away the key , that 's that 's , in a Christian society , that 's not on , you 've got to do something to help them to rehabilitate themselves . |
6 | they always say , they always turn round and say well the bank is not su supp supposed to divulge how much money you 've got in the bank now , now how did they have any |