Example sentences of "each [noun sg] and [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are five positional patterns that can be played laterally up and down the fretboard and which relate to any major scale ( and its relative minor scale ) : you 'll start on the lowest diatonic note in each key and move up the fretboard to the highest comfortable form ( more on this later ) . |
| 2 | The teachers were shouting at each other and scrambling up the shelves but getting nowhere . |
| 3 | For westerners this may seem odd : in karate , you will see people in starched white uniforms fighting each other and letting out the odd blood-curdling scream . |
| 4 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 5 | Arrange pieces of bacon on each plate and pour over the warm dressing . |