Example sentences of "[noun] was [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm my metabolism was out the window . |
| 2 | Contrary to this general trend , the U.S. market showed solid signs of recovery with an overall sales gain of 9 per cent , within which Johnson Brothers was up a robust 22 per cent . |
| 3 | Going against the trend of static or falling sales by other newspapers , our October circulation was up a fabulous 57,403 on the same month last year . |
| 4 | ‘ I hear the constable was down the other day , if you do n't mind me saying so , ’ Mrs Clamp said , and coughed politely . |
| 5 | Gretchen was up a ladder now , sticking Bethlehem stars over the bulletholes on the ceiling . |
| 6 | The F T Associates which is er includes the Economist in Spain was up a lot and Westminster Press was er was down , but of course Westminster Press took a major redundancy charge , they were also bringing on a new plant at Brighton and therefore running two plants simultaneously which is very costly er and they launched on Sunday . |
| 7 | The tap-room of the tiny inn was down a deep step and he nearly sprawled on the tiled floor , coming abruptly into the cool darkness . |
| 8 | Such as that I was trying to use the priesthood as an escape from my personal frustration , that I was dramatizing my own situation , that I was proud and vain , that my idea of Catholicism was up the creek . |
| 9 | ‘ Thought its bum was out the window so went outside to have a look . ’ |
| 10 | One day Howard came on the set and Brando was down the beach talking to a pretty girl . |
| 11 | The door to Raynor 's room was down a flight of steps and through a narrow archway . |
| 12 | Just a couple of weeks ago Emerson was down the in the dumps and considering pulling out of the Maxol series . |
| 13 | Goldberg was back an hour later . |
| 14 | The toilet was up the hall , with a broken window through which the wind whipped directly up your arse . |
| 15 | The village was very isolated in the past , and until the road down into Curral das Freiras was built in 1959 , the only access was down the narrow , twisting , tortuous path which you can still see from the village . |
| 16 | The most impressive wound was down the length of the upper part of his right arm , where the flesh had been sliced away . |
| 17 | Mrs Goreng was back a couple of days later , with some excuse about a plug malfunctioning . |
| 18 | Halifax was out the window , yes |
| 19 | One umpire was up the other end , the other was too busy controlling his refractory pony to watch what Randy was up to . |
| 20 | Sitting there , above him , watching him slowly keel over and close his eyes , Marie was remembering something else : ‘ Our Mam said Simon 's Dad was up the factory on Friday , did n't she ? |
| 21 | They were a group of twelve , mainly Icelandic , but with two Norwegians and a Canadian , and now joined by an English cyclist who pretended , when convenient , to be Welsh , The intended route was up the south-west side of the Öræfajökull , the glacier being climbed during the night , although in June the sun only barely dips below the northern horizon at midnight . |
| 22 | And er the aerial was out the window and up the side of the tower . |
| 23 | made with all milk you see , and I put this on the other day , it was Monday , and I put it on for a cup of coffee , well Jim was out the front with Tom cos Tom fixed the front door |
| 24 | The only access to the basement was down a flight of steep steps , and involved ducking under a low ceiling . |
| 25 | Everything depended on the weather and if your luck was out the hired man 's time could be up and not much hay in . |
| 26 | When that time was up an envoy from the Iranian Embassy in Paris had been violently beaten up when he called at the shipowner 's apartment . |
| 27 | When the fire was out the hut grew cold and the two boys settled down for the night under their blankets . |