Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throw them down the bloody banisters and then lock them up . |
| 2 | However , when you lay them down the first card is laid on the M of mutus and the second on the m of nomen . |
| 3 | So I stuffed them down the waste-disposal unit . |
| 4 | That eventually took them down the wide , steep main street of a small town , then the road narrowed , crossed an old stone bridge , and began to climb , leaving behind the houses , the church with its tall , graceful steeple , and the half-timbered buildings . |
| 5 | When old Mother Jacobsen had unlimited time at her disposal and the opportunity to take up the strands from where she had laid them down the previous day or week , she embroidered her stories with meticulous and colourful detail . |
| 6 | ‘ He went into the bend with Glengar Ranger , who took him out a bit and the winner got on the inside of them down the back straight . |
| 7 | However , they paid little or no attention to her , and Lucy guessed that their minds were too occupied with the exciting venture which would take them down the foaming white waters of the river . |
| 8 | He kicked it open and flung me down the three steps into the street . |
| 9 | I hope that this will clarify the situation for your readers while in no way putting them off the certified training scheme . |
| 10 | See you down the bottom Shel ! |
| 11 | See you down the bottom Shel ! |
| 12 | Do n't let the ultra-sophisticates put you off the guided city tour . |
| 13 | Shall I hire a gondola and take you up the Grand Canal to the sound of trumpets ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I will escort you up the first flight of stairs , but I shall observe the proprieties by leaving you to look after yourself on the second landing . ’ |
| 15 | But if you up the financial incentive to achieve , then that too might change ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Just that I seem to rub you up the wrong way ? |
| 17 | Somehow you can put up with and even smile at a stranger or workmate 's silly antics and daft behaviour , but when someone close to you starts rubbing you up the wrong way you 'll explode . |
| 18 | ‘ Somebody called Flavell ; asked about when I called you back the other night . |
| 19 | ‘ That reminds me , I must give you back the two pounds you sent me . |
| 20 | I allow you to stay in my home because of Lizzy , but I warn you now , Dan , if you try and interfere in my life , I 'll have you out the front door so fast you 'll burn a hole in the carpet . |
| 21 | and I said to him , I thought they er were fifty pence and he said I 've picked you out the biggest and the best . |
| 22 | I have them up the front bedroom window . |
| 23 | As an outsider , probably being the only Englishman in the quarries , you know I I think they were surprised , the fact that it was a local family , I think that 's what really rubbed them up the wrong way . |
| 24 | They do n't promote somebody that 's gon na shimmy past them up the corporate ladder although you could n't |
| 25 | And if you go , if you 're not gon na pick them up the next day . |
| 26 | Philip followed them up the open staircase and into the woman 's bedroom . |
| 27 | We will encourage school to invest in sports facilities and open them up the local community . |
| 28 | The man turns and trots away from me up the right-hand staircase from the mezzanine to the station platform . |
| 29 | ‘ Hand me up the other bottle . ’ |
| 30 | A girlfriend rang me up the other day . |