Example sentences of "[indef pn] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had a new dream , now , in which he was chased by something or someone down the long , windowless corridors of an institutional building . |
| 2 | This , Jenkins 's prognosis of Thursday morning ( ‘ I would put no-one off the official odds of 5–1 against England ’ ) might just be construed as tipping an England win — if they won . |
| 3 | Trouble was , he never would listen to orders , rubbed everyone up the wrong way . |
| 4 | Weirder — and better — still , watching NICK CAVE while standing 18 inches away from the stage is akin to catching the alarmingly gaunt one down the blinking Bull & Gate . |
| 5 | ‘ My friend , Lord Auden and I cut one up the other day , ’ she says ( of an old mahogany sideboard ) . |
| 6 | But you know what I mean ; when a marriage or relationship is going wrong and it 's like everything that one person says or does n't say , or does or does n't do , seems to rub the other one up the wrong way . |
| 7 | you know the top one out the two |
| 8 | I mean them let's face it one out the three of us should of thought a bit more . |