Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm my metabolism was out the window . |
| 2 | ‘ You can tell the Queen and all the Royals are there because the flag 's up the pole . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ That bloke must think his petrol consumption is up the spout , ’ Gary remarked , looking at the gauge . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Chairmen of football clubs are only in the papers and on the radio when the team is up the creek . |
| 6 | I would say that three months is about the maximum , and that long before this period is up the confection , like a fresh fruit sorbet stored in the deep freeze , has lost its exquisite flavour and the edge has gone from the sharp scent . |
| 7 | ‘ Thought its bum was out the window so went outside to have a look . ’ |
| 8 | The toilet was up the hall , with a broken window through which the wind whipped directly up your arse . |
| 9 | The most impressive wound was down the length of the upper part of his right arm , where the flesh had been sliced away . |
| 10 | On the opposite side of the creek to Down in the Sewer is Up the Creek , HVS 5a which climbs the centre of the steep wall and the grooves above , ascended by A. Thornton & M. Evans . |
| 11 | Th the mower 's out the shed , can you fetch it right the way over here then please ? |
| 12 | Europe lags some way behind the US in demanding clean diesels , and agriculture is down the timeline from trucks . |
| 13 | Yeah go back this way ooh the emergency 's over the emergency 's over , everybody . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | And er the aerial was out the window and up the side of the tower . |
| 17 | So he agreed to give her the camera , show her how to use it ; he 'd make sure the family were out the afternoon she came round to get the film developed . |
| 18 | When the fire was out the hut grew cold and the two boys settled down for the night under their blankets . |