Example sentences of "a [noun] full " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he just brushed the very tips of his fingers against hers and plunged the offending hand deep in his pocket as if his fist were on fire and the pocket was a bucket full of sand . |
| 2 | Also , when presented with questions like ‘ What eats less , a horse or a bunny ? ’ , or a practical situation like ‘ Pretend you had to carry a bucket full of dirt and it was really heavy . |
| 3 | A weary-looking man in overalls appeared from the college entrance to his right , carrying a scrubbing brush and a bucket full of acrid-smelling liquid . |
| 4 | I thought I 'd just take them down to the tip , but when we had half a bucket full I thought I 'd better phone the police |
| 5 | with a bucket full of water . |
| 6 | and we had er , I mean we had a bright orange swivel chair and when that came out it was called the Orbit or something , something really weird and it had a big back on it and we thought it was great I mean , I think it 's awful now , some of the things we had , I 'll have to try and find some photographs cos I 've got a case full of photographs upstairs |
| 7 | He was alone — or as alone as the owner of a large enterprise can be when he has a case full of unanswered letters , of contracts awaiting perusal or signature , of complaints , of surveys , of claims , of excuses and explanations , of alarms and false alarms . |
| 8 | The harbour tends to be a bit full , the berths correspondingly narrow . |
| 9 | I went er for a hearing test er last week and they tell me that my left ear 's a bit full up . |
| 10 | But it looks a bit full , so I might try the sauna instead . ’ |
| 11 | We 've got our hands a bit full with things . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm a bit full from my sandwich . |
| 13 | it 's a bit full . |
| 14 | Er , his eyes were a bit full , you know , you know when somebody 's |
| 15 | So his was a budget full of politics , with several points to make . |
| 16 | a tablespoon full |
| 17 | The Empire is a supermarket now , a freezer full of TV dinners where the Gents once stood . |
| 18 | a freezer full of quiche |
| 19 | I made a gesture that had more breeziness and gay abandon to it than a freezer full of fellators . |
| 20 | It was time to say dasvadanya ( goodbye ) to almost the entire carriage : the old man with a chest full of medals from the Great Patriotic War against the Nazis ; the young pianist visiting her estranged father in Riga and , of course , the gentle engineer with whom I had shared so much food and time . |
| 21 | Around them there was the endless thundering noise of a building full of busy humans . |
| 22 | And all you 've done here is build a lot of little windows on to a heart full of other fashionable artists ' paintings . |
| 23 | Rosalba prayed to the Madonna of the Spasm in particular , the statue in the church in Rupe who had once wept real tears in sympathy with someone who had prayed to her with a heart full of sorrow too . |
| 24 | Santa brought a sack full of goals to the Manor Ground and the biggest crowd of the season of just over 9,000 enjoyed the party . |
| 25 | But the two little trays in the middle of that beautifully re-furbished kitchen with every mod con , the whole of the floor was taken up with sheets of news papers , two big litter trays and a sack full of . |
| 26 | CHRISTMAS is guaranteed to be full of good cheer with a stocking full of humour from some of Britain 's best comedy writers . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's just a field full o' vagabonds trying to scratch a living . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ The first baiter had a responsible job when he had a field full of ploughs to look after . |
| 29 | " That 's a field full of vultures … |
| 30 | On a bitch otter in a field full |