Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the middle " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'I 'll knock you into the middle of next week . ’ |
| 2 | It was an enraging affectation , worthy of an Oxford undergraduate , especially as Charlie might do it in the middle of a conversation , as he had done recently at a college gig : the Union President was talking to him when Charlie 's hands reached into his side pocket , the book was extracted and opened , and the man 's eyes popped in disbelief as Charlie imbibed a beakerful of the warm South . |
| 3 | Well we 'll tear it down the middle I mean , you know |
| 4 | No you have to , you 'd , you 'd , you 'd do it in the middle in the hold , not in the middle of the hold on the side of the hold , where your , where your air tank was . |
| 5 | old cart tyres we used to split them up the middle and made shoes . |
| 6 | you used to wake me in the middle of the night when we were first married |
| 7 | Coolly , she said , ‘ OK — I 'll leave you to get on with whatever work will take you to the middle of the night . ’ |