Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [art] whole [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Yeah , I mean , they 've torn down the whole building inside the big . |
2 | Within days of the settlement Mass Observation reported widespread shame ‘ that we had let down the whole tradition of England 's pledges for honesty , fair play and resistance to threats . ’ |
3 | It can be argued that mass communications have simply speeded up the whole process of change enormously , rather than imposed a massive and rigid uniformity . |
4 | I had separated out a whole slot for an over-60s magazine , Years Ahead . |
5 | As early as 1886 its legal sub-committee had drawn up a whole series of amendments to the criminal law which it wanted to see on the statute book . |
6 | I have just wiped out a whole line by carelessly resting my finger on a key , and earlier it kept telling me ‘ mistake ’ — not , of course , helpfully saying what the mistake was . |
7 | I had had a whole afternoon spent upon me , been the centre of attention , cost the State a fortune and my wife had given up a whole day of precious work to be with me . |
8 | In the same memorandum of April 1986 that eventually brought down the whole house of cards — the memorandum that mentioned the diversion of funds to the contras — an extraordinary phrase appeared : ‘ The Iranians have been told that our presence in Iran is ‘ a holy commitment ’ . ’ |
9 | And he he more or less laid down the whole theory of probability , in a few days , Pascal |
10 | Welcome back : Coming up shortly , the ghostwatchers who 've taken on a whole houseful of spirits . |
11 | After he has killed off the whole lot of them in various ways , he shouts in triumph , ‘ Jesus , I got 'em all ! ’ |
12 | For the first time in warfare , motorized trucks were the sole means of transport , for to have used horses would have choked up the whole movement of supplies . |