Example sentences of "[vb pp] everything [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Overdoing a successful method of defence , Charity nearly ruined everything by a palpable display of innocent formality .
2 The bank had organized everything concerning the various consultants , the share price , and the prospectus — a forty-page , glossy volume about the company 's structure , trading situation , and future plans .
3 After the Blefuscans had arranged everything with the Lilliputian officials , they came to visit me .
4 Then the wind got up , and coated everything with an invasive layer of caustic soda .
5 On the dressing table were bottles and jars , a positive mountain of makeup and potions ; and powder , spilled from a bowl onto the cluttered dressing table , coated everything in a fine , cream dust .
6 Celia and Brassard , who had overheard everything from the outer office , exchanged rueful glances .
7 He said , ‘ What I 've done , I 've left everything in the top drawer so that it 's all easier for my wife when I die .
8 No one has asked me to contribute material aid for Iraqi civilians who have lost everything in the allied bombing .
9 Ordinary shares ( as the name implies ) constitute the residuary class in which is vested everything after the special rights of preference classes , if any , have been satisfied .
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