Example sentences of "everything [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They reflect money balances and just as a mirror image shows everything literally as a mirror image , everything is the opposite way round , so too are the balances in the mirror accounts in relation to the balances in the NOSTRO and VOSTRO accounts . |
| 2 | There are already two hundred thousand Chinese living in Cholon and you can buy everything there from a pipe of opium to a slant-eyed " singing girl . " " |
| 3 | No i I phoned insurance up and told them what they 'd said , cos I got Maggie to phone , it were Maggie that said , they told Maggie that they were gon na put a second hand wheel on and everything instead of a brand new one so she told insurance about it . |
| 4 | After years of living with Lewis she still knew but did not know that ‘ a man ’ could regard reading as the main business of the day and everything else as an interruption . |
| 5 | I think it might be an excellent idea if you forgot about everything else for a minute and let me hold you . ’ |
| 6 | If very dirty they lay it in the stream , securing it with a large stone , and let the water flow through it for some time , after which they proceed as before … the linen is spread upon the rocks in the river , or the walls near at hand , and secured , like everything else by a stone at each corner … |