Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a sore " in BNC.
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1 | And he admitted : ‘ If keepers make a mistake it stands out like a sore thumb . |
2 | It stands out like a sore thumb . |
3 | It stand out like a sore thumb sometimes when I 'm with them , I find people with handicapped children are real people , are people who are people with their children being , talking to them , instead of things that they can give them , you know . |
4 | I mean it stuck out like a sore thumb , I mean er by King George 's playing fields erm cos of the , they had n't the , th the , the s other story for that was as I said was we they sent er some of us to a class in Walsall for er aircraft recognition and er the days I went to this class , cos I went as er , er both for the factory and for the Home Guard , so that I could cover both the factory and when I were on duty , Home Guard and we was at a building on the corner of Corporation Street and west , and we was taking classes in there . |
5 | I , er I mean it sticks out like a sore thumb , and one would have expected that this paper came from education . |