Example sentences of "piece of [noun] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 I 've got a knackered left arm where the car went over it ; they took a piece of bone out of the shoulder , so there 'll need to be a lot of physio on it .
2 I put the piece of meat back into the mess tin .
3 He threw a piece of paper on to the floor .
4 They squeezed into the little , bright cubicle and Keith put a piece of paper down on the shelf .
5 h ) If the machine is a Silver Reed or Knitmaster : Put a tiny piece of vaseline on to the lever attached to the back of the machine that trips the lever that the punchcard rotates on .
6 Harvey got a piece of canvas out of the front of the car and then pike took his overcoat off and they wrapped the coat into the canvas and strapped it up very tight on a long strap , the other end of which they fixed to the belt of Ralph pike 's overalls .
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