Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [noun] [prep] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His lyricism is never at the expense of verbal clarity or , more importantly , verbal meaning , and he is able to establish a mood at once by his choice of tone-colour . |
| 2 | He made both England tries , having the nous as well as the courage to launch a counter-attack from deep inside his own half . |
| 3 | Aye and mind the lasses they used to play a lot with instead of marbles they were working with . |
| 4 | Each one seemed to weigh a ton at least to four small eight-year-olds . |
| 5 | He wished there was someone else he could trust , someone else to form an alliance with instead of this comic figure of a Russian policeman . |
| 6 | And of course when you was er was n't on guard duty at the f early evening , course there used to be used to pop into the Peel and have a couple of halves or some would have a pint and there was a chap in , in the Home , Home Guard he , he used to be able to play the piano so we used to have a singsong in there for a social , you know . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd like to have a bath in here in the candlelight , ’ he said quietly . |