Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [adv] [prep] the floor " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She met some guy in there that day , some guy she used to go with , and he must 've said something because the next thing anyone knew , she was screaming at him , Pete was in the bar the morning after , he said the window was all over the floor , apparently she 'd thrown an ashtray at the guy and it had missed and taken the whole window out instead , and when he took her by the arm and tried to calm her down , she shook him off and ran out of the bar , right out in the street , and like I said , it was the bottom of a hill and there was a truck coming — ‘ |
| 2 | The dark man was also on the floor , kneeling . |
| 3 | Er , once the , the man was down on the floor er he placed his hands into the small of his back . |
| 4 | One of the legends here is that a local authority inspector told a tenant that her furniture was too near the floor and thus rotting her carpet . |
| 5 | Being enchanted , its floor was not like the floor of the Forest , gorse and bracken and heather , but close-set grass , quiet and smooth and green . |
| 6 | Carradine was n't on the floor , alive or dead . |
| 7 | The black briefcase was still on the floor at the back of the hanging space , under the suits . |
| 8 | Oliver 's bag was not on the floor . |