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Britishverb
Example Sentences
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“If there’s a problem in the church, we don’t get rid of the church, we don’t nail up the church door,” Mr. Clyburne said.
From Washington Times • Apr. 8, 2022
If you’re lucky enough to have a fireplace, don’t just nail up any old mirror you have lying around.
From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2022
The industry fought tooth and nail, up to the Supreme Court twice, in 18 appeals, but eventually the first of 35 million pages began arriving in Minneapolis.
From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2021
If the only thing important about hunting is what we can nail up on the wall, then we�re not really hunters and we bring little honor to ourselves or to what we hunt, or why.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the surly handyman showed up that afternoon to nail up a few boards, he seemed an angel from heaven wielding a hammer.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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