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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
Leave a 5/8-inch gap between each pair of two-by-twos to accommodate the insert wall, nail the two-by-twos to the inside of the top frame and then nail up through the floor.
From Time Magazine Archive
I tell her I’m washing all my blankets and linens and I want to nail up some rope to hang them in the attic so they won’t get dirty again or wet in the rain.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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