Sentence examples for patch of backyard from inspiring English sources

On the afternoon of the "Hung" premiere, Heche stood on her tiny patch of backyard, giving Tupper a haircut.

Before long, I was standing on a patch of backyard–I daren't call it lawn anymore that looked like a toxic-waste dump.

They even made plans to erect a "summer home" for Cookie on a grassy patch of their spacious backyard.

An exclusive East Side co-op has released its ownership claim on a 10,000-square-foot patch of its elevated backyard overlooking the East River, ending a decade-long boundary dispute with the city.

Squatting in the cold drizzle Tuesday morning, Dan Suarez fingered a little shoot of a plant that has managed, somehow, to rise for a second season from a tiny green patch of his parents' backyard in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

I ran into a friend the other day who said he had a patch of nettles in his backyard.

"People want a patch of woods in the backyard of their house," said Dr. Keesing, "so developers will take a tract of forest and carve it up into little pieces and then put in lawns.

She will leave behind her regular gig on "The New Adventures of Old Christine," her devotion to the local public radio station, her comedy-troupe friends from the Groundlings and worse, her backyard patch of green in Los Angeles.

"I believe for urban areas to redevelop, they have to compete with the suburbs," he said, "compete with the barbecue grill and the patch of grass in the backyard, and the sense of being safe and secure".

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So look for a patch of dirt in your backyard.