Preposition: around

• edge: From first appearances maybe, it's a bit grubby around the edges from the outside.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• look: Some floor cushions - look a bit grubby considering children sit on them.

• get: Shoes are getting a touch grubby, maybe I should stop wearing them?

Modifies a noun

• mitt: Yep, the wait for you to get your grubby gaming mitts on Microsoft's new system is merely 78 days away.

• mits: No longer do Eidos have their grubby little mits all over the football management genre, Football Manager is here.

• paw: Disgusting - I bet your copy of YS was embarrassed to be grasped in your grubby paws in full view of a coach party!

• finger: No grubby fingers were to be allowed to wander unhindered around the bookshelves.

• hand: JB: Mostly me getting my grubby hands on Rupert's prose, I'm afraid!

• world: And love is a forlorn hope in this grubby little world, and why hope for romance when you're too old to dance.

Modifying Another Word

• slightly: I went back to sleep, feeling slightly grubby.

• rather: The heroes are decidedly less heroic than usual ( rather grubby in places, actually!

• little: Inside, the lining is a little grubby with some biro marks.

• very: We'll look very grubby indeed, won't we, in comparison to Him?

• pretty: The pastry was pretty grubby by the time Mommy gave me more scraps.

• decidedly: The white paintwork looks decidedly grubby in this 1st August 2004 view, but at least this important piece of architecture still stands.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: I went back to sleep, feeling slightly grubby.

• look: We'll look very grubby indeed, won't we, in comparison to Him?

• get: The trick is not to let your bike get too grubby.

Preposition: with

• age: The toy is in perfect working order and in good condition, fur fabric slightly grubby with age.