Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the deep " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since 7 January the 2nd Shock Army , the southernmost element of the Front , had been playing its part in the general Soviet counter-offensive by pushing northwards north-east of Novgorod , trying to pinch off the deep German salient across the Lovat River between Lake Ladoga and Lake Ilmen , and thus to help relieve Leningrad . |
| 2 | ‘ Did they know of the deep place in the pond ? |
| 3 | Her eyes peered towards the deep end , where Nails was holding his brother down and the lifeguard was getting worried . |
| 4 | So the exact er nature of this balance and how waters between contact with the atmosphere are being mixed into the deep sea , cos remember this equilibrium can only be occurring in surface waters cos only they are in contact with the gas phase how that turnover of deep water 's occurring affects just how much capacity we 've got for absorbing C O two in the oceans and therefore mitigating the greenhouse effect . |
| 5 | Alexei peered into the deep alcove which formed the work-space in the wall opposite . |
| 6 | They threw down their fishing gear and ran as the motorcycle leapt over the embankment and crashed into the deep ditch some 15ft below . |
| 7 | During autumn he puts out his invisible lines that can only be seen under the microscope of the sun beams , and he is carried into the deep ocean , a balloonist travelling to an unknown destination . |
| 8 | Currently Jonathan has clients from Dubai , Venezuela , Hong Kong and Miami , as well as the British-based , on his books , and a tour around the little harbours of Looe , Fowey and St Mawes with fishing boats bobbing in the deep blue waters , or a ride through the tiny villages on high-banked , well-surfaced , empty country roads , makes it easy to see why Cornwall and East Devon are prime targets for relocation . |
| 9 | Half a mile or so out , we swam in the deep water under the lee of the conical shape of the High Island 's volcano . |
| 10 | The pattern of staining differed in the deep lamina propria , where the density of TNF α+; cells was significantly greater in Crohn 's disease ( 118.2 cells/mm , 85.1 to 159 ) than in ulcerative colitis ( 28.8 cells/mm , 10.9 to 64.3 , p<0.0005 ) or controls ( 1.9 cells/mm , 0 to 3.8 , p<0.0001 — Fig 1B ) . |
| 11 | They were walking over the deep sun-baked mud-tracks of the lane and you had to watch where you put your feet if you did n't want to twist your ankle . |
| 12 | Nowhere is this more impressive than on the Dean Bridge at sunset , when one looks over the deep valley of the Water of Leith and sees the glistening windows of Moray Place and Ainslie Place . |
| 13 | Wild primeval instincts took over and her body responded to the deep thrusts of his , trembling and shuddering as his rhythm spun her higher and higher . |
| 14 | He seemed to have come to the deep , still centre of the sea : a place where you felt nothing , where you saw nothing except the coal-black atoms that danced before your face and knitted up the dark . |
| 15 | Without the slightest hesitation , he took two hops to the water , waded in and swam across the deep , still pool . |
| 16 | Further , they certainly did not succeed in swimming against the deep tide of recession which engulfed Nigeria from 1983 onwards . |
| 17 | Fax machines now mix with the deep armchairs and ancient oils of the clubhouse , easing communications with the world outside . |
| 18 | She crossed to one of the racks which lined the watered silk walls , her feet sinking into the deep cream carpet , and took out a black gown , holding it against her . |
| 19 | It 's not just water sinking into the deep ocean that carries information about conditions on the surface . |
| 20 | We had not only the glories of the mist-workings on the sides of Bens Each and Leagach on our right ; we had Ben Lair , which was now and again seen with the deep cloud-shapes falling over his rocky summit and his tree-lined base . |
| 21 | This way , millions of tonnes of waste each year could be pumped into the deep sea . |
| 22 | The heavy darkness seemed to hover above the deep magentas and purples and damson-hued gowns and , as they moved on again , to where the paler , gentler robes were hanging , the feeling passed . |
| 23 | Her love sighs were suddenly interrupted by a commotion outside , the screams of women mingling with the deep gruff shouts of some of the convent 's labourers and porters . |
| 24 | Others went their own way , delving farther into the secrets that had been revealed to them , living in the deep woods of the high crags , visited by petitioners who sought aid . |
| 25 | Fish , sea birds , and small cetaceans have long gathered in large numbers to feed in the deep waters off the Peruvian coast , which are among the richest in the world . |
| 26 | He was of Italian stock , as was the proprietor of a blues recording studio I had met in the Deep South of America . |
| 27 | And when she brought it to him , he did not take it from her , but only felt in the deep pocket stitched into its lining , and drew out a parchment rolled and sealed , which he reached across the table and laid before Iago Vaughan . |
| 28 | Water collected from the deep ocean contains gases dissolved in it when it was last at the surface and the relative proportion of these gases depends on their solubilities and their concentrations in the atmosphere . |
| 29 | Darker hues range from the deep chocolate-purple foliage of the cherry plumb tree , Prunus cerasifolia ‘ Nigra ’ , to the low , mat-forming Ajuga reptans ‘ Braunherz ’ , a perennial with rich blue flower spikes that contrast vibrantly with its bronzy purple leaves . |
| 30 | Tethered in the deep spaces on either side of the stove were the two dogs , Lady and Rosie , one a short-sighted bulldog of uncertain temperament , the other a bloody-minded Great Dane bent on demolishing or devouring everything that came within reach of her snapping teeth . |