Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [art] trees " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I could reply a shell burst a short distance away sending a hail of shrapnel tearing through the branches of the trees above us . |
| 2 | The apples were harvested in autumn by using long poles to shake the branches of the trees , and then reduced to pulp in a cider mill , which might vary from a small hand machine to a large mill driven by horsepower . |
| 3 | She said there 's these hills where it 's hot and rains all the time , and in the rain forests there are these very tall trees and right in the top branches of the trees there are these like great big flowers called … bromeliads , I think , and water gets into the flowers and makes little pools and there 's a type of frog that lays eggs in the pools and tadpoles hatch and grow into new frogs and these little frogs live their whole lives in the flowers right at the top of the trees and do n't even know about the ground and once you know the world is full of things like that your life is never the same . ’ |
| 4 | The cemetery had emptied of people , the cold winds swept in from the sea and the still bare branches of the trees shivered like thin fingers against the dark sky . |
| 5 | The rhythm set up by their labour is pursued in the waving branches of the trees framing the scene and in the patterns created within the landscape . |
| 6 | A bitter wind scurried among the branches of the trees that rose above and behind the stark line of old-fashioned eagle cages . |
| 7 | From there she would stare hour after hour through the branches of the trees above as they swayed against the ever-changing sky , as if she was waiting to catch a glimpse of something precious she had lost a lifetime before . |
| 8 | A weak sun was rising off to the east over the distant buildings and its pale light was filtering through the branches of the trees about him . |
| 9 | The wood was disturbingly still and silent ; the twisted trunks and naked branches of the trees looked lonely and forlorn . |
| 10 | He was off the road on a forest track , little-used and thick with dead leaves , and he was watching the failing light through the branches of the trees overhead . |
| 11 | Beyond the bare , black branches of the trees , the sky was a harsh and brilliant blue . |
| 12 | No moon , no stars , just a cold biting wind moaning , shifting the gaunt branches of the trees and throwing icy flurries of snow on to our heads . |
| 13 | The wind was growing stronger , whipping the branches of the trees and shredding them of their fading leaves . |
| 14 | But as she reached him the vision shimmered and disappeared and she was alone , stumbling as she tried to find her way through the shadows of a forest , mist cloaking the branches of the trees . |
| 15 | The rate of change makes it shudder on the branches of the trees where it stands to attention in its sterile , tightly packed commercial rows . |
| 16 | And there 's these hills where it 's hot and rains all the time , and in the rain forests there are these very tall trees and right in the top branches of the trees there are these like great big flowers called bromeliads and water gets into the flowers and makes little pools and there 's a type of frog that lays eggs in the pools and tadpoles hatch and grow into new frogs and these little frogs live their whole lives in the flowers right at the top of the trees and do n't even know about the ground and the world is full of things like that and now I know about them and I 'm never ever going to be able to see them and then you , ’ she gulped for breath , ‘ want me to come and live with you in a hole and wash your socks ! ’ |
| 17 | The wind passed over them and rustled the bare branches of the trees and they still stood . |
| 18 | The outermost limits came first — the sky , with a pale shine of overcast through the bare branches of the trees . |
| 19 | It was pitch black under the overhanging branches and it was n't until he reached the gate of Dobbs ' field that he was able , at last , to distinguish the shapes of the trees , and Dobbs and the wall by the churchyard . |
| 20 | Behind the Spirits they could see the shapes of the Trees themselves , stark and empty-looking , rather dark and brooding , like abandoned houses whose windows stare blindly and blankly . |
| 21 | They are the chimes and clocks and calendars of the trees for they mark the seasons and arouse the trees from their long slumbers and announce the dawns . |
| 22 | Above him , the topmost twigs of the trees whispered interminably . |
| 23 | The Ness is shallow and peaceful , and the murmur of its flowing falls plaintively on the ear , in sympathy with the song of the birds , and the summer tintings of the trees , and the musings of those who seem to love each turning in the paths ; while the waters of the rapids of Niagara make the onlooker hold back his breath , and keep back as far as possible from the wild leaping of the swift-rushing waters . |
| 24 | The plane 's path goes behind the big trees — now you can see why I needed the white areas of the trees actor to be transparent , so you can see through them . |
| 25 | The night was full of the rasp and scrape of branches as the wind made the limbs of the trees beat against one another . |
| 26 | Nursery beds at the centre are to be used by school groups to nurture the seeds of the trees . |
| 27 | Shelves lined the walls on which stood magical pots — organic , looking as if they 'd grown rather than been made , with the colours of the trees , the earth and the sea merging in the glaze . |
| 28 | Notice the varying colours of the trees , the grass and the sky at different times of the year . |
| 29 | Oh dear the colours of the trees reflected in the lake , everything is beautiful and the gulls and it 's so still that would be a mega painting would n't it ? |
| 30 | My past curiosity gave a sharpness to the outlines of the trees and the houses and a magic quality to the people I saw moving about . |