Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] the deep " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Further , they certainly did not succeed in swimming against the deep tide of recession which engulfed Nigeria from 1983 onwards . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It 's not just water sinking into the deep ocean that carries information about conditions on the surface . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She leant lazily against the sofa and they talked a little and ate and drank and the evening progressed and Robyn found that , astonishingly , she was enjoying herself , relaxing back against the sofa , stretching out her long legs in front of her , listening to the deep , magnetic timbre of his voice . |
| 9 | Then , looking at the deep blue trousers and top Lucy wore , she added , ‘ Nobody changes into anything dressy for dinner . |
| 10 | By 1845 Thomas was clearly more versatile , putting far more time in at the mine , performing better paid tasks such as kibble filling , and waggoning from the Deep Level to the dressing floors . |
| 11 | From its floor rose several lava pillars ; eroded , contorted shapes brooding in the deep pit . |
| 12 | The water drops lying in the deep creases below Eachuinn Odhar 's eyes could have been rain . |
| 13 | The coffered vault can plainly be discerned and some of the original stucco decoration is adhering to the deep , octagonal coffers ( 86 , 87 , 108 and XII ) . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't see fit to compound this tragedy by adding to the deep distress that the incident must already have caused to you , the deceased 's relatives and others , ’ he said . |
| 15 | However , in 1969 , a large-scale American project , JOIDES ( Joint Oceanographic Institutions Deep Earth Sampling ) was able to confirm it , in the course of a programme of drilling into the deep ocean floors to sample the rocks and sediments there . |
| 16 | To drive from Lascaux of the prehistoric caves in the Dordogne right across country to Valence on the Rhone is possibly not the most expeditious way of getting from the deep south-west of France to the Mediterranean . |
| 17 | But perhaps quite not so funny was why Stewart was fielding on the deep square-leg boundary in the first place during England 's three-wicket defeat . |
| 18 | Standing on their hind legs with front paws resting on the deep window sills , they saw Mark getting out of his car and went berserk . |
| 19 | The soldiers go singing down the deep lane |
| 20 | The children played a game , jumping into the deep green pools in the torrent from the big rocks under the star apple tree ; the cold of the water was so intense that Martha felt her body flush to its core with a spasm of heat ; even after she had scrambled out of the water her flesh still tingled from the shock . |
| 21 | Her gaze flew over him , taking in the deep , deep blue eyes , the faint smile on the sensual mouth , the dark hair that curled lightly over his collar . |
| 22 | There the colonnade was wider and the slender arches more open ; standing in the deep shade , I looked out over the tree-tops and the sea to the languishing ash-lilac mountains … a déjà vu feeling of having stood in the same place , before that particular proportion of the arches , that particular contrast of shade and burning landscape outside — I could n't say . |
| 23 | In an account of the Raven in the Hebrides , he says ‘ Even the water-lily , with its splendid white flowers , floating on the deep bog , reflects no glory on the surrounding scenery , but selfishly draws all your regard to itself . |
| 24 | The group was already quite close so that instead of retreating to one of his more inaccessible rock crevices Tom stayed where he was , relying on the deep shadows to keep him hidden . |