Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [art] gardens " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looks down into the gardens hidden everywhere behind the patched and crumbling walls . |
| 2 | ‘ Down to the Gardens and back . |
| 3 | They leaned against the heavy stone balustrade of the terrace , looking down over the gardens , dark and mysterious . |
| 4 | High , curved , hand-carved doors led from the reception area to the conference room and residents ' sitting-room , where afternoon tea would be served looking down across the gardens to the accompaniment of a grand piano . |
| 5 | Pushing his way through the bushes along the side of the path , Greg took off into the gardens of Meadowbanks , flanking the fire-fighting operation along the front of the house . |
| 6 | Up in the gardens . |
| 7 | He threw her a final black look and proceeded to storm past her , then paused at the edge of the path that led back through the gardens . |
| 8 | He drove out past the gardens of Bagnigge Wells House . |
| 9 | Marie pushed the wheelchair out of the gardens , across the main road and past the souvenir shops . |
| 10 | But it is very lately that the truly magnificent taste in gardening has flourished in these northern parts of Europe , for although in King Charles the Second 's reign there was great spirit amongst the nobility and gentry of England for planting and gardening , which spirit was greatly heighten 'd in King William 's reign , during which time most of the large gardens of England were laid out and planted , yet we find the taste at that time extended little farther than to small pieces of box-wood , finish 'd parterres and clipp 'd greens , all of which are now generally banished out of the gardens of the most polite persons of this age , who justly prefer the more extended rural designs of gardens which approach the nearest to nature . |
| 11 | Nathan stood by the window , and looked out into the gardens . |
| 12 | With their curiosity satisfied and the music too slow to be interesting , Wayne and Sandy had taken themselves out into the gardens to cool off . |
| 13 | Well last year we moved it out into the gardens . |
| 14 | All the bronzes set out in the Gardens of Bagatelle are on loan from the Henry Moore Foundation , with the exception of two : ‘ Draped Reclining Figure ’ , 1952–53 , from Time-Life International , London , and ‘ Reclining Figure ’ , 1982 , lent by the Fondation Pierre Gianadda , Martigny , Switzerland . |
| 15 | Finding the courtyard full , latecomers were taking up their stations in perfectly straight ranks first on the steps , then in the roads leading up to the mosque , then out in the gardens and bazaars beyond . |
| 16 | Gina did n't take Magnus out in the gardens for a while after that , she could n't face meeting him again . |
| 17 | She sat at the window , looking out on the gardens , not wanting to be reminded of her ordeal as her two companions searched for any clues that might have been left . |
| 18 | Similar analyses indicating new ordering principles have been carried out on the gardens of aristocrats ( e.g. Leone 1984 ) , furnishings , the disposal of rubbish and forms of cutlery ( Deetz 1977 ) . |
| 19 | Then I get up out of the creaking seat and stretch my legs , taking my glass over to the floor-to-ceiling windows which form one wall of the ballroom and look out over the gardens to the railway line and the shore of the loch . |
| 20 | Standing side by side , looking out over the gardens twinkling with lights , Sophie wondered why she felt remote from any romantic interest in her companion . |
| 21 | During the afternoon , he accompanied a clutch of lazy Ixmaritians out to the gardens where they sat in the sun and gossiped . |
| 22 | At eleven the next morning , Tolonen was standing at the West Window in the Room of the Five Directions in the East Palace at Tongjiang , looking out across the gardens towards the lake . |
| 23 | Hans Ebert paused on the terrace , looking out across the gardens at the centre of the mansion where the Marshal 's daughter stood , her back to him . |
| 24 | One of these , the Salle des Maréchaux , the principal reception room whose first floor windows with their balcony gave on to the gardens ( facing the Place de la took place within it could be watched by those who were not participating . |
| 25 | The car gave a roar , then slowly moved out of the garage ; the dim side-lights showed a pale flicker on the back of the house , then swung around for an instant on to the gardens . |
| 26 | The floor was stone-flagged , there was an enormous fireplace on the far side , and the windows looked out on to the gardens . |
| 27 | Labour councillors say they would rather have flats backing on to the gardens than rats and rubbish . |