Example sentences of "and in [art] winter " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its sunless position is intentional , for in the summer months its purpose is to remain cool and in the winter it is kept warm by its thick coat of thatch . |
| 2 | Seeing the shortness of the crossing , the frequency of fog in the Channel , the length of the October and November nights , and the species of calm that characterizes this narrow sea for more than six weeks of December and January , I deemed the obstacles by no means insuperable , especially for partial ‘ diversions ’ and in the winter of 1777–81 laid before the ministry the plans of an expedition against the Isle of Wight which were but the preliminary of a great project of descent . |
| 3 | And in the winter , make a hole in any ice to prevent the fish from suffocating . |
| 4 | She has never possessed boots or winter shoes : " I ca n't afford closed-in shoes , so I always wear sandals and in the winter I just put on two pairs of socks . " |
| 5 | He only ever puts the gas on half-way to the first mark on the knob and in the winter keeps the central heating down to sixty degrees : " I sit with the blanket round me . " |
| 6 | Stray dogs and chickens wandered in and had to be shooed out , and in the winter evenings when her mother told stories about saints and piskies and dragon-fillers by the light of the fire , the neighbouring children would crowd in at the door to listen , so that after a while her mother became known as the best storyteller in Polruan . |
| 7 | Real wages for workers declined steadily and in the winter of 1916–17 even those of skilled metal workers in the capital ( renamed Petrograd in line with patriotic sentiment ) plummeted . |
| 8 | We had to go downstairs to the toilet , and in the winter the water used to freeze up . |
| 9 | So there 's an end to that — its commonplace : light goes with life , and in the winter of your years the dark comes early … |
| 10 | There was a green taffeta party dress , white socks in summer and in the winter long grey socks with garters at the knee . |
| 11 | And in the winter time we used to love to linger in the bakehouse coming home cos it was so warm . |
| 12 | We 've got to cross the river to get to the nearest shop which is about two miles away ; and in the winter when the weather is bad we 're more or less cut off . |
| 13 | In the summer , open windows and in the winter , turn on the heating so it is warm and welcoming . |
| 14 | In the summer the monarch is distributed from Mexico to Canada , but with falling temperatures it moves south , and in the winter it is only found in Mexico and the southernmost United States ( Figure 4.2 ) . |
| 15 | He rapidly achieved prominence among his contemporaries and in the winter of 1865 was one of the founders of a University Classical Society , the Philologischer Verein . |
| 16 | The turnpike out through Tyburn to Uxbridge bore more broad-wheeled wagons than any other , and in the winter of 1797 – 8 was reduced to a single six-foot-wide muddy track . |
| 17 | The effects of global warming have been fairly benign so far , according to scientists in the USA , with most of the temperature rise taking place at night and in the winter and spring . |
| 18 | The love of Leonora 's life was sailing , and during the summer months she spent her Sundays on the water at the local reservoir , weeknights at the tennis club or the cinema , and in the winter she took part in as many activities as possible in the small town where she 'd lived all her life . |
| 19 | Meanwhile the hospital says it 's only got 6 intensive care beds and in the winter emergency accident and chest cases fill them up . |