Example sentences of "in the mud at the " in BNC.

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1 They travelled all over the countryside asking farmers if they could buy the rustic doors that were lying in the mud at the back of the barn .
2 In extremely dry periods , the lungfish of Africa just bury themselves in the mud at the bottom of their temporary ponds , and wait for as long as it takes until it rains again .
3 For Fedorov was still supposed to believe him to be lying in the mud at the bottom of the Danube .
4 The story may have a basis in fact ; it is possible there was a prehistoric dwelling here that is now swallowed up in the mud at the bottom of the lake .
5 These pollutants are held in the mud at the bottom of the Broad and must be pumped out to give the Broad a chance to recover .
6 But as they made their way towards the camp he had spoken only to point out signs of bird and animal life that he thought might interest her ; in the mud at the riverside , he showed her the pug mark of a tiger that had drunk there the previous evening and at another point on the trail he drew her attention to torn-up grasses and leafless trees that marked the passing of a herd of elephant .
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