Example sentences of "[adv prt] on deck " in BNC.
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| 1 | From down on deck , the cliffs rise up to the sky , quite blotting out the sun ; from 400 feet up at the viewing platform on Contractors Hill the passing tramps , container vessels and car carriers look like toys . |
| 2 | ‘ Get down on deck and have the machine guns uncovered and lay down support fire . ’ |
| 3 | The man then had to drop down on deck and arrange the boxes more carefully . |
| 4 | The Labrador settled down on deck , but the Dalmatian made a beeline for the smaller cabin and took possession of the bunk . |
| 5 | ‘ Really , ’ exclaimed in heavily scandalized tones one of the few other passengers braving the last gusts of a salt-laden sirocco up on deck , an Englishwoman in an ample frock loud with different coloured daisies . |
| 6 | Refreshed , I went up on deck and looked at the waves . |
| 7 | They had seen that the volcano was in eruption even before dropping anchor ; many of them had come up on deck to see the spectacle . |
| 8 | ‘ You had best come up on deck if you are to be sick . |
| 9 | Selkirk threw him a cloak , telling the clerk to make himself as comfortable as possible and Corbett slept fitfully , waking once or twice to go up on deck to vomit his dinner into the sea amidst the jeering catcalls of the night watch . |
| 10 | ‘ Up on deck . |
| 11 | Come up on deck with me . |
| 12 | ‘ Well then , if we want to say goodbye to the old country , we should go up on deck , ’ Ernest suggested . |
| 13 | Ruth was there waiting when the hatches were raised and she escaped at once and went up on deck . |
| 14 | As he had done before , Van Gelder spread out a sheet — in the passageway , this time — threw some more armfuls of clothes on to it , secured the corners and hurried up on deck . |
| 15 | So while Maria Candida retched and wailed and dabbed at her nose in the cabin , Sara spent most of her time up on deck , either with Dom Alfonso , who was acting as Dom João 's agent , or — on the calmer days — further for 'd , where she could watch the porpoises leaping round the bows and listen to the creak of timber and the wind in the rigging . |
| 16 | Then I went back up on deck . |
| 17 | Next , I went up on deck . |
| 18 | Passengers brought their luggage up on deck . |
| 19 | He 'd briefly inclined his head towards her , a mocking , curiously patrician gesture , then turned and disappeared up on deck . |
| 20 | I helped myself , and when I had finished , I went up on deck and began sorting out the rigging . |
| 21 | Well , I suppose the Old Harry Rocks do bear a slight resemblance to the Needles , but I forgave him when I went up on deck and saw that Vigilant 's motor boat was following the yacht into Poole and had confirmed our proper position with Southampton . |
| 22 | Her crew lined up on deck as gravely as if at a business meeting . |
| 23 | He had not come up on deck when the P.L.A . |
| 24 | Clive had given her a lightning tour of the boat as soon as they arrived , but then he 'd disappeared up on deck to start the engine from the cockpit , leaving her to stow the shopping in the ice-box and cupboards and unpack her bag . |
| 25 | She looked wistfully up the companionway to the square of blue sky , but fought the urge to go up on deck , scared he might ask her to do something that would reveal her ignorance . |
| 26 | ‘ Then bring your sleeping-bag up on deck . |
| 27 | Though relieved , and fiercely delighted that she had apparently stopped him in his tracks , Polly was apprehensive about going back up on deck . |
| 28 | Taking the tray up on deck , she offered him the plate , then helped herself and , mouth watering in anticipation , began to eat . |
| 29 | ‘ Perhaps you would help me up on deck ? ’ she ventured expectantly , adding with a bewitchingly brief smile , ‘ I 'd hoped to be alone for a while . ’ |
| 30 | I 'm going to be floating down river on this thing later this afternoon , so you do n't need to have any worries about letting me up on deck . ’ |