Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] the winter " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1979 as a hospital worker , she was caught up in the Winter of Discontent . |
| 2 | I remember the first time I saw him , appearing out of the winter darkness in that unmade-up lane outside his house in Greenwich . |
| 3 | He added : ‘ I am going to get myself physically and mentally sorted out during the winter . |
| 4 | I remember how cold it was when we came down in the winter . |
| 5 | After holing up for the winter of 2512 the horde descended into the eastern provinces of the Empire . |
| 6 | I suppose he 'll take it easy now and try to strengthen up for the winter |
| 7 | What we loose out in the winter we gain extra in the summer in the summer time . |
| 8 | And he walked on in the winter sunshine , the tom-cat smell of the tramp in his nostrils , the wind swelling his clothes , bowling him down the hill towards the station . |
| 9 | More than 500 weavers went on strike in defence of this " ancient custom " , staying out through the winter from November to February before they were reduced to acceptance of the threepence compensation . |
| 10 | The kettle sang quite quickly and meanwhile the stove , never entirely allowed to go out in the winter , had coughed into life . |
| 11 | Sotheby 's will be hoping that their clients ' wallets have not been laid up for the winter together with their yachts . |
| 12 | He takes yachts from wherever they 've been laid up for the winter to their summer cruising grounds . ’ |
| 13 | Unbelievably , our boats were still being laid up during the winter months but with a more professional approach being adopted from topside , this policy was soon to be abandoned . |
| 14 | But it has not been too cold at night and hopefully this wo n't go on until the winter . |
| 15 | The panslavists fanned the flames in Russia , and in Bulgaria the search for a new ruler went on throughout the winter . |
| 16 | But before a settlement is reached , this accounting controversy will rumble on through the winter and early spring . |
| 17 | The colleges were back at the end of September , holidays had ended , the metropolis was beginning to settle down for the winter . |
| 18 | As the coal went down over the winter months , these boards would be taken away to lower the height . |
| 19 | It 's a strange thing the way hotels in Scotland close down for the winter . |
| 20 | Now that was a year , but , er because you was n't a bound apprentice , when trade fell off in the winter , and it fell off drastically in the winter , and then built up for Easter , when everyone in those days bought new clothes . |
| 21 | Electric immersion heater , er , ah , oh of course we had an Ideal boiler under there and it , that 's what heated this kitchen actually an Ideal boiler and it heated the water in the winter and also heated the , and in the summer we let that out and had an immersion heater , well being in the electrical trade we had an immersion heater all the time and if we wanted to top up from the boiler we used to just put the immersion heater on for a erm week or so and get hot water and then let it go off in the winter time , you know , but er we have n't made a great deal of alteration to this place really , we 've put a new front door on fairly recently , that was one of the things that er was very ugly , they , the back of the front of the doors to look at , ooh they were ugly doors |
| 22 | Ruari and Ranald normally lazed about , cut peat , or borrowed a boat and rowed out to do a bit fishing to stock up for the winter , while Luch did her usual tasks and her usual check on the baby — the babies , now — in the bower . |
| 23 | Sensibly , as they generally sail for pleasure , most yachtsmen ( encouraged by their insurance companies ) lay up for the winter . |
| 24 | I use soap and water , I never cleanse or tone but I do use moisturisers and I never , ever go out in the winter without make-up . |
| 25 | My mind cast back to the winter of last November when I stood on this same platform awaiting the arrival of a new intake . |
| 26 | Several prospective schemes were suggested and will be worked on over the winter . |
| 27 | And the other one , seeing as it was like September October , getting cold , my mum said well the bed 's empty , you might as well come in for the winter and stay here . |
| 28 | Perhaps there are not enough players available to play on them ; perhaps there is no one to unlock them except at peak periods ; then there are courts taken out during the winter and one of the major reasons in this country is damage by vandals . |
| 29 | They come in during the winter time , and take off their coats and sweaters and put them in the big dryer for a sixpenny warm-up . |
| 30 | In the summer , athletics , cricket and tennis take over from the winter sports . |