Example sentences of "from the hills " in BNC.
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1 | ln good capitalist fashion local officials recruited Tartar shepherds and quarrymen from the hills to act as temporary stevedores and strike-breakers . |
2 | It was a well-attended service , families coming both from the village and down from the hills . |
3 | A myriad becks tumbled down from the hills into the valleys and dales below , cutting a gorge here or following the old meltwater channels there . |
4 | He used vividly to recall government militia descending on horseback from the hills to the town squares , the heads of partisans dangling from their saddles . |
5 | In total , including Turnham Green , it occupies 13,300 acres of mainly flat land on a gentle south-westerly slope down from the hills of Harrow and Highgate — from 36 feet to 15 feet above the ordnance survey datum — with a fine depth of approximately 40 feet of gravel and sand over London clay , topped by fine vegetable mould . |
6 | Seen from the hills above the town the Chott becomes not an arid wasteland but a phantom sea , piercingly blue . |
7 | Coleridge and Wordsworth felt confident that the Monthly Magazine would give £5 for the poem , and they were already discussing details of the plot as they descended from the hills at West Quantoxhead . |
8 | On an afternoon in late February they climbed to the great Iron Age hill-fort at Dowsborough , from where they looked down on ‘ a magnificent scene , curiously spread out for even minute inspection ’ ; and on other occasions they watched from the hills as the effects of the weather unfolded over the landscape below . |
9 | from the hills of innocence |
10 | The movement away from the hills and valleys of the countryside is called rural depopulation . |
11 | When he died the O'Malleys and the scruff from the hills would fight like tinkers for possession , dividing up the land generations of Drennans had fought and died for — had even apostatised for . |
12 | Between the two lay the formidable barrier of the River Spey , which , as late as 17 March , was said to be ‘ so swelled with snow melting down from the hills that it will not be fordable without going a great way up the country ’ . |
13 | The shots had sounded from the hills somewhere to the north , and rather than wasting time on the main path that rose with the gentle contours of the valley , we took a short cut up the steep , almost sheer , cliff behind the houses . |
14 | Only for taking coal from the hills in the south to the power station just over the ridge . |
15 | Since the entire political strategy of his Democratic Leadership Council has been to persuade white folks that the Democratic Party no longer cares for ‘ minorities ’ and will target no particular money in their direction , Clinton has been predictably low on concrete ideas , coming down from the hills after the battle to suffocate the wounded with great cushions of blather about how ‘ we ’ have ‘ refused to confront our differences ’ and ‘ for this neglect we have all paid ’ . |
16 | From the hills of Fiesole Frank Griffiths brings you a range of iron furniture reflecting the timeless beauty of Italian villas and gardens . |
17 | It was n't likely that anyone would come that way , for the hen crees were situated in the field just beyond the hedge , and the sheep were there too , having been brought down from the hills after ten of their already small stock had been taken . |
18 | It has more routes than Shepherds Crag , ranging from VD to E6 , and is a popular wet weather venue for those retreating from the hills . |
19 | Whether you climb , walk , run , or just stroll from your car for a picnic , then you 'll expect to be able to do so free of problems ; not to be shouted at abusively or shot at ( it still happens occasionally ! ) ; not to be spurned from the hills by aggressive signs erected by indignant landowners , or find endless and unyielding deer fences encircling your 232nd Munro ; not to discover destruction from in appropriate developments over a once beautiful area . |
20 | Below , the islands of Rum and Canna can be seen and on the horizon to the west you can look over from the hills of South Uist to Barra Head . |
21 | Two rivers enter the loch : the River Inver , coming down amongst trees from the hills behind , has a pleasant path alongside much used by anglers , with fishing platforms built over the rushing waters . |
22 | Busily he scribbled in a scratchy copperplate hand that had been taught him by a schoolmistress from the hills of Brecon his thoughts and directives in the margins of the typed sheets . |
23 | There was always that about him — the Welsh chieftain down from the hills on a raid to seize the bounty of the fat rich oppressor and then ride home back into the trackless labyrinths of his past . |
24 | And the Royal Welch did sing in the rehearsal , it was a record of course , and they sang of what you could see from the hills above Jerusalem , and it was in the minor key and sad as the devil or death , and the green light flickered , and Dylan , short , bandy , prime , obese , and famous among the bars , screamed as I have never heard , but sometimes imagined a scream , and we were all appalled , our pencils silent above the crossword puzzles , and invisible centuries-gone atavistic hair rose on our backs . |
25 | Remains of a TBF Avenger recovered from the hills near Barbers Point NAS by Shore Aviation Service . |
26 | As the Dwarfs moved south Goblins watched them from the hills , reporting their movements by means of oily smoke signals and throbbing war drums . |
27 | There were also poor peasants from the hills of Galilee , and fishermen — perhaps poor , perhaps well-to-do — from the shores of Lake Galilee . |
28 | After a time we dropped down from the hills on to a flat gravel plain where the track ran straight as a drawn line . |
29 | Alerted by a grapevine of unparalleled efficiency to the presence of honkies with money , hitherto undiscovered talents began swarming in from the ghettos and down from the hills , bearing tape-recordings , even guitars , for impromptu auditions . |
30 | ‘ Well , if you must know , I eat rabbits , wild birds , chickens from the farm and young sheep from the hills . |