Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] deep [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The river is impressive , tumbling down through a deep gorge , from which it has cut weird and wonderfully shaped holes in the smooth rock . |
| 2 | There was a trap-door in the centre of the kitchen floor , which led down to a deep cellar . |
| 3 | No need for us all to go in at the deep end . ’ |
| 4 | Because she , she goes in off the deep end and you |
| 5 | At Charing Cross the boatman began to pull in as the deep bend in the river became more pronounced . |
| 6 | But you can see if this lot gets converted to carbonate and then that water then gets mixed down to the deep water , it will be replaced at the surface with water which has a low carbonate concentration which will suck more C O two out of the atmosphere . |
| 7 | Let's jump in at the deep end — literally . |
| 8 | ‘ Mind you , they never actually say when , and you did rather get dropped in at the deep end . |
| 9 | It is possible to jump in at the deep end , buy a farm , and teach yourself , learning by your mistakes . |
| 10 | If it is too drastic to jump in at the deep end with such a sweeping change , why not try it out in experimental matches , festival or night matches ? |
| 11 | And as Cram prepared to jump in at the deep end with a clash against Olympic 10,000m champion Khalid Skah in the BUPA International Festival of Running , race organiser Brendan Foster tipped his pal to rekindle memories of his glory days in his new event . |
| 12 | Not wanting to jump in at the deep end , I hired the school the day before and went with Karen , a friend who wanted to give her experienced but spooky horse an indoor schooling session . |
| 13 | I had never taught before but was pushed in at the deep end and had to learn to swim . |
| 14 | At very much the same hour Edmund Mortimer came out of the deep sleep that follows fever , and opened his eyes reluctantly , remembering instantly and ruefully a day and a night of indignity and discomfort before he had lost all sense of place , time and direction , and finally of his own identity . |
| 15 | Stukeley 's brief description ( p. 84 , Vol. i ) reads ‘ Brigcasterton … was fenced about with a deep mote on two sides , the river supplying its use on the other two ; for it stands at an angle , and the Romans made a little curve in the road here on purpose to take it in , as it offered itself so conveniently , then rectified the obliquity on the other side of the town ; it consists of one street running through its length upon the road ; the great ditch and banks are called the Dikes . |
| 16 | ‘ I think he is now a far better player than the youngster we threw in at the deep end against Wales last season . |
| 17 | he just do n't like going down to the deep end |
| 18 | ‘ She staggered and fell ; nearly blinded with the blood that rained down from a deep gash in her forehead ; but raising herself with difficulty … breathed one prayer for mercy to her Maker . |
| 19 | All she knew was when they began to leave the straggling apartment block on the edge of town , because she felt him slide into another gear and the engine opened out with a deep growl , and then they were climbing , climbing , following the sinuous trail deep into a cleft in the mountains . |
| 20 | Carrie got up with a deep sigh . |
| 21 | He stood up and walked down to the deep end as he spoke , then he dived in , surfacing at least halfway down the pool , then covering several more lengths in a leisurely crawl . |
| 22 | Worrell had been vice-captain against England in 1953–4 , but when Australia toured a year later the selectors ' feet , apparently , had turned cold ; Denis Atkinson , who had little captaincy experience , was made Stollmeyer 's deputy , and as Stollmeyer then missed three Tests through injury , found himself pitched in at the deep end . |
| 23 | Instead of liking the look of the water , wading in carefully and finding it was wonderful , she 'd tumbled in at the deep end . |
| 24 | Now she thought ‘ Mother ’ deliberately , summoning up from a deep centre the bossy voice which had haunted her and with it a sweet softness , older still and loving . |
| 25 | Rachel followed a squealing Belinda down the steps while David walked up to the deep end , dived in and swam back to join the rest of the group . |
| 26 | She stepped up into the deep cool of the room . |
| 27 | However , you can still derive much benefit from self-massage with essential oils — though you will , of course , miss out on the deep relaxation engendered by receiving a good massage . |
| 28 | CHARLES WOKE as if his body was being dragged out of a deep pit , and memory returned slowly to his pounding head . |
| 29 | Bush Vark 's First Day Out by Charles Fuge ( MacMillan , £6.95 ) Winner of The Mother Goose Award and the MacMillan Prize 1988 Three pairs of creaturely eyes stare out from the deep black inside covers of Bush Vark 's First Day Out , whetting young appetites for nocturnal mystery and the pleasurable horrors encountered by Charles Fuge 's cheery little vark , with his slippery passivity and plain good fortune . |
| 30 | Deborah turned away from the signpost and began wading back through the deep undergrowth to the main path , intending to break into a run when she reached it ; but just as she turned off she heard a faint , distant , reedy cry , which stopped her in her tracks . |