Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] the deep [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No need for us all to go in at the deep end . ’ |
| 2 | Because she , she goes in off the deep end and you |
| 3 | At Charing Cross the boatman began to pull in as the deep bend in the river became more pronounced . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Let's jump in at the deep end — literally . |
| 6 | ‘ Mind you , they never actually say when , and you did rather get dropped in at the deep end . |
| 7 | It is possible to jump in at the deep end , buy a farm , and teach yourself , learning by your mistakes . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I had never taught before but was pushed in at the deep end and had to learn to swim . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I think he is now a far better player than the youngster we threw in at the deep end against Wales last season . |
| 14 | he just do n't like going down to the deep end |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Instead of liking the look of the water , wading in carefully and finding it was wonderful , she 'd tumbled in at the deep end . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She stepped up into the deep cool of the room . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | We passed like wraiths gripping our anoraks against a colder night wind coming down from the deep indigo silhouetted mountains . |
| 24 | Keeping things simple is often the best bet , an investment of both time and effort is required to learn anything new , so diving in at the deep end with one of the full-blown integrated packages may cause more disruption than it 's worth . |
| 25 | So these dare devils have got 6 months to dry out before diving in at the deep end once again . |
| 26 | Now McFall either jumps in at the deep end or dithers and backs off — he never falls off . |
| 27 | Tom jumps in at the deep end |
| 28 | ‘ Well , ’ she curled up on the deep sill and wrapped the duvet more tightly around herself , leaving him to find a seat of his own as she knew he was going to , ‘ that sounds like life — so what ? ’ |
| 29 | Peace News reported on the revolt against the ‘ multiversity ’ at the symbol of liberal corporate America , the Berkeley campus within the University of California ; it reported on the growing movement that had sprung out of the deep south civil rights campaign . |
| 30 | Robert O'Mahoney 's King , a ‘ dynamotologist ’ — ‘ self-realisation , you know ? ’ — is the picture of a man floundering around in the deep end of life , who has forgotten not only how to swim , but even where he left his life jacket . |