Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] at the deep [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No need for us all to go in at the deep end . ’ |
| 2 | Let's jump in at the deep end — literally . |
| 3 | ‘ Mind you , they never actually say when , and you did rather get dropped in at the deep end . |
| 4 | It is possible to jump in at the deep end , buy a farm , and teach yourself , learning by your mistakes . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I had never taught before but was pushed in at the deep end and had to learn to swim . |
| 9 | ‘ I think he is now a far better player than the youngster we threw in at the deep end against Wales last season . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Instead of liking the look of the water , wading in carefully and finding it was wonderful , she 'd tumbled in at the deep end . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | So these dare devils have got 6 months to dry out before diving in at the deep end once again . |
| 14 | Now McFall either jumps in at the deep end or dithers and backs off — he never falls off . |
| 15 | Tom jumps in at the deep end |
| 16 | THE AGRICULTURAL Research Council is about to dive in at the deep end of commercial research by launching the Agricultural Genetics Company . |
| 17 | It 's really not hard at all ; you just have to dive in at the deep end . ’ |
| 18 | Lottie was thrown in at the deep end : |
| 19 | THREE Ipswich Witches youngsters will be thrown in at the deep end on Thursday when Foxhall Stadium stages the Star of Anglia on the opening day of the 1993 speedway season . |
| 20 | I was thus , unceremoniously ‘ thrown in at the deep end ’ . |
| 21 | She was immediately thrown in at the deep end when one of her young clients , Lucy Gates , died . |
| 22 | She had been thrown in at the deep end and it was a question of sink or swim . |
| 23 | I now have 4 years ' teaching experience although I too was thrown in at the deep end — my only advantage over others was that I had studied languages myself and knew how difficult it could be . |
| 24 | Our housework was hard and long and laborious and erm we 'd got two children to look after and then I 'd got my brother who did n't leave home until he was thirty and er , you had n't got the time , you know , to do too many things , so er my interest was the young wives ' and it was really a as regards the erm the Guild itself , I was thrown in at the deep end when this lady who was with my mother , mother was treasurer , she was secretary , erm she used to come down for me and , I know you should n't canvass but she used to canvass and say erm you know the voting , you know , will you , will you come and vote ? |
| 25 | ‘ I would n't want any child of mine to have to cope with being thrown in at the deep end like that . |
| 26 | Being in control of the finances of an organisation can pose a major headache for some people , especially if they are thrown in at the deep end with little or . |
| 27 | ‘ You must think I 'm an inconsiderate devil if you 're expecting to be thrown in at the deep end to struggle as best you can . ’ |
| 28 | Training will be given and wherever possible the new representative will be thrown in at the deep end . |
| 29 | ‘ Talk about being thrown in at the deep end ! ’ |
| 30 | They 're thrown in at the deep end , and have to develop skills quickly . |