Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [prep] the deep [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The war seemed remote as she and John wandered through woods , scuffling their feet through crisp fallen leaves , or lay in the deep feather bed in the farmhouse bedroom . |
| 2 | He was really a very likeable lad , though a bit mysterious and withdrawn at the deepest level . |
| 3 | It was luxury to stretch out , to groan , to relax … and to fall into the deepest slumber of my life … |
| 4 | I lay on my fourposter ready to bemoan what had happened but the next minute I rolled over and sank into the deepest sleep . |
| 5 | They threw down their fishing gear and ran as the motorcycle leapt over the embankment and crashed into the deep ditch some 15ft below . |
| 6 | By 1845 Thomas was clearly more versatile , putting far more time in at the mine , performing better paid tasks such as kibble filling , and waggoning from the Deep Level to the dressing floors . |
| 7 | Her girlfriend , Josephine , does not take to the water , so Kelly and I go in alone with Simone , treading in unison till the chill is mellowed , and swim to the deep end where we cling to the buoy and discuss other people . |
| 8 | Then she turned and walked towards the deep end , turned again and did a perfect back flip , hardly denting the surface and coming up into a smooth breaststroke only a few feet away from me . |
| 9 | The crane jib dipped and raised over the deep hold of the ‘ Marit ’ , each time raising out a neat sling of timber like some massive lucky dip . |
| 10 | Vic sighs , hits the Off button on the clock , switches on his bedside lamp ( its dimmer control turned low for Marjorie 's sake ) , gets out of bed and paddles through the deep pile of the bedroom carpet to the en suite bathroom , making sure the connecting door is closed before he turns on the light inside . |