Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] [art] deep [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a trap-door in the centre of the kitchen floor , which led down to a deep cellar . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I think he is now a far better player than the youngster we threw in at the deep end against Wales last season . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Carrie got up with a deep sigh . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She stepped up into the deep cool of the room . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 12 | As he reached it , the ground fell away from under him and he rolled down into a deep ditch . |
| 13 | The sound died down to a deep rumbling , a mummummummum that still had a feel-it-in-the-bone quality . |
| 14 | And the little goblin followed Yanek up the mountain until they reached a high , lonely place where a waterfall ran down into a deep pool . |
| 15 | I turned without stopping and crawled back to the deep end , looking back as I breathed to make sure she was following . |