Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] of the earth " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then they 've built their own homes out of the earth … and Oxfam has put in a desperately needed water supply . |
| 2 | Thus anything the slightest bit controversial is left out as are , with a few exceptions , references to what private individuals and companies are doing in sending objects out of the Earth 's atmosphere in the interests either of research or for financial reward . |
| 3 | The air pressure forced me to my knees and I watched while the wind screwed great oak trees out of the earth and then dropped them in a mess of green leaves and splintered wood . |
| 4 | Arms threw dirt aside , stiffly pulling torsos out of the earth , shoulders shovelling the dirt aside to allow heads to rise and turn uncertainly , glancing about blankly through bulging eyes which looked at everything and saw nothing . |
| 5 | Rose was stooped over , digging up stones out of the earth with her fingernails . |