Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] the deep " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lightning forked overhead , illuminating the camp like day , and thunder crashed deafeningly through the deep darkness that followed . |
| 2 | They had splashed through two brooks and wandered fearfully in the deep woodlands west of Ecchinswell . |
| 3 | Silence came only in the deep watches of the night . |
| 4 | Even as she observed this , it did just that , slithered off the nail which supported it and plunged headfirst into the deep blue of the mantelpiece . |
| 5 | One moment they had been crossing a burning glade of shoulder-high grass in the full glare of the sun and the next they descended abruptly into a dark , silent , mysterious world where the air was cool and moist , the earth soft and spongy underfoot , and dazzling orchids blazed suddenly among the deep green undergrowth . |
| 6 | It was like a wild , graceful leap in the air and they both disappeared momentarily into the deep water of the lake . |
| 7 | When Sara awoke and looked outside at the deep cloudless blue sky , she guessed that her hostess was also scanning it with equal pleasure . |
| 8 | Whirling like a miniature tornado past Lucenzo 's menacing bulk , she persuaded her legs to stop wobbling by sheer force of will and strode angrily over the deep snow to the nearest bus stop . |