Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] [prep] the water " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although flying fish leap out of the water they do not porpoise but glide , using their pectoral fins as aerodynamic surfaces . |
| 2 | Flood tolerant species of willow and alder on the reservoir margins carry the tree cover down into the water . |
| 3 | He became adept at launching himself over the canoe 's side ; first leaning back with legs outstretched athwart the cockpit , a quick flip of the body brought him face down towards the water before lowering himself onto it . |
| 4 | It grows on the surface , and the roots hang down into the water , hopefully absorbing nutrients . |
| 5 | This warning whetted my appetite for I used to crawl to the edge and look down at the water which was usually quite near the top as this part of the city is barely above river level . |
| 6 | After Kensaleyre , this beautiful road , a territory of hawks , runs by Loch Snizort Beag , and from the calm grassy uplands , well-to-do houses look down on the waters where the opportunities for boats seem infinite . |
| 7 | ‘ Yeah , well , ’ Andy says , coming to stand near me and look out over the water . |
| 8 | ‘ Amazin' how much bigger they look out of the water , ’ commented Billy . |
| 9 | The explosion lifted the ship a few feet clear out of the water , smashing the superstructure against the low tunnel roof even as the hull burst open with a blaze of fire . |
| 10 | When approached by a predatory fish , these little creatures contract their bodies and expand their papillae which they then wave about in the water . |
| 11 | I lay my tackle down , being careful not to cause any vibrations , and creep down to the water 's edge some fifteen yards upstream of the tree . |
| 12 | I like watching them get out of the water — they look real funny . |
| 13 | You never find out about the water in the instrument systems until you are airborne and it will ruin that flight , if not the entire flying for that day . |
| 14 | ‘ Most important , ’ ran the press release , ‘ the cups cover the bosoms fully and stay on in the water ’ — most important . |
| 15 | They murmur along in the water driven by gentle contractions . |
| 16 | When pursued , they shoot out of the water and spread greatly elongated , broad pectorals which until now have been held close to the body . |
| 17 | All these people that tear about on the water on a Sunday do n't know what they 're doing and are in desperate need of someone to manage them . |
| 18 | Trees guard the house from the east winds ; meadows slope down to the water . |
| 19 | It takes 4 hours in each direction , and there is plenty to see as you drift through a landscape where woodlands slope down to the waters edge , medieval towns seem to be snoozing , vineyards look sweet with promise , and heights are crowned mysteriously with fine old castles and monasteries . |
| 20 | The lower portions of the inclined planes descend below the level of the water in the tail bays , and as the tanks on the downward run move down into the water until there is parity of level between the water in the tank and that in the bay , dock gates are unnecessary in these lower channels . |
| 21 | I burst out of the water to inhale the smell of the warm buried desert careering across the surface of the pool . |
| 22 | ‘ There , where the leaves come down to the water . |
| 23 | With a bright flicker of satisfaction , she watched him slide down into the water , his large body making a flurry of waves ripple the surface . |
| 24 | The blackened roots reach down into the water itself , like the arms of a negro tickling trout . |
| 25 | Here the strange , tilted cliffs of the Corniche begin , layers of schist or of limestone that slide off into the water at an angle of 45 degrees and there make starkly visible ridges on the seabed . |
| 26 | Gainsborough 's house … to say nothing of huge grey sweeps of empty beach from which , at Aldeburgh , you can buy goggle-eyed skate direct from the fishing boats as they come out of the water . |
| 27 | When they come out of the water , it is as if the mikva represents the womb and they are reborn . |
| 28 | I could almost see her come out of the water with her short hair glistening wet and pressed to her forehead . |
| 29 | And , as they come out of the water the fa , the bible says the spirit takes Philip away and he goes down now to so to Somaria and and he starts preaching there in Somaria a and there 's this tremendous result ! |
| 30 | See down by the water , that big house is empty . |