Example sentences of "rain [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the lightning was filtered into changes in density of darkness by the weight of rain cascading out of the cloud-front . |
| 2 | Sometimes I looked out of the window at the grey November afternoon , and saw the rain pouring down on the leafless garden . |
| 3 | A few days later , from the bleak room of a grimy hotel , the rain pouring down outside the window , he surveyed his surroundings and wrote forlornly : ‘ Theo , I never suspected her , nor do I now , nor shall I ever suspect her of having had financial motives , more than is honest and just . |
| 4 | Below it flows the Dorn , known to the Saxons as the Milk , from the cloudiness of its water after rain : and one still sees it as the Saxons saw it a thousand years ago , as I saw it a few minutes ago in the thin rain drifting down from the Cotswolds . |
| 5 | But if you had an imminent on your side you could have had the ache of the wind and rain crying down from the clouds . ’ |
| 6 | Like many scientists , campaigners at Friends of the Earth in London ( including the author ) had assumed that the absence of strong evidence for forest decline in Britain might be due to a combination of climate ( moist conditions good for growing trees ) coupled with the possibility that magnesium in rain coming in from the sea might counteract leaching by acid rain . |
| 7 | With the rain teeming down at the Manor , Italy seemed a long way off — too far for United . |
| 8 | Add to this a language problem , surround the ship with smaller fishing vessels and throw liberal quantities of slimy mackerel underfoot , anchor it in a remote Scottish loch with vicious squalls of wind and rain roaring down from the surrounding hills , try working for days on end with very little sleep in these conditions and you have some idea of our difficulties . |
| 9 | Rain falling on to the theatre nearby was collected in a channel circling the orchestra to fill a large rock-cut storage cistern . |
| 10 | It was still dark , and he could see the rain slanting down in the light of the street lamps . |
| 11 | The wind and the rain beating down on the river camouflaged his progress ; he could see the bridge now and he waited , watching . |
| 12 | Clinging to this assurance , Isabel listened to the rain beating down on the other side of the wall and refused to think about her peculiar reactions to fitzAlan any longer . |
| 13 | So why was she sitting here now , moodily watching the rain pelting down outside the patio doors ? |
| 14 | It was just after nine the following night , rain pounding in from the Atlantic , when Asa stood in the control tower at Laville and watched the Dornier take off . |