Example sentences of "[v-ing] the wall " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't worry , total silence , ’ Wayne had assured her and then he 'd loaded the ovens into the van and left her to make her way upstairs , touching the wall as she went . |
| 2 | ‘ So anyone touching the wall … ? ’ said Cardiff . |
| 3 | Robert leaned back in his chair so that his ear was touching the wall . |
| 4 | If it was courage , his face had expressed indifference , but his back had conveyed desperation , while he had slid through the door with his body touching the wall . |
| 5 | He set her down on the landing and she stood on one foot , using the wall for support while he opened his living-room door . |
| 6 | Chris Hamper was unlucky , coming 11th by virtue of not slapping the wall above his highest hold . |
| 7 | Luck playing a somewhat greater part in the matter than judgement , the bullet struck him in the calf , tore through the muscles there and exited , spattering the wall behind with blood and pink tissue . |
| 8 | ‘ Mr Winek has to be there , ’ she cried , thumping the wall with her fist and dislodging a drawing-pin , sending a call sheet and a sheaf of addresses spiralling about the corridor . |
| 9 | In the night he might be heard running up and down his attic bedroom banging the wall at each end , and keeping other people awake . |
| 10 | The evening sun of a perfect day was painting the wall above the chest of drawers in such a pretty soft way . |
| 11 | In the Allotment , by keeping the wall at close range , a line of potholes will be seen , the most significant of these being juniper Gulf which descends for over 400 feet . |
| 12 | Cross the ladder stile and follow the path , keeping the wall on the right . |
| 13 | The floorboards in the centre of the room had clearly rotted , leaving gaping holes in places , and she edged her way round the perimeter , keeping the wall at her back all the time . |
| 14 | On Two Tier , Simon Cundy claimed his ‘ Reward ’ by climbing the wall right of The Tier Drop Explodes past the girdle break to a BB . |
| 15 | Also at Pentire , Martin climbed Another Nervous Breakdown , E6± 6B , starting right of Darkinbad and climbing the wall eventually to join Last Leviathan , while Beneath Black Waters , E6 6B , is a direct line up the triangular wall right of Siren 's Cry with a roof as its crux : powerful stuff . |
| 16 | The weekend will have workshops on Trade and the Bible , Trade and the Individual , Trade and the Media , Worship , the video , ‘ Bitter Sweet ’ , Christian Aid staff in practical sketches and ‘ Climbing the Wall ’ — ideas for fundraising and local activity as well as Traidcraft and exhibitions . |
| 17 | Von Stein had been checking the wall clock in the laboratory then looking back at his notes for some time . |
| 18 | She 's like , she 's like tearing the wall down and collapsing on the floor with hysterics . |
| 19 | Electricians began rewiring the wall sockets at the end of August 1991 . |
| 20 | Tapping the wall with the handle of a screwdriver often produces a dull , hollow sound which can help to determine the extent of the area affected . |
| 21 | I woke to see through half open eyes enormous Technicolour images of baffling genitalia filling the wall . |
| 22 | How do I remove the old ones without damaging the wall ? |
| 23 | The sudden change of colour on the wall had upset its sense of direction and it buzzed about angrily and eventually it came into the porch where I was sitting and it stayed there for a few minutes and then went outside searching the wall again for the entrance . |
| 24 | By way of welcome , I was told to stand facing the wall . |
| 25 | At school it meant he was made to sit isolated in a ‘ naughty chair ’ at the front of the class facing the wall . |
| 26 | Then Nigel said , still balancing on one leg and facing the wall , ‘ Miss Honey taught us how to spell a new very long word yesterday . ’ |
| 27 | She curled up facing the wall and shut her eyes . |
| 28 | If they do not and you are at first-floor level , climb on to the window sill and let yourself hang feet first , facing the wall , before letting go to lessen the height of your fall . |
| 29 | There would be the guy with the black box in a suitcase and the chair facing the wall that I would sit in while he sat in a chair behind me . |
| 30 | Well somebody sa and they stand facing the wall and they shut their eyes and there 're people at the end and they have to try and get to the other side without the other person seeing them . |