Example sentences of "[prep] the far wall " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly , it moved upwards among jagged folds of rock hanging like petrified curtains above their heads ; it swung to the right and travelled downwards , glistening on a myriad crystalline particles in the rock face ; it moved across to the left and traced a black line where the stone floor ended abruptly just short of the far wall . |
| 2 | I wondered what was on the other side of the far wall , for there was a green door in its centre . |
| 3 | Turner 's painting of Hardraw Scar shows a vast rocky amphitheatre with a torrent gushing over the lip of the furthest wall , while leading us into the scene there is a wide , almost treeless valley , with cows grazing on its slopes and a milkmaid perched on a dry-stone wall ill the foreground . |
| 4 | She jerked her head towards the far wall . |
| 5 | She gave a derisive laugh as she again inclined her head towards the far wall , then said , ‘ That fellow 's preciseness gets up my nose . |
| 6 | With an expressive grimace , she nodded towards the far wall . |
| 7 | He was sitting near the far wall , as far from everyone else as possible and , having cleared a space in the rubbish around him , had drawn a crude circle on the floor with a sliver of chalk he had begged from Apanage . |
| 8 | Over near the far wall stands an ancient McAlpine portacabin , stolen from some building site twenty years ago . |
| 9 | She nodded dismissively at Joe , who glared and stamped back to the pigs , and then she came into the milking house and leaned against the far wall , looking across at Jinny . |
| 10 | Beyond the willow and the blackberry hedges was an untidy collection of huts and tin-roofed chicken-pens that Buddie had erected against the far wall . |
| 11 | ‘ Then she was being thrown violently up and backwards , her spine slamming against the far wall . |
| 12 | The courtyard is illuminated by a single light and against the far wall five drummers keep a constant rhythm , breaking into occasional chanting . |
| 13 | But not out yet , his savaged leg : and he had to turn — the door opened in on him — and Anton , sprung as a cat ; this opening , what he had sought , again flung himself at the foreman , who , caught by surprise , new horror , staggered back so that both of them , locked as one , a horrific beast , fell out against the far wall , the urinal , where : so long ago , as aeons past , Parker had first made his move . |
| 14 | On a steel-frame bed against the far wall sat a lanky figure , his head and shoulders covered by another black cowl hood . |
| 15 | The bar was against the far wall , plentifully stocked and presided over by a bleached blonde in a white beaded sweater . |
| 16 | The second was propped , ungainly as a rag doll , against the far wall . |
| 17 | Then , whistling to himself , he washed the podger clean and put it back where he 'd found it , against the far wall . |
| 18 | Against the far wall , shielded from the worst of the rain , were five bodies neatly laid out . |
| 19 | Otherwise the small single room was almost bare ; a bed in one corner , a dresser before the single window , a small table with two chairs flat against the far wall . |
| 20 | At night , when he was getting ready for bed , he would switch on his bedside lamp and stand with his back to it so he could see his shadow against the far wall . |
| 21 | Then he kicked and came to rest against the far wall . |
| 22 | But it was , in fact , a bundle of dark clothing that looked as if it had been hurled against the far wall of the darkened yard . |
| 23 | He waved weakly at the plaster dust which billowed at him , did not flinch when a tangle of wire , metal and concrete shattered to pieces against the far wall and dropped into the tangled wreckage on the ground floor below . |
| 24 | By itself , half hidden against the far wall , nearly obscured by billowing folds of grey cloud that huffed sweet , damp breath into her face as she approached . |
| 25 | Piper was cowering abjectly against the far wall , her face streaming with tears . |
| 26 | DeVore 's ‘ gift ’ was crouched behind him against the far wall of the craft , as far from the open hatchway as she could . |
| 27 | She did n't move ; only pressed tighter against the far wall of the cabin . |
| 28 | The steam seemed to have cleared a little and Lucien could see that Walterkin sat up straight against the far wall , his knees raised , his hands dangling between them . |
| 29 | He opened the door but the dimness inside was such that for a moment he could see little ; then , as his eyes accommodated , he saw Maurice standing , pressed against the far wall as though he wanted to vanish through it . |
| 30 | I stand in the doorway of the front room , looking at the two bundles against the far wall . |