Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] high " in BNC.
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| 1 | This arrangement unfortunately presents a potential for extremely rapid fire growth and provides large surface areas of fuel high above ground level with , in some cases , none other than fixed , pre-positioned means by which a fire fighting strike is possible . |
| 2 | Right across the village muddy figures worked on every rooftop , thrashing walls with brooms in rhythmic sweeps , projecting showers of spray high and wide all around them . |
| 3 | Changes in army high command |
| 4 | His wife , red spots of anger high on her cheeks , gave him a pithy lecture on the rules of hospitality and gentility , so Corbett , like any good mariner facing a squall , decided he would run before the storm . |
| 5 | We hope to make contact with the many Catholic teachers in state high schools to see if we can organise an RE programme for the Catholic pupils . |
| 6 | They were an awe-inspiring sight , with the sea thundering against great black precipices and hurling shattered sheets of spray high up the face of the rock ; above this turmoil a host of wheeling , screeching sea birds showed white against the cliffs . |