Example sentences of "hole in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One moment I was revelling in the astonishment of being alive , and the next — I was lying flat on my face , with what felt like a very large hole in the right side of my skull … |
| 2 | Another solution is to dig a hole in the garden , place the bowls in this , and cover them with a thick layer of leaf mould , peat or peat substitute , but the bowls must have drainage holes or they could become waterlogged during heavy rainfall . |
| 3 | This was a foreign land , peopled not only by my superiors , for that applied to everyone I 'd ever known , from the hole in Mother woman through which I was expelled to the hole in the Mother earth by which I 'd be swallowed ; but by those who were superior to my early superiors ; probably the most superior peoples in the entire world . |
| 4 | The method of preparing the blank before inserting the cutlery blank is simply to drill and clean out the hole in the shaft before fixing , put the Special T on the tang and insert with the handle on top so the Special T does not run down the wood . |
| 5 | With hollow walls ( plasterboard or lath-and-plaster on timber studs ) , you can run the cable for wall lights and switches in the void behind the wall surface , starting by drilling a hole in the top timber member . |
| 6 | The first is to cut a hole in the ceiling and to fit a metal or plastic BESA box ( designed for use with conduit wiring ) , with its face flush with the ceiling , and with the box screwed to a supporting piece of timber fixed between the joists ; the BESA box has two screwed holes which match the holes in the plate supporting the chain or screwed rod . |
| 7 | With loop-in wiring , the wires are labelled carefully , and drawn up into the space above the ceiling , where they should be reconnected in a junction box , in exactly the same way that they were connected in the ceiling rose , and a cable taken from this junction box to the light fitting through the hole in the ceiling ( if the new light fitting is in the same place ) . |
| 8 | You make a hole in the outside wall and run the waste pipe through , fit an elbow and lead another pipe into the hopper head . |
| 9 | Several second row contenders such as Zoran , Thomson and Philips are struggling to capture a sizeable foot hole in the market . |
| 10 | It is a hole in the head as far as the Irishman is concerned . |
| 11 | Despite the gaping hole in the company 's accounts , Ferranti shares returned from their suspension at 73½p to trade at higher than expected levels between 55p and 59p . |
| 12 | Trying to plug the hole in the dyke with reserves and then appearing to react to , instead of pre-empting , a widely-anticipated rise in German interest rates , left the impression that the authorities were tailing behind events . |
| 13 | WELLINGTON — The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica threatens to be bigger than ever this year , according to New Zealand scientists , writes David Barber . |
| 14 | After losing to Ronan Rafferty by one hole in the quarter-finals , Lyle remarked : ‘ I 'm over the moon . |
| 15 | About twenty feet from the trench , in the centre of the dirt track leading to the road two Commandos were standing peering into a large hole in the ground . |
| 16 | He was eating his food , and , I thought to myself , ‘ Christ , how he has changed his appearance after five days living in a hole in the ground ! ’ |
| 17 | As I drew nearer I noticed that half of the roof had gone and there was a large gaping hole in the wall at the side of the cottage . |
| 18 | There was a gaping hole in the roof of the barn . |
| 19 | The training at Achnacarry did not include living for weeks on end in a hole in the ground subjected to constant mortaring and sniper fire . |
| 20 | It had been a long time living in a hole in the ground , let's hope things get better . |
| 21 | I was excited about the prospect of leaving this area and the boredom of living in a hole in the ground since 6th June ; at last we shall be able to stretch our legs . |
| 22 | ‘ Stabbers ’ and attack the muscle which holds the shell closed and ‘ hammerers ’ simply bash a hole in the shell . |
| 23 | A HOLE IN THE SCREEN |
| 24 | The hole in the screen coincided with screams and the lights going up and the immediate disappearance of the images . |
| 25 | All that was left to do was a big hole in the wall by the sink that needed filling . |
| 26 | A wood fire in the centre adds to the warmth , the smoke exiting , together with yet more of those mosquitos , through a central hole in the roof . |
| 27 | Lavvus have a hole in the top to let smoke from the wood fire out . |
| 28 | With its occupants pushed firmly back into their seats , the Turbo R thumped a hole in the air and lunged for the far horizon , covering the quarter-mile in a staggering 14.8secs on the way . |
| 29 | There 's a house with a broken window — a big black hole in the window , and I laugh at it . |
| 30 | These were long sacks which were suspended through a circular hole in the floor , called the trading hole ( until presses were introduced , the hops were compressed by a man treading them in ) . |