Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] ceiling " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are round or square , natural or painted metal canisters that can be recessed or semi-recessed into a ceiling , or ceiling mounted to cast pools of light on the ground or any other surface below them . |
| 2 | The heading must be in a fixed position and fitted to a thin batten which is bent and fixed to the ceiling of the curve . |
| 3 | She had a round face , round eyes which she rolled and raised to the ceiling while she spake ( spoke was too mundane a term for her pronouncements ) and she invariably began these pronouncements with ‘ Whooo — ’ to which Jane mentally added ‘ To-whit-too-whoo ’ , and concluded that there must be an owl species called Shurll . |
| 4 | Round about four o'clock in the afternoon he would sometimes forget Morris and sprawl back in his chair with his hands behind his head , yawning and looking at the ceiling , just as he had before Morris 's arrival . |
| 5 | He inhaled and stared at the ceiling ; smoking in bed was something his wife did n't like , it was only on business trips that he managed it , depending on the company . |