Example sentences of "water [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I have no water boiled yet for the porridge . ’ |
| 2 | The cause is a faulty ( or nonexistent ) thermostat not allowing hot water to circulate properly through the inlet manifold . |
| 3 | Once in place , the dividing mesh allows the water to circulate normally through the aquarium , but is still fine enough to prevent young fry from being sucked into the filter . |
| 4 | There was sagging wire beneath the frame , a drip of water plunged sporadically into the space where his feet would rest . |
| 5 | Near Bering Strait the small inflow of Pacific water circulates locally in the pycnocline layer . |
| 6 | Return the fruit to the pan and add enough water to come just below the level of the fruit . |
| 7 | Put the dish(es) into a roasting pan containing enough freshly boiled water to come halfway up the sides . |
| 8 | The acids dissolved in water appear largely in the form of ions ( charged atoms ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Jimi was playing in the rain and I stood right at the front of the stage and water dripped right off the tips of his boots onto my head . |
| 10 | There is just the sound of the water lapping gently at the prow , the occasional laughter from Claris and Victoria . |
| 11 | Lazing on a gleaming deck , the water lapping gently against the side is like a lullaby and I manage only 15 pages of Frederick Forsyth before succumbing to the pleasures of a hot Ontario sun . |
| 12 | The hardness of water depends principally upon the concentration of calcium and magnesium . |
| 13 | It is distinguished from a bog where the water arrives solely in the form of rain from above , and there is no runoff . |
| 14 | A total of 102 Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSIs ) in England are being damaged by eutrophication — the artificial enrichment of water caused mainly by the run-off of nutrients from farm waste , fertilizers and sewage farms . |
| 15 | After eighty yards we came to the rails and sleepers themselves under a foot of water leading onwards into the blackness . |
| 16 | The parish council is very worried when the controversial barrier opens later this year problems in the village , already vulnerable to flooding , will increase as the water turned away from the shut gates will have nowhere else to go . |
| 17 | Blanketweed collecting on the waterfall may cause water to seep away from the pond itself . |
| 18 | As colour fades , so an immensity of scale is revealed where the inhospitable water stretches away to the forbidding height of the hills . |
| 19 | He shook his head , settling back again in his chair , his eyes fixing on the silvery ribbon of water swirling away between the trees . |
| 20 | They are simple to install ; all that is required is that they be level from side to side , and with the lip of the lowest basin protruding sufficiently so that the water empties directly into the pool water and not on to the edging of the pool . |
| 21 | Joanne , who works at Bookers store in Llandudno Junction , and Maurice , 25 , who works for Mochdre Garage , returned home on Thursday night to find water running right through the house . |
| 22 | The water went straight across the top . |
| 23 | Finally , the world 's waters differ greatly in the amount of minerals dissolved in them . |
| 24 | A farmer explained that the area is subjected to floods sometimes , and it was necessary to let the water run away to the river . |
| 25 | Thereafter , there is fairly fast-flowing water curving right to the grade II rapid above Bogroy footbridge . |
| 26 | He left the bathroom in a terrible mess , with water slopped all over the floor and the towel sopping . |
| 27 | Water slopped noisily between the side of the boat and the steps . |
| 28 | This is guaranteed by a good crumb structure with fine pores holding water like sponges , whilst allowing air and surplus water to move freely between the crumbs . |
| 29 | For a start , there was the fountain , about the height of a squat sundial , and crowned by a lily ; you turned on a tap , pumped energetically on a foot pedal for a minute or two , and water gushed pleasingly from the lily 's gaping mouth . |
| 30 | Steaming water gushed plentifully from the dolphin shaped taps and jars of bath essence and toilet water and after-shave glowed like jewellery ; and the low lavatory tactfully flushed with no noise at all . |