Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [conj] [verb] above " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was manifest principally as flushing of the skin and sweating above the level of the lesion . |
| 2 | Then he would make a pair of horns with his hands and step slowly backwards , and the closer he got to the bedside lamp the bigger the shadow grew , so that finally it outgrew the wall and spread across the ceiling and towered above him , a vast and terrible Demon . |
| 3 | This supports a thick earthen plate which forms the ceiling of the cellar and carries above it the central core of the nest with its tiers of nurseries , fungus gardens , food stores and , of course , the royal chambers where the king and queen live . |
| 4 | The steam engine to turn the winding drum , located in a wooden engine-house behind the conduit and constructed above a boiler-house rebated into the earthwork supporting the upper part of the planes , was a twin-cylinder high pressure jet condensing type . |
| 5 | This was obviously the pigeons ' favourite delicacy : at the sight of the tin can , the pigeons leapt in the air and fluttered above us waiting to dive down on the first grains ; others landed flirtatiously on Fardine 's arms and shoulders . |
| 6 | Immediately with a great flutter of wings the pigeons rose into the air and circled above the terrace . |
| 7 | He pitched forward , throwing himself down in the glutinous mud , covering his head with his hands as Farrell replied , bullets slicing through the air and singing above the prone man 's body , missing him , it seemed , by mere inches . |
| 8 | He stared into the mirror that hung above the mantelpiece . |
| 9 | The part of the aquifer that lies above the water table is termed the unsaturated zone . |
| 10 | ‘ I know , I know , ’ soothed the face that swam above her . |