Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] heavy " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , there are two cockpits , one for steering , from which primary winches , sheet car controls , mainsheet and ballast tank pump can all be reached without moving , and a deeper , off-watch cockpit designed for heavy weather . |
| 2 | It was designed for heavy goods haulage and was built as late as 1960 . |
| 3 | In his head he was already driving through heavy rain to a life he could n't imagine . |
| 4 | Texture is particularly emphasised , with leather mixed with heavy wool velour for one design . |
| 5 | Peter Pan 's Never Never Land , a plastic amusement park , lies under heavy rain on the front . |
| 6 | The it comes straight from the coa from the er mines and it 's it 's sent through chutes on these merry-go-round railways that go slow and they stop over this and then it 's all pulverized with heavy steel balls into powder and coal and into the furnaces it 's just blown in . |
| 7 | The Autonomous Region of South Ossetia continued to come under heavy attack from Georgian forces sited outside its capital , Tskhinvali , which was cut off from aid ; there were reports of hostage-taking . |
| 8 | A broad hand with long fingers clustered with heavy rings . |
| 9 | Less than a year later Rust and Sabrina were on a routine stakeout at the Marseilles docks when they had come under heavy fire from a gang of drug smugglers and Rust was hit in the spine , leaving him paralysed from the waist down . |
| 10 | The plan was abandoned shortly afterwards , however , having come under heavy criticism . |
| 11 | hang on to somebody elses tail lights , it gives us a false sense of security watch your speed , you may be going much faster than you think , do not speed up to get away from the vehicle which is too close behind you , remember that if you 're driving with heavy people it may take longer to pull up and speed on ahead , warning signals or |
| 12 | The hull of the ‘ Dolphin ’ was planked with four inch thick mahogany covered by a two inch layer of teak , then sheathed with heavy gauge copper . |
| 13 | Her second canoe , with Archie Hart and Eric Folder , had made a rough-and-tumble landing in heavy surf near Gela . |
| 14 | On September 1 , 1992 , Dubcek 's chauffeur-driven limousine crashed in heavy rain on a motorway some 60 miles southeast of Prague . |
| 15 | Being in a direct line between the coast and London , Croydon and Penge were early among the places to suffer from heavy bomb damage . |
| 16 | The police car stopped close beside the mini and two pairs of feet shod in heavy black leather appeared close beside Hoomey 's bulging eyes . |
| 17 | She was down on her knees , finishing off the doorstep ; an apron made from some coarse sacking was protecting her plain black dress , her legs were clad in thick black wool stockings and her feet were shod in heavy , much mended shoes — second-hand into the bargain , as was most of her servant 's clothing . |
| 18 | Six purple candles , three on either side , flickered in heavy iron holders . |
| 19 | Cora-Beth had a warm travelling-rug wrapped round her legs , and they were both muffled in heavy , fur-lined coats and caps . |
| 20 | Her hair was the same bright copper glow , and yet , below it , her face had collapsed in heavy folds , like cloth . |
| 21 | Only the pre-lunch session was possible on the second day , drizzle intensifying to heavy rain which even penetrated the Press-box roof just as Cornhill Insurance were announcing their two-year extension of sponsorship . |
| 22 | The largest number of settlements is found on light soils such as rendzinas and stagnogleys and fewer are located on heavy soil-types |
| 23 | Official accounts of the shootings emphasised that soldiers responded to heavy IRA nail bombing and gunfire , suggesting that a major battle had taken place . |
| 24 | Brooke Sanders thought twice about running her great favourite Calapaez on ground which changed to heavy following persistent rain . |
| 25 | Dismissing the irritating Leo from her mind , she ran lightly upstairs to collect a thick sweater and to pull on heavy shoes before setting off across the boggy field behind the cottage towards the bend in the river . |
| 26 | But the new Queen 's champion admitted that the first meeting ever between the two players dominated by heavy serves and containing few spectacular winners was a poor spectacle for a 6,000 crowd which included Princess Diana . |
| 27 | The Hall was surrounded by heavy , low clouds , which opened now and then to show the grim , cold moor and its wet , grey rocks . |
| 28 | The sale was aimed particularly at small investors in accordance with the government 's commitment to wider share-ownership and was preceded by heavy advertising . |
| 29 | Its blade was two-edged , and made of heavy bronze , the grooves chased like lotus stems . |
| 30 | These benefits have been realised despite heavy excise duty discrimination against spirits in favour of beers and wines , both at home and abroad . |