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单词 chalk pit
例句 chalk pit
The grotto was discovered by accident in the 1830s and at times was thought to have been a smugglers’ tunnel, an elaborate hoax, a chalk pit and an ancient Roman temple. The Art Crowd Returns to Kent, England 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z
They date as far back as the third century, and many were excavated at British archaeological sites, including burial grounds, chalk pits and riverbeds. Antiques: Third-Century Cutlery at Auction; Schoolgirls’ Samplers 2013-05-23T19:54:39Z
What sets Stonehenge apart is the circle around it, containing 56 chalk pits known as the Aubrey Holes. Stonehenge: Did ancient 'machine' move stones from Wales? 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z
Stonehenge was built in phases from around 3,000 to 1,500 B.C., starting with a circular ditch and bank together with 56 Aubrey holes, a ring of chalk pits that surrounded a stone circle. Was Stonehenge a ‘Secondhand’ Monument? 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z
Purfleet-on-Thames sits on the northern bank of the river, is home to about 12,000 residents, is close to the Lakeside shopping centre and its chalk pits are a site of special scientific interest. The riverside town that changed its name 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z
A chalk pit, about a mile south of the church, called significantly “Nun-pit,” is shown as the place where those less holy than homicidal sisters were afterwards buried alive. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z
Seasoned flints from the land, having been long exposed to the atmosphere, are preferred to flints freshly dug from the chalk pits. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z
“Ay,” cried big Harry; “and I sin ’em go up towards the chalk pit.” The Parson O' Dumford
In quarries for building stone and in the chalk pits of the downs we see shells in the rock, and may often notice them in the stones of walls and buildings. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight
By a grassy chalk pit and clustering black yew, white beam and rampant clematis, is the Pilgrims' Way. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time
He was agitated because a French chalk pit outside the English lines had been closed to his workmen. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court
The main efforts were directed against the chalk pit north of Hill 70, and between Hulluch and the Hohenzollern redoubt. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War
Long before Eve Pelly had reached the town, with its knots of men out of work, Daisy had climbed the hill to the chalk pit, where Richard was waiting, smoking angrily. The Parson O' Dumford
He continued to fling stones at a mark on the lower lip of the chalk pit. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker
East of an interrupting chalk pit, a thick yew hedge lines the side of the hill, under which I once ate fine blackberries in December, as perhaps the Wife of Bath ate them. Highways and Byways in Surrey
Our chalk pit was practically under the muzzles of about a dozen field guns. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918
I felt I could have ridden into a chalk pit, and dared her to follow me with the greatest satisfaction. Kate Coventry An Autobiography
“One’s gone across to station, and the other’s up at the chalk pit,” said a voice. The Parson O' Dumford
He brought the car to a standstill under the lea of a low ridge of downs, at a point where an old chalk pit reared its white face, glimmering faintly in the darkness. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker
It happened in a chalk pit: the man went over the edge quite blindly and broke his neck. A Thin Ghost and Others
Towards the Pozi�res road there was a famous chalk pit. The Great War As I Saw It
The Cotswold shepherd looks downward on their folds, and marks the gleaming white of the occasional chalk pit which breaks the surface of their scarp. Stonehenge Today and Yesterday
“Yes, I see her go up the street last night at about eight,” said Tom, “as if going up the hill by the chalk pit.” The Parson O' Dumford
And once, many years later, when he was taking an unfamiliar short cut across the downs, he came upon a little pool in an old chalk pit, and recognised it. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron
But in the chalk pit it was that poor Uncle Henry's body was found, with a sack over the head, the throat horribly mangled. A Thin Ghost and Others
The Somme district is composed of chalk pits; wherever the ground was dug up it showed white. S.O.S. Stand to!
We narrowly missed nose-diving into a chalk pit on the way, the so-called road being nothing but a rutty track. Fanny Goes to War
Up by the chalk pit, at the top of the hill. The Parson O' Dumford
The bank on my left proved to be no bank, but the cliff-edge of the chalk pit only, by which the sunken way passed very near. Oddsfish!
Now let me ask you to rejoice with me, for I have got my chalk pit, and am hard at work engineering a road up its precipitous slopes. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1
In one case, given very circumstantially, a witness tells how a party of wounded British soldiers were left in a chalk pit, all very badly hurt, and quite unable to make resistance. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915
He no more killed her than he killed himself by dashing into that chalk pit near the road. Red Money
The pedestrian on the Downs should use caution after dusk; chalk pits are not seen, under certain conditions, until the wayfarer is on the verge. Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End
He was often to be seen in those days, by the railway passengers, sitting, chin on knees, perched up on the Down hard by the Thursley chalk pits, where afterwards he was set working. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
I suppose I am in a chalk pit, or at the bottom of a steep crag.' The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
It was marked by a tree clump black against the blue sky—at its side was a chalk pit, naked white—beyond was Truro huddled, with the Fal a silver ribbon in the sun. Fortitude
At the chalk pit a motor passed him. Howards End
Then the whole band camped with good grace outside the gate of Braine, on that hill where stands a mill, beside the cavities of the ancient chalk pits. Notre-Dame De Paris
"What are ye doing up here, ye swarming little people, while I'm a-cuttin' chalk for ye, down in the chalk pits there?" The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
He was reminded for a minute of that chalk pit near Madingley, whose ramparts excluded the familiar world. The Longest Journey
And then he became interested in the men who were working in the chalk pit down below. The Research Magnificent
In the evening, Lupin, who was busily engaged with a paper, said suddenly to me: “Do you know anything about chalk pits, Guv.?” Diary of a Nobody
He had travelled perhaps a dozen or fifteen miles, and a good way from his first meditations above the Dorking chalk pit. The Research Magnificent
Here must be the chalk pit, here was Dorking. The Research Magnificent
Lupin did not take the slightest notice of the joke, although I purposely repeated it for him; but continued: “I give you the tip, that’s all—chalk pits!” Diary of a Nobody
Then he perceived that the workmen in the chalk pit far below had knocked off and were engaged upon their midday meal. The Research Magnificent
Lupin said: “Well, I give you the tip; chalk pits are as safe as Consols, and pay six per cent. at par.” Diary of a Nobody
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