‘Dunne was on hand to bundle the ball over the _line_ ’

‘video evidence suggests the ball did not cross the _line_ ’

‘One can look at mathematical collaborations as a graph - an array of points connected by _lines_ .’

‘The screen pulled up in front of her shows a slightly fluctuating graph with two thin _lines_ .’

‘the Glasgow to London _line_ ’

‘Meanwhile a public notice alerted the public to a meeting to raise interest in extending the railway _line_ to Kettlewell.’

‘a major shipping _line_ ’

‘Scottish shipping _lines_ did well out of the migration, taking Jews to the east of Scotland and then on across the Atlantic from the Clyde.’

‘raids behind enemy _lines_ ’

‘As defeat stared him in the face he ordered his cavalry to cut their way through the enemy _lines_ and escape to Plymouth.’

‘we follow the history of a family through the male _line_ ’

‘Boys were desirable because they carried on the family name, which was passed on through the male _line_ .’

‘crisp architectural _lines_ ’

‘the artist’s use of clean _line_ and colour’

‘the ball rose in a straight _line_ ’

‘A properly set alignment must always be in a direct _line_ with the intended target.’

‘he opened another _line_ of attack’

‘Smoke alarms are the first _line_ of defence against fire and international research indicates that a working smoke alarm reduces the risk of death in a fire by nearly 50%.’

‘They’d laid out little _lines_ of the white powder on a mirror.’

‘He bent his head back to the powder and inhaled the _line_ through the straw.’

‘he fed me a _line_ about some nightclubbing Japanese photographer’

‘none of my chat-up _lines_ ever worked’

‘there were new _lines_ round her eyes and mouth’

‘laughter _lines_ ’

‘take the cursor up one _line_ and press the delete key’

‘Vary the paragraph sizes and limit each paragraph to four or five _lines_ max.’

‘Lily pegged the washing on the _line_ ’

‘Harris had become so weak that he could not reach a rescue _line_ that landed in the water two feet away from him.’

‘he’s having an op this morning to put a _line_ in his chest for IV drugs’

‘a good position at the start _line_ will put you in the front rank on the first leg’

‘It was great to see so many young athletes on the starting _line_ for every race.’

‘a row of closely spaced dots will look like a continuous _line_ ’

‘I can’t draw a straight _line_ ’

‘you can’t run a business on these _lines_ ’

‘the superintendent was thinking along the same _lines_ ’

‘Each of the _lines_ in a spectral series corresponds to a characteristic frequency or wavelength.’

‘He found spectral _lines_ that had never been observed before and decided that they were produced by a new element.’

‘the issue of peace cut across class _lines_ ’

‘television blurs the _line_ between news and entertainment’

‘each stanza has eight _lines_ ’

‘The concluding _lines_ of the poem stress the power the experience still holds.’

‘I enter the post office and take my place at the back of the _line_ that stretches from the counter all the way through the large room, out the door, and into the lobby area.’

‘But the jobs we are talking about, there are not long _lines_ of Americans ready to take them.’

‘passengers were hit by delays caused by leaves on the _line_ ’

‘Residents in Station Road are angry that trees have been chopped down to prevent leaves falling on to the railway _line_ .’

‘the company intends to hire more people and expand its product _line_ ’

‘This meant a change in product _lines_ and a revamp of the brand.’

‘a _line_ of altar boys proceeded down the aisle’

‘By the time the doors opened, more than 100 people had queued, in a _line_ stretching back to Peasholme Green.’

‘a powerful melodic _line_ ’

‘Simon manages to imply whole whirling masses of emotional upheaval in but a few words and _lines_ of melody.’

‘the bill is the latest in a long _line_ of measures to protect society from criminals’

‘It would be the latest in a _line_ of discount chains in the town, which already include KwikSave, Farmfoods and Aldi.’

‘Mill takes _lines_ without breadth and points without length to be limit concepts.’

‘Mathematically this means that the Greeks needed to construct a _line_ of length equal to the cube-root of 2.’

‘I’ve got Inspector Jackson on the _line_ for you’

‘a freephone advice _line_ ’

‘the official _line_ is that there were no chemical attacks on allied troops’

‘The senior civil servants are expected to brief their departmental ministers according to the agreed _line_ .’

‘five hundred _lines_ to anyone caught sneaking in before the bell!’

‘At school he had to draw pictures instead of doing _lines_ as punishment.’

‘the stresses unique to their _line_ of work’

‘Also, hopefully, I am in a _line_ of work that will allow me to keep going beyond the conventional retirement age.’

‘After the Social Liberal walk-out on June 20, the battle _lines_ became clear.’

‘The viewer, like the soldiers, has no clear sense of the battle _lines_ .’

‘a _line_ block’

‘ _line_ art’

‘The traditional notation system of five _lines_ on a paper is not the main method of training.’

‘Once again, Baird television sets were on sale, this time at the new television standard of 625 _lines_ .’

‘If your receiver drifted out of sync, the picture dissolved into meaningless dots and _lines_ .’

‘he couldn’t seem to remember his _lines_ and had to read his dialogue off boards’

‘Busy with his own show, he had little time for learning _lines_ and so wrote them on his arm for the opening night.’

‘a basket _lined_ with polythene’

‘Aluminum is said to be acceptable if the inside of the bottle is _lined_ .’

‘hundreds of telegrams _lined_ the walls’

‘The thin bones within the nasal cavity are _lined_ with a membrane containing a very rich supply of blood vessels.’

‘a thin woman with a _lined_ face’

‘ _lined_ paper’

‘a processional route _lined_ by people waving flags’

‘People _lined_ the sidewalks, waiting to get into the theatre.’