People heaved a sigh of relief because there appeared at last to be government recognition of the need to co-ordinate activities in the regions.
The earth really has heaved and brought forth a mouse.
I imagine the draftsman must have heaved a sigh of relief when he succeeded in getting that sentence off.
Deep sighs of relief were heaved on that side of the table.
Six months later he was heaved out, on other grounds certainly, but it was not an exhibition of loyalty.
It was being heaved from inside the biggest glasshouse in the country.
It had not been fully burnt off and thus in later years the shale was able to grow, and the walls heaved and bulged.
Only a short time later our stomachs have heaved again with a fresh sense of outrage.