Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] to sea " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little doubt that breeding is their intent as they head out to sea , for their gonads have become fully developed . |
| 2 | With a burst of terrific speed it headed out to sea . |
| 3 | The stimulus of the Commander 's benzedrine tablets was wearing off as he swam out to sea after three hours ' creeping and sliding around the beach , and now , his senses dulled by a chilling exhaustion , he felt the first pangs of doubt : would Roger Courtney see the flickering torch among the waves before an enemy patrol boat caught sight of it ? |
| 4 | Captain Faulknor was still concerned about the ship 's speed and said to Jenking , ‘ that it would be better to stand out to sea for the night . ’ |
| 5 | Once a week a ten-minute helicopter flight ( £20 ) soars over the harbour , heads out to sea to hover over inviting beaches and then on its return trip swoops down between the mountains , close to the hang-gliders . |
| 6 | Zeno had looked out to sea while a few words were exchanged , then laid a hand on Carey 's arm , as if about to hurry him along . |
| 7 | In August 1952 the innocent-looking East and West Lyn rivers swept down into the Devon resort of Lynmouth , obliterating houses and removing all trace of the Beach Hotel , which was carried out to sea . |
| 8 | One house , inhabited by a British family called Tatlock , was carried out to sea whole . |
| 9 | Some spend their time inland on headwaters where streams are small and flows are low , while others work on predominantly tidal rivers where dilution is easily achieved and any pollution carried out to sea . |
| 10 | And that he was meant to be carried out to sea . " |
| 11 | So that he 'd be carried out to sea by the tide without coming to the surface . " |
| 12 | The resultant mass of land , beach and shallow water sediments is just as violently carried out to sea and dumped . |
| 13 | Drivers who continue trying to ply their trade are having their rickety three-wheeled becaks carried out to sea and dumped . |
| 14 | , there were of course two deaths , Piggy and Simon , the bodies of whom were carried out to sea by the current . |
| 15 | One mate had been into it for a while 'cos he used to go away to sea . |
| 16 | A processing plant at Gwithian will extract from the mud tin oxide which , over the centuries , has channelled out to sea as waste from mines New Scientist 21 April , p 159 ) . |
| 17 | Then I took the bag to my boat and sailed out to sea . |
| 18 | My thoughts came back to sea fishing at home : I 've always done quite well with lures in the sea , but it 's not exactly popular is it ? |
| 19 | Research in the USA , however , has shown that the HIV virus can survive , in insufficiently treated sewage which has been pumped out to sea , for up to 12 hours . |
| 20 | This has been very clearly shown at Beachy Head where , between 1965 and 1976 a total of c. 70 Buzzards was recorded between 5 August and 27 October ; some were observed to depart out to sea . |
| 21 | It stands on a small hill , higher than the other villas , with a private approach road and a large balcony looking out to sea . |
| 22 | They stood in silence for a while , leaning over the balustrade and looking out to sea . |
| 23 | I swear that dog was looking out to sea with his blind eye . |
| 24 | At the edge of Whitby 's West Cliff you will find a fine bronze statue of Captain Cook , looking out to sea . |
| 25 | Many of the seafront hotels on the long esplanade have become nursing homes or been demolished for cliff-like apartment blocks with their individual balconies looking out to sea . |
| 26 | It was the oldest cottage in the area and I spent hours looking out to sea . |
| 27 | Night after night I sat on the sofa looking out to sea , the way Francis had . |
| 28 | One day we were at the top of the highest hill on the island , and we were looking out to sea . |
| 29 | She was only an inch or two shorter than myself , and she walked slowly , slimly , a shade self-consciously , looking out to sea , avoiding my eyes , as if she now was shy . |
| 30 | Wycliffe was received in the lounge , which had a large picture-window looking out to sea . |