Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] to sea " in BNC.
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| 1 | It stands on a small hill , higher than the other villas , with a private approach road and a large balcony looking out to sea . |
| 2 | They stood in silence for a while , leaning over the balustrade and looking out to sea . |
| 3 | I swear that dog was looking out to sea with his blind eye . |
| 4 | At the edge of Whitby 's West Cliff you will find a fine bronze statue of Captain Cook , looking out to sea . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was the oldest cottage in the area and I spent hours looking out to sea . |
| 7 | Night after night I sat on the sofa looking out to sea , the way Francis had . |
| 8 | One day we were at the top of the highest hill on the island , and we were looking out to sea . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Wycliffe was received in the lounge , which had a large picture-window looking out to sea . |
| 11 | Her eyes were looking out to sea . |
| 12 | ‘ I left New York two years ago , ’ Damian cut in thickly , looking out to sea , his back to her . |
| 13 | Well he 's looking out to sea . |
| 14 | It 's very nice sitting on the ver veranda looking out to sea . |
| 15 | By going down to sea level , you can walk out on to the Rocker de la Vierge , reached by a short gangway , which has a statue of the Virgin on top and the beginnings of a jetty planned by the Emperor Napoleon III but never finished because the sea kept demolishing it . |
| 16 | As we went away to the sounds of Mrs Otto 's profuse good-byes , I reflected on the nature of the relationship between her and Otto , almost the opposite to what one might have expected : the gallant captain going off to sea where his authority was absolute and his orders brooked no delay , and returning to a wife whom he clearly adored but where the roles were reversed . |
| 17 | The quay was deserted ; soon the Black Pig was floating out on the falling tide , and for once as they hoisted the mainsail the crew were well pleased to be going back to sea . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm going back to sea , ’ he said later . |
| 19 | Moved by such squalor , volunteers from HMS Gloucester renovated an orphanage in just eleven hours , before going back to sea and action stations . |
| 20 | A couple of jets screamed over the island at one point , two Jaguars wing to wing about one hundred metres up and going fast , crossing the whole island in an eye-blink and racing out to sea . |
| 21 | Returning towards the island he saw five Ju88s heading out to sea and although he now had little ammunition left , attacked and thought that he had managed to damage one . |
| 22 | And then he 's heading out to sea . |
| 23 | Heading out to sea again , Pembrokeshire beaches are great places to walk when the mist is down and all the sun-worshippers are safely tucked away at home . |
| 24 | But on the eastern margin it keeps its own counsel : instead of heading out to sea to follow the line of the Easter Island Ridge , this Pacific Ocean boundary stretches ( with only three minor hiccups ) directly down the American coasts , from Attu Island in the Aleutians to Diego Ramirez Island off Cape Horn . |
| 25 | As we turned Bass Point with a good view of the Predannack helicopter base , my concentration was drawn by a helicopter which had lifted off and was heading out to sea , at our level and across our path . |
| 26 | We had to keep them heading out to sea as long as possible , so that we could fully clear it on our return tack . |
| 27 | A three-man crew from the independent Southport Lifeboat Service was called out following reports that a shrimp rig driven by Joe Ross was heading out to sea . |
| 28 | The slick threatened conservation zones and five islands supporting seabirds and colonies of Australian sea lions , but a major ecological disaster was avoided when it began drifting out to sea . |
| 29 | Just then he saw a small boat moving out to sea , towards a ship . |
| 30 | Puffins buzzed below us with short wings whirring , zooming out to sea and back , to disappear into holes in the crumbling top layer of boulder clay . |