Example sentences of "[vb infin] to sea [prep] " in BNC.

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1 So I thought I 'd go to sea with the ebb , spend half a day pottering off the fascinating banks of Ray Sand and Dengie Flat , and come back to approach Winter Marsh from seaward .
2 When I told him we had recently come up from Southampton he said , " Gee , I would n't go to sea in that little tub for double my wages . "
3 Charlotte then employed every sign that she knew to tell the other fishermen that none of them should put to sea on that day , to no avail .
4 Some of the visitors , however , would do more than stand on the harbourside to watch , they would put to sea with a crew for a night 's fishing .
5 " No prahus can put to sea before the black goat of stability and the white cock of courage have been sacrificed for a safe journey .
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