Example sentences of "at the sea " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gazing at the sea , he at her . |
| 2 | As we continued to stare at the sea , racking our brains about how to go for a swim without a costume , our thoughts were answered by a voice from just behind us . |
| 3 | I looked down at the sea breaking on the rocks . |
| 4 | It 's like being at the sea , early in the morning with the seagulls and the sea pounding away and the fresh air . |
| 5 | I am like the cow at the sea shore , bound by the motion of the waves . |
| 6 | Clasper looked out at the sea of open mouths which chorused against him . |
| 7 | The account of the events at the sea is made up of two versions , quite distinct from one another , but cleverly intertwined . |
| 8 | After the victory at the sea the triumph song , but hardly have the last notes escaped Israel 's lips than we come to the second story of complaint ( 15.22–7 ) . |
| 9 | But for the moment there is no act of salvation like that at the Sea . |
| 10 | For example , at the Sea Mist Resort , a week 's bed and breakfast and golf costs $356 ( about £205 ) in September . |
| 11 | Endill hesitated and looked down at the sea crashing against the rocks . |
| 12 | Endill looked down at the sea . |
| 13 | He glanced down at the sea , then back at Endill . |
| 14 | He did n't know how — perhaps a different feel to the tiller or in the way the bows felt at the sea . |
| 15 | He pointed a horny finger at the sea . |
| 16 | We are half-hearted creatures , fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us , like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he can not imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea . |
| 17 | He knew that she stopped and stared at the sea or the sky far too much these days . |
| 18 | George MacDonald saw the people from Strathnaver arriving at the sea : ‘ When they came down from the Strath to the sea-shore they suffered very much from want of houses . |
| 19 | Nell continued to stare at the sea for a very long time . |
| 20 | I sat for hours staring at the sea . |
| 21 | By the time we arrived at the sea , those of us who did not know that stretch of coastline were completely removed from any sense of place or direction . |
| 22 | The senator was again not looking at me but at the sea , and his voice was immensely sad . |
| 23 | To the north , however , at the south-western end of the Faeroe-Shetland Channel , the stronger bottom currents have locally exposed debris-flow sediments at the sea bed . |
| 24 | She stood up there on centre stage in her green breeches with legs apart and riding-crop in hand , glaring at the sea of upturned faces before her . |
| 25 | I would finish unpacking , have a look at the cooker and set things ready for supper , then I would take a walk out to look at the sea , and gather kindling in case the evening turned chilly enough for a fire . |
| 26 | A look at the sea below me told me that the tide was still low , though presumably it had begun to turn . |
| 27 | Now I 'm letting you have a look at the sea before we call on her . |
| 28 | The Guardian reports that 25 baby sharks ( in this case Tope ) were being cared for at the Sea Life Centre at Hastings after their mother was netted by a fisherman . |
| 29 | Beautiful , eh ? ’ levelling stubby fingers with pride at oyster pink sand and casuarina pines shimmying at the sea chambered turquoise and petrol-blue . |
| 30 | We sat with George looking at the sea . |