Example sentences of "have been washed away " in BNC.
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| 1 | As each layer of weathered rock , or soil , has formed it has been washed away , or eroded , by the rain water running off the surface in streams and rivers . |
| 2 | The light penetrates deeper into me , down my arms , chest , abdomen and finally my legs , until all the grey heaviness has been washed away and nothing remains within me but the sparkling light . |
| 3 | The Cod and Lobster Inn at Staithes has been washed away and rebuilt three times — best get in there quickly before the next storm strikes … always a good excuse . |
| 4 | Sea defences : Breakwaters to be constructed and beaches consolidated ( by replacing and compacting the sand that has been washed away ) in order to reduce the effect of the waves . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , yes — I remember that place where the bank has been washed away . ’ |
| 6 | Over the years about two acres of land has been washed away , and even though Gerry Glover , a former president and club historian , feared this could happen , he did n't expect it just yet . |
| 7 | A lot of the ducks ' nests will have been washed away . |
| 8 | She had been crying again and her mascara had been washed away and she looked like an eleven-year-old waking up in hospital after an operation . |
| 9 | Half way along we had to stop for a couple of hours because the ‘ road ’ had been washed away and the people who were travelling had to clear it . |
| 10 | the rumour that Skillery Bridge had been washed away ? |
| 11 | If so , they have been washed away by the sea . |