Example sentences of "blown by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The desert pavement is a thin crust of smooth pebbles which , if disturbed , allows the dust and sands just below the surface to be blown by the winds over large distances . |
| 2 | ( And , in case I muddled the halves and thought the lady 's name was Mary Marks , I decided that it would be a very windy day and that , as the skirt of her wedding gown was blown by the gales , I was able to see that she was wearing suspenders . ) |
| 3 | Sometimes at night , the music of boatmen would come floating up , blown by the waves and wind , a flute playing the music of the river . |
| 4 | Most of the canvas is blown by the wind n the fore and middle grounds , while a strip of distant but finely detailed farmhouses , trees and human paraphenalia grips the top of the canvas . |
| 5 | Squirrels bound across the lawn like balls of fluff blown by the wind . |
| 6 | How long before she gets eaten away by the meths and dissolves into dust blown by the wind ? |
| 7 | Her colour was heightened , her eyes bright and her hair was blown by the wind into a wild tangle . |
| 8 | It was raining outside , a thin veil of rain that was blown by the wind so that it appeared to undulate in the air like gossamer curtains . |
| 9 | His hair was untidy , as though it had been blown by the wind , and there were tiny flecks of moisture on the rough Harris tweed material of his jacket . |
| 10 | ‘ You go on , I 'll catch up , ’ he said , his voice stifled by the thick wool collar , blown by the wind across his mouth . |
| 11 | His black hair was tousled , blown by the wind , shining strands of it across his brown forehead . |
| 12 | a set of seven open reeds blown by the mouth and secured in front of the face by a scarf round the neck . |
| 13 | I I my mind was absolutely blown by the end . |