Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] by the wind " in BNC.
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| 1 | Galilee , the big tree-fringed pond by the pit where his father worked , a stretch of water ruffled by the wind when he first saw it . |
| 2 | With dark hair rumpled by the wind , flushed face and those brilliantly blue eyes , he looked very handsome . |
| 3 | Richard 's hand gripped hers firmly for moment , then he was striding away , his loose coat flapping , his rather long hair ruffled by the wind that stirred the daffodils on the grass around them . |
| 4 | Lear showed the sheen of strong flight-feathers , as well as the soft down of the breast ; he made the feathers around the neck look ruffled by the wind , and characterised the unique texture of feathers on the feet . |
| 5 | James in his letter describes such a doubter as ‘ a heaving sea ruffled by the wind ’ . |